<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Sean O'Donnell <<a href="mailto:sean@seanodonnell.com">sean@seanodonnell.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
However, all of this does stem back to the public education system, and<br>
lack of scientific/technological focus, regardless. Take a look at Los<br>
Alamos National Lab... 60%+ Foreign Nationals, working on highly<br>
classified and sensitive projects... *shrug*</blockquote><div><br>Very good points, Sean. Thereīs another factor that, sadly, contributes to this as well. Itīs the fact that this society tells our young girls that they canīt go into technology, math or science. They can ONLY wear pink as babies & can only becomes teachers, nurses or homecare workers (or any other type of Ļnurturing" field). Itīs pretty sad to me that we compartmentalize our youth by only giving them a few options. Tell a little girl that she can become a CIO, Mathematician or Astronaut & she probably will become one!!!<br>
</div></div><br>I liken it to what I call the ĻMS brainwashing effect.Ļ If you give a child, say, in the inner city a top-of-the-line machine w/no OS, whatīs the 1st thing that this non-technical child will say? S/he will say ĻI need to buy Windows to make this computer work.Ļ You KNOW the MS Marketing team has done a good job when this is the case. However, if you give the child the *option* to choose between any OS, say Windows, OSX or Linux, theyīll feel empowered by the fact that they have options & they might not even pick MS! Itīs the same thing w/our lack of tech professionals, too many potential candidates were told they couldnīt do or be that.<br>
<br>Giving people options & the power of suggestion are powerful things to give someone! :)<br>