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Maybe I'll do an experiment in my workshop and let you know. I know that as a young (ish) female scientist, the girls relate to me pretty well (although they never believe I'm a Dr, which is quite frankly a bit annoying as proof of the image we have out there!), and from talking to them I think I have more impact in my workshop than their (older, male?) schoolteachers. Mind you, I also give them T-shirts and candy... I think you can be inspired by anything that you aspire to: i.e. the challenge isn't necessarily to give them something they recognise and feel comfortable with, but to make them want to participate in science. I'm hoping to say something that gets them engaged to go out there and prove to the world they can do this! >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? > >_______________________________________________________________________ >Michael Kenward OBE / Phone: +44 (0)1444 401064 > / Mobile: 07779 294 283 >Science Writer & Stuff / Have words will travel > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: psci-com: on the public understanding of science >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hugh Aldersey-Williams >Sent: 04 March 2005 12:51 >To: [log in to unmask] >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.) >> >>____________________________ >>Michael Kenward >>ABSW e-minder >>Editor, The Science Reporter >>http://www.absw.org.uk >> >>********************************************************************** >> >>1. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, >>send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: >> >>set psci-com nomail >> >>2. To resume email from the list, send the following message: >> >>set psci-com mail >> >>3. To leave psci-com, send an email to [log in to unmask] with >>the message: >> >>leave psci-com >> >>4. Further information about the psci-com discussion list, including >>list archive, >>can be found at the list web site: >>http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/psci-com.html >> >>5. 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