tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831412.post110799593583230476..comments2023-10-11T03:43:28.302-04:00Comments on Confessions of a Science Librarian: And speaking of declining enrollments...John Dupuishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829396649299444557noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831412.post-1108071628668880802005-02-10T16:40:00.000-05:002005-02-10T16:40:00.000-05:00I guess everyone should learn to weld. But I thin...I guess everyone should learn to weld. But I think gearheads-in-training will find a way to engineering. The more challenging kids to reach are the ones who aren't so immediately attracked to it, but may find a lot to interest them if they give it a chance. There's a million ways to discover you want to be an engineer. Would geeksta rap have made me want to be a computer scientist? No way. It was a cousin who ended up a computer guy via architecture who piqued my interest. I ended up taking a FORTRAN (boy am I dating myself) course, and the rest was history. I still remember that the bonus assignment for the FORTRAN course was to implement matrix multiplication. Now that was fun.John Dupuishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829396649299444557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831412.post-1108068183221701752005-02-10T15:43:00.000-05:002005-02-10T15:43:00.000-05:00I have to say that I think it probably goes the op...I have to say that I think it probably goes the opposite way. My niece is turning into a gearhead after watching Jesse James et al. She asked my husband if she can come over and learn to weld!<br /><br />To me, it's much more attractive to put the engineering to a real and fun use (junk yard wars) than some abstract idea conveyed by a geek in a song. <br /><br />But that's just me.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12104847732663970352noreply@blogger.com