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[[top left margin]] [[circled]] 2 [[/circled]] [[/top left margin]] EMPLOYERS RECRUIT, ... COLLEGE , ... H.S. [[partial underline]]BUT[[/partial underline]] ELEMENTARY... 1996 STUDY ASKED 4th GRADERS "LIKE Sci?" 68%/66% 2/3rd's of KIDS; SAME # GIRLS AS BOYS BUT... M.S. LOSE BOTH → MORE GIRLS NOT APTITUDE, NOT INTEREST → SOCIETAL; NOT COOL; EE; EINSTEIN [[left margin]] [[underlined]]Cal[[/underlined]] Stats LA [[underlined]]NASA AMEB[[/underlined]] [[underlined]]RICE U of A[[/underlined]] [[underlined]]FESTIVALS[[/underlined]](UCSD) [[strikethrough]] HEALTH [[/strikethrough]] ENG Sci BOOK [[underlined]]PARENTS[[/underlined]] [[/left margin]] → NEED TO CHANGE IMAGE of Sci; SOMETHING KIDS ARE EAGER TO PURSUE; [[strikethrough]] GIVE [[/strikethrough]] FOSTER SENSE of BELONGING, BUILD CONFIDENCE; ROLE MODELS.... — DO WE EXPECT THIS TO WORK? % of GIRLS IN PHYS/ENG TO CLIMB? YES. HISTORICAL PESPECTIVE 1970 ←→ 5% LAW 3.6% BUSINESS 8% MED + 1 in 27 H.S. GIRLS → SPORTS COULD HAVE CONCLUDED... WOULD HAVE BEEN WRONG (50/50) → WHY SHOULD WE THINK THAT PHYS & ENG (STARTED OFF MUCH LOWER... STEADILY ↑) SHOULD LEVEL OFF? LOTS OF KIDS - B & G - GROWING UP WHO CAN GO ON TO DO GREAT THINGS. NEED SUPPORT, ENCOURAGEMENT, & ROLE MODELS. — ALL of YOU ARE ROLE MODELS TO SOME KID GROWING UP TODAY. IMPACT. [[circled]] LITTLE BOY STORY [[/circled]]