How many of you loved math as a child?
no one? OK.
Now, how many of you tried to put himself in the position of others?
He probably hated mathematics too,
Perhaps he had a feeling of “hey, I think I’m not a ‘math lover’.”
Unfortunately, our culture makes it acceptable to us
That we fail to develop our sports skills,
Literacy,
It is not acceptable to say, “Hey, reading was not my favorite.”
(Laughter)
This is a big problem,
Because 80% of jobs are rapidly increasing demand, require skills in science and mathematics.
Of the 5 million vacancies in the country today,
More than half a million IT jobs, IT short
Which are more active than others.
We have a mismatch between durations and this growing demand
For people with skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
In fact, the 2012 report
Of the President’s Advisory Board on Science and Technology,
He said we needed to graduate
Million additional STEM graduates
“Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics” by 2022.
This amounts to a million at the top of the planned three million.
So, why does STEM seem to have so little staff?
I did not get my chest.
This is in fact because STEM has a major problem in diversity.
Women make up nearly half of the country’s population,
But they make up only 29% of STEM employees.
Given the origins and races,
African Americans and Latinos,
Make up about 26 percent of the US population by 2013,
But barely make up about 11% of the workforce in science and engineering.
This challenge of diversity lies not only in the need for more workers,
In fact, we are losing constructive ideas.
Indicators indicate that groups with divergent views
More innovative and creative.
Especially when it comes to solving complex problems.
Therefore, the diversity challenge of the STEM system is indeed a complex challenge,
There are a number of factors that contribute to it.
I want to share some of them with you
From my own experience as a working woman to STEM.
Here I am … (Laughter)
I know you guys will laugh, that’s okay!
I was the female of Steve Oracle, I understand that.
(Laughter)
So, this is when I reached the fourth grade.
Indeed, at this age, I had a true love for science.
I was really curious about this world that surrounds me,
What is the science of the functions of human organs, and how the eye works?
I also really liked mathematics.
In fact, when she reached secondary school,
The engineering teacher would let me explain to the pupils on her behalf,
If she wants to be absent one day.
I’ve trusted me more than any alternative!
I loved it, and I was delighted by it.
So, I was really very lucky because I had a wonderful support system
A representative of wonderful teachers,
In addition to my wonderful parents who have long been immersed in faith
That if I worked hard, I would do anything I wanted.
This gave me a great sense of confidence as a child,
This has led me to move forward.
Obtaining a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in chemistry from Clark University Atlanta.
I also had wonderful experience from Clark University of Atlanta.
Indeed, my academic success continued.
This encouraged me to aspire, so I applied for graduate studies.
She applied for the PhD program in Biological Sciences and Biomedicine
Harvard Medical School.
It was a pleasant surprise to me that I accepted it.
But, here’s where things have changed for me.
Moving to Harvard was difficult,
Not only because it is transformed from the fine chemistry of rigid biology,
But it also turned into a cultural shock
Leaving the University of Black History in Atlanta,
And going to an Ivy association in New England.
For the first time, it was hard for me to see around me
I see people who look like me, like teachers and students.
So, I began to suffer from my lessons, they were hard.
It did not last long before I felt like,
“Hey, maybe I’m not smart after all, and maybe I made a mistake by going into Harvard.
What if someone discovered that I did not deserve to be here? “
Therefore, there is a term for this, called “fraudster syndrome”.
This “crook’s syndrome” has spoiled the trust I once had,
As a child or as a young woman.
I have forgotten someone else.
Even an optional method is changed for my clothes.
I said: “I certainly do not look like girls in anything”
Even if you keep pace with fashion and makeup –
“Who will take it seriously and treat me like a scientist?”
And then began to retreat to the confinement that I imposed on myself,
I was going to the classroom and I was afraid to raise my voice,
Many times, I was the only African American in the class …
The class includes discussions for a few groups …
I was constrained by this fear for fear of sinning.
What if you look stupid?
And what if confirmed this
Everyone around me already has a suspicion about me,
Being a woman, or as a chromatic,
Maybe I was not supposed to be good at science?
This is known as the “threat of stereotypes”
Therefore, the so-called “threat of stereotyping”
And its proximity to the symptoms, so-called “fraudster syndrome”
He threw me into a severe depression.
It was very difficult to go through this condition every day.
I claim that I am fine and that I am confident of myself.
And then, I decided in the end that I can not continue this situation.
I can not go ahead.
So, after one semester, I left.
I left Harvard.
I went to Hollywood.
(Laughter)
Now, this is not an exaggeration as you think,
I was always practicing acting in my childhood,
Therefore, I decided, as I would take comfort from my higher education,
I will go as far as possible from science.
Therefore, an attempt to become an actress was also difficult.
It is also not the most fortunate profession as well.
So, I immediately discovered that I was not ready
To fight for the sake of becoming an actress.
She therefore decided to work as a subsistence assistant
As a teacher at the United School in a Los Angeles neighborhood,
Initially, I graduated in jobs at that junior high school,
Located in downtown Los Angeles.
So it was another turning point for me.
It was an experience.
