Comments on: We Think We Can, But Sadly … http://allthebestbits.net/we-think-we-can-but-sadly/ Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:43:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: alveldahttp://allthebestbits.net/we-think-we-can-but-sadly/comment-page-1/#comment-37 alvelda Fri, 06 Oct 2006 18:41:00 +0000 http://50.18.189.95/?p=106#comment-37 TThe people winning Nobel prizes today are the ones that were in 8th grade 35-40 years ago. Our schools were much more competitive on a global standard, having been bolstered by the Apollo era and the Kennedy-induced technocracy that followed.<br /><br />The problem is that those folks will be retiring soon, and 40 years from now, unless we do something NOW, today's 8th graders won't have enough math or science background or inclination to win a Nobel prize when competing with the more humble, yet more technically inclined developing Asian communities.<br /><br />What to do? We clearly need to make substantial changes in the time, money, training, and resources that the nation is currently investing in science and technology education. And while I love helping individual schools, this initiative needs to be conducted on a national scale to have sufficient impact. And for that to happen, we need a Presidential administration which truly understands what science is, who will use it responsibly, and will truly foster a Renaissance in science and technology education and research across the board. TThe people winning Nobel prizes today are the ones that were in 8th grade 35-40 years ago. Our schools were much more competitive on a global standard, having been bolstered by the Apollo era and the Kennedy-induced technocracy that followed.

The problem is that those folks will be retiring soon, and 40 years from now, unless we do something NOW, today’s 8th graders won’t have enough math or science background or inclination to win a Nobel prize when competing with the more humble, yet more technically inclined developing Asian communities.

What to do? We clearly need to make substantial changes in the time, money, training, and resources that the nation is currently investing in science and technology education. And while I love helping individual schools, this initiative needs to be conducted on a national scale to have sufficient impact. And for that to happen, we need a Presidential administration which truly understands what science is, who will use it responsibly, and will truly foster a Renaissance in science and technology education and research across the board.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://allthebestbits.net/we-think-we-can-but-sadly/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Anonymous Fri, 06 Oct 2006 17:31:00 +0000 http://50.18.189.95/?p=106#comment-34 HERE! HERE! HOW TRUE! BUT WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? ON THE OTHER HAND WE SEEM TO STILL GET NOBEL PRIZES AND DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY SEEMS TO MOVE ON. PHIL HERE! HERE! HOW TRUE! BUT WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? ON THE OTHER HAND WE SEEM TO STILL GET NOBEL PRIZES AND DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY SEEMS TO MOVE ON. PHIL

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