By all means raise the standards and give the best and brightest the opportunity to progress.
I agree there needs to be a humanities component to science. Apart from teaching science for science sake, the methodology of science should be also taught in schools.
This is important as ultimately the important decisions in science are in the field of funding determined by non scientists, namely the politicians and private benefactors.
Unfortunately for the individual who doesn't know science operates it is easy to be influenced by the considerable ideological opposition to science.
The misrepresentation of science and the vilification of scientists and mathematicians is absolutely disgraceful.
This is a typical example.
http://www.libertariannews.org/2012/...-and-statists/
It must be said the comments opposing the article are not of great standard either.
Regards
Steven