http://blogs.asee.org/engineeringand/is-the-us-failing-behind/ Engineering snacks to whet your appetite Tue, 2 Dec 2008 03:26:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://blogs.asee.org/engineeringand/is-the-us-failing-behind/#comment-26037 Chris Gammell Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:51:00 +0000 http://blogs.asee.org/engineeringand/?p=99#comment-26037 This is great news, but definitely not news to rest on. I think that at the very least, we need to keep engineering education in the minds of all Americans. It's so much easier for people to say "Oh, welp, guess they're all overseas now" than to say "Hey Son (or Daughter), why don't I help you with your math and science work so you can be a scientist/engineer someday". Hopefully we'll start seeing more and more positive role models in technology (Steve Jobs, Dean Kamen, etc) and that will encourage more kids to consider the classroom and the lab as a place to excel. This is great news, but definitely not news to rest on. I think that at the very least, we need to keep engineering education in the minds of all Americans. It’s so much easier for people to say “Oh, welp, guess they’re all overseas now” than to say “Hey Son (or Daughter), why don’t I help you with your math and science work so you can be a scientist/engineer someday”. Hopefully we’ll start seeing more and more positive role models in technology (Steve Jobs, Dean Kamen, etc) and that will encourage more kids to consider the classroom and the lab as a place to excel.

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