Working with these children, who are considered “deprived”
It made me realize something:
Those sentiments that caught me in the postgraduate stage,
When I lost my sense of intelligence at all, or that I became distrustful myself;
There are some children who go through this in seventh grade.
I did not order this experience until postgraduate.
So if these feelings were very important to me, as a girl,
Have a continuous record of success,
So much so that those feelings could drive me to leave a wonderful place like Harvard,
How devastating are those feelings for a child who is still in seventh grade?
The problem of “threatening this stereotype”
It can literally affect students’ ability to accomplish.
If a group of girls, before their performance for a math test,
That boys are better than maths will test worse
Not knowing this negative stereotype at all.
The same applies to African Americans and Latins.
Students who express their interest in the preparatory stage of STEM,
The probability of graduation is three times higher in STEM,
Unfortunately, the preparatory stage is the stage where girls and minorities
They are more likely to lose interest in STEM,
So, having decided to go to Harvard and go on for more than a year,
I would like to go back again and finish this stage.
Not only because I wanted to be an example for young people,
But also to my desire to prove this to myself and that I can do it,
More importantly, I was hoping that someone might someday,
See someone like me and inspire to believe,
“Hey, I can do it too.”
So, when I got back to Harvard, it was harder the second time!
(Laughter)
This “crook’s syndrome” was waiting on the doorstep.
But my perspective on it was different this time.
I had an added incentive, and an additional incentive.
I was determined to go ahead so, I already ran.
It continued until I was about to graduate,
I came out with a very simple advice but, it was very practical,
It finally inspired me to find a way to distinguish and combat the “fraudulent syndrome”.
A former professor of my life, he once said to me: “Natuki
You have to get rid of this habit by comparing yourself to others.
The only person you have to compare yourself to is you.
If you can look at what you are today,
Compared to what you were, six months or a year ago,
Your vision of progress of any kind, it alone is what matters.
That is the meaning of success. “
This was for me the real modulator of my appearance.
So, my story is centered around personality. I left the STEM system, and returned to it again,
But most of the time, this is not the case.
Students who are in high school who are interested in enrolling in a STEM branch,
Of these, less than 40% are actually graduating with a STEM degree.
So, how will we get a million graduates,
Are not these extra million graduates what we need?
Women and minorities constitute about 70% of college students,
But they make up only 45% of STEM graduates.
We have to improve the work in the show
This amount is not used by potential talent who are likely to be STEM employees.
Especially in the context of a society that is becoming more diverse.
I’m very lucky at that,
The work I do now is in the White House
Is to collect these things together,
With regard to the love of science, and with regard to this power in entertainment media,
And about this passion to make a difference.
This is exactly what we are doing now;
We are in cooperation with the entertainment community
To change the image of the STEM system that is captured in the notification.
Entertainment media is very powerful, it can actually form and embody
The way the public perceives
What are the functions of the STEM system and who are to perform these functions.
But, unfortunately,
When it comes to filming this system for its employees in the media,
We see the superiority of men over females, by 1 to 5;
For computer scientists and engineers, this is worse, 14 to 1!
Thus, recreational media can play this pivotal role,
It can modify this inequality
Promote these issues, and stereotypes
Which always discourage the determination of girls and minorities,
Or can help us draw a picture of the workforce
Which we very much desire and want to achieve.
We have created a business invitation,
He was shown by a number of wonderful participants who gratefully agreed to help
In a pioneering manner.
The Cartoon Network launched an initiative worth $ 30 million,
Which focuses on typical STEM roles,
They make things through their personalities,
As the female characters symbolize it,
They also do manual activities for young people,
Which serves as a convergence point between creativity and technology.
The Family Entertainment Federation launched a new initiative as well,
Called “SeeHer.” See Her #
Which focuses in particular on the ways in which they are carried out
Photography of women and girls in both advertising and media.
How can advertising owners invest their influence in helping to change this?
The role plays a very important role.
They inspire young people and adolescents
To imagine themselves in the future professional workers in the STEM system.
It also helps to give confidence to study subjects related to STEM,
As the leader here said,
It is very difficult to be something you can not see.
So, we have made some progress …
(Laughter)
Come on, take out what you have! Let’s laugh again, that’s fine.
(Laughter)
So we have made progress, but we still have ways to go.
This literally is a challenge to diversity
Which had been in the STEM system for decades, is now an urgent issue requiring the efforts of all.
The good news is that everyone is here
Has the ability to make a difference.
How many of you have children here?
Some of you.
If you are a parent … do you remember what you said before?
My parents were very critical
For this trust that she developed as a child.
Therefore, if you are a parent, a teacher, a aunt, a mother, a counselor,
If you have young children in your life in general,
So you have the ability to help give them confidence;
And help them to believe
If they were willing to work hard, they could do anything,
Until they reach heaven!
We all also help our children to understand that,
If something seemed difficult at first, or difficult,
This does not mean they do not belong to this area.
We also have to help our children
To identify themselves as unique and helpful, and something useful.
The diversity of this country represents one of its great powers,
Especially when it comes to solving complex problems.
thank you.
(clap)
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