Science, Technology and Humanities Will Lead Us to a Brighter Tomorrow
In his State of the Union address last night, President Obama talked about winning America’s future through technological innovation and education. As a parent of two children enrolled in public schools in D.C., I wondered what impact the president’s prescription for progress would have on my son and daughter and all public school students. My son, who’s heading to 9th grade in September, loves math, technology and science and envisions a career in engineering. My daughter, a 10th-grader, attends a blue-ribbon school with a strong humanities program. Like my son, she loves the sciences but also has a passion for literature, history and theater arts. I like the president’s idea of providing more funding for science education, but I would not want the support to come at the expense of other disciplines. Achieving our future will require not just advances in technology but also knowledge of history, the perpetual production of poetry and prose, and a vibrant theater culture. That is to say, the humanities are as important as the sciences. We need a multidisciplinary approach for reaching tomorrow.
For full story, see "Obama Plays Up Technology's Value In State Of The Union 2011": http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/26/state-of-the-union-2011-technology_n_814117.html
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