I am certainly a fully paid up member of OFAP (old farts at play).
Many of the organisations that I talk to and advise believe that the best
way to persuade a 15 year old to get interested in science is to use someone
within spitting distance of their own age.
That is why universities realise that a retired professor can make parents
look young and send out bright undergraduates and PhD students as
ambassadors.
There are many, better qualified, people here who can advise on whether or
not I am talking cobblers, as usual. Indeed, I would appreciate feedback on
this.
Am I right in suggesting role models that young people can relate to?
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Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Inspirational quotes from/for women in science
Anyone up for pitching a TV series: Grumpy Old Men of Science?!?
Hugh Aldersey-Williams
>Can someone come up with something even less inspiring than this?
>
>Just what youngsters need. "I have had more that four decades..."
>
>I chip in only because to my mind this is likely to have the opposite
effect
>to that intended. Then again, I have had nearly four decades experience in
>science communication and may be jaded beyond belief. (I always turn down
>invitations to address young people about the delight of my career on the
>grounds that I will put them off.)
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