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[[top left margin]] JEANINE BLUMBERG KATHLEEN SHANAHAN [[/top left margin]] [[top margin]] FL Bd of Ed [[/top margin]] [[top right margin]] 1 [[/top right margin]] SAGAN: "IT'S SUICIDAL TO CREATE SOC. THAT DEPENDS ON Sci/TECH, IN WHICH NO ONE KNOWS ANYTHING.... Sci & TECH ARE ENGINES THAT DRIVE EC → & ENGINES → & SCHOOLS ARE [[strikethrough]] NUTURING [/strikethrough]] DEVELOPING/SHAPING WORKFORCE → THAT WILL DRIVE FL'S ECON in FUTURE BUT IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE PROVIDE GOOD ED. & PREP IN Sci/MATH for ALL OUR KIDS. IT NEEDS TO START EARLY, & EXCITE THEM BOTH ABOUT Sci & ABOUT the OPPS. OPEN TO THEM. & [[strikethrough]] THAT [[/strikethrough]] Sci ED IS [[strikethrough]] CRITICAL [[/strikethrough]] IMP. NOT JUST TO TRAIN RKT Sci & ENV. ENG. of FUTURE → [[strikethrough]] CRITICAL [[/strikethrough]] BUT ALSO TO CREATE → Sci LITERATE CITIZENS (SO KIDS WILL BE ABLE TO FUNCTION & MAKE SOUND DECISIONS IN A SOCIETY INCREASINGLY IMBUED IN Sci/TECH → OPEN NEWSPAPER •GLOBAL WARMING •ENV IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEMS •HEALTH RISKS/ISSUES MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THEIR LIVES. →ALSO IMPORTANT TO GIVE EACH STUDENT OPP TO REACH HIS/HER POTENTIAL (→ WHICH MEANS GIVE THEM THE FOUNDATION), DON'T want [[strikethrough]] the FORECLOSE [[/strikethrough]] to limit OPTIONS) MY PATH → SO CAL = FL \ PARENTS/TEACHERS / Sci was exciting & important (TV isn't classroom) Stanford/AD/35(6)→ Daddy → JSC, got in line STS-7 STANDING START → 17.5K / 8 1/2 (SEEN, BUT BETTER INSIDE!) CUT-OFF → WEIGHTLESS (PENCIL) CIRCLE EARTH ~90 min 45/45 SPECTACULAR VIEW FL BEACHES /SHALLOW H2O GREAT BARRIER REEF FAVORITE VIEW.... ← RAIN FORESTS, DUST STORMS