Today, I talked to an elementary school teacher that was encouraging her students to enter the
Engineering Education Service Center’s poster contest (
deadline for submissions is Nov 3, 2010). Her students were drawing their impressions of this year’s theme - civil engineering. She said that it was turning into an eye-opening experience. While they drew, they began to see engineering as something they wanted to be a part of. They were beginning to ask how much money engineers made, what they did everyday, and much more.
She told me that she was valedictorian of her high school class many years ago but she didn't know anything about engineering. No one talked about engineering. Back then, if you were good in science, you were encouraged to become a doctor. She confessed that she was beginning to feel a hint of jealousy that her students would have opportunities that she didn't have. If she could do it all over again, she would study engineering. And, she told me that she was going to promote engineering as a viable career opportunity to all of her students.
Hurrah!
Happy Halloween!
