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TEX SEN. SCOTT ← EMP HOW IMPORTANT TOPIC IS

→ • SAGAN: "IT'S SUICIDAL TO CREATE A SOC. DEPENDENT ON SCI & TECH, IN WHICH NO ONE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT SCI & TECH."

• SCI & TECH ARE THE ENGINE THAT DRIVE..., [[STRIKETHROUGH]] [[/STRIKETRHOUGH]] IT'S REALLY SHORT-SIGHTED (SUICIDAL) TO PUT SO LITTLE [[STRIKETHROUGH]] NAT'L ATT [[/STRIKETHROUGH]] EMPHASIS ON SCI & MATH ED.

• IT'S CRITICAL [[STRIKETHROUGH]] [[/STRIKETRHOUGH]] THAT WE PROVIDE GOOD ED. & PREP. IN SCI & MATH FOR ALL OUR KIDS. IT NEEDS TO START EARLY, & EXCITE THEM BOTH ABOUT SCI & THE OPPS OPEN TO THEM.

• [[STRIKETHROUGH]] THANK [[?]] YOU [[/STRIKETRHOUGH]]
I WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED. GREW UP IN LA FASCINATED [PLANETS, OCEANS, LOVED SCI CTRS]

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HAD THE CONTENT KNOWLEDGE & EXCITEMENT FOR FIELDS, & THEY KEPT ME EXCITED & ENGAGED 
[[STRIKETHROUGH]] & BUILT SELF CONFIDENCE [[/STRIKETRHOUGH]]
→ GO TO PHYSICS MAJOR @ STANFORD
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REMEMBER TEACHER WHEELING TV...
[DREAMED of BEING SCI ↔ EXPLORING SPACE]
H.S. → 2 GREAT SCI TEACHERS
1 JUST OUT OF COLLEGE W/ B.S. IN CHEM.
(SHE DECIDED TO TEACH)
2nd PHD in PHYS., RESEARCH SCI @ UCLA, MID-CAREER, DECIDED TO TEACH
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→ YOU ALL KNOW COLLEGES DON'T GRADUATE ENOUGH [[STRIKETHOUGH]]KIDS[[/STRIKETHROUGH]] STUDENTS W/ DEG. IN SCI & ENG
BUT THERE'S A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO TURN THAT AROUND.
REASON: MY FASCINATION W/ SCI IN ELEM. SCHOOL WAS NOT UNUSUAL THEN, & ISN'T NOW

NAT'L STUDIES: OVER LAST DECADES (NOT NEW):
68%/66%  4TH GRADE → 2 MESSAGES
BUT IN 5TH/6TH GRADE, START TO LOSE THEM  LOSE B&G, MORE G...

REASONS → PLENTY OF BLAME TO GO AROUND 
SOCIETY & CULTURE PUT MORE VALUE ON NBA SUPERSTARS THAN NOBEL...