"It's a prototype." "It's a prototype!"
There are so many things to love about this clip of the president talking to a group of Girl Scouts at the recent White House science fair. The girls are from the a troop in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and they used LEGOS to build a page-turning device for people with arthritis.
And, yes, they're only in kindergarten, and you can just tell these girls are going to grow up brilliantly.
Here are the best parts of the clip:
1. The Superman capes. Because #HeroStatus.
2. The president doesn't compliment them for being adorable or cute or pretty, and he doesn't even comment on the capes. He's just interested in their work — not what they look like.
3. "It's a prototype."
4. The girls learned that the kind of brainstorming they did for their project is something that presidents do too. They can do what presidents do!
5. Getting girls interested in science fields is important, especially because women are leaving STEM careers at an alarming rate, so it's a big deal that the president stopped by to encourage them and show genuine interest in their work.
"We don't just want to increase the number of American students in STEM…we want to increase the diversity students" —Obama #WHScienceFair— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 23, 2015
"Science is for all of us. And we want our classrooms and labs and workplaces and media to reflect that." —President Obama #WHScienceFair— The White House (@WhiteHouse) March 23, 2015
I couldn't agree more.
6. Group hug!
Video by NowThis News. Data on women in STEM fields comes from the Harvard Business Review and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Additional background info sourced from Fast Company.
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