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[[circled]]1[[/circled]] 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] [[LEFT MARGIN]] HAD THE CONTENT KNOWLEDGE & EXCITEMENT FOR FIELDS, & THEY KEPT ME EXCITED & ENGAGED [[STRIKETHROUGH]] & BUILT SELF CONFIDENCE [[/STRIKETRHOUGH]] → GO TO PHYSICS MAJOR @ STANFORD [[/LEFT MARGIN]] 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 ---- → 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...