http://www.thedailytell.com/2010/01/nasa-partnership-hosts-summer-education-programs-for-minority-students/ Good news in trying times. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:19:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.thedailytell.com/2010/01/nasa-partnership-hosts-summer-education-programs-for-minority-students/comment-page-1/#comment-4369 Velma Troup Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:16:31 +0000 http://www.thedailytell.com/2010/01/nasa-partnership-hosts-summer-education-programs-for-minority-students/#comment-4369 Education is definately a vital field, because everything in the world relies upon knowledge. I saw that on a website someplace -- a non-profit organization in the Philippines. Teachers bust their tail at their craft (a lot of them, anyway). But there are several who appear to have a gift to inspire. My senior high school world history teacher was one particular. She had lived in China as a child. When she taught in Rockville, Maryland, you could potentially feel the wisdom of all her experience. She didn't have us memorize dates. That was the first truly great thing I had been told by a history tutor. What she said next took the subject several magnitudes higher in value. She wanted us to be aware of the motivations of history -- the deeply visceral, human aspects of what can otherwise be a deadly dry subject. Jaime Escalante of "Stand and Deliver" fame, dared to dream big. Calculus for the typically dropout crowd? Pushing them to go on to college? Wow. And I've this book called, "Calculus Made Easy," by Sylvanus P. Thompson, first published in 1910. It's been through lots of printings all to generate a simple subject simple. What are we able to do to create more tutors who inspire world-changing quality? Einstein once revealed that imagination is a lot more important than knowledge. Knowledge can present you with the foundation. Imagination can take you to the stars. Don't our kids deserve better? Education is definately a vital field, because everything in the world relies upon knowledge. I saw that on a website someplace — a non-profit organization in the Philippines. Teachers bust their tail at their craft (a lot of them, anyway). But there are several who appear to have a gift to inspire. My senior high school world history teacher was one particular. She had lived in China as a child. When she taught in Rockville, Maryland, you could potentially feel the wisdom of all her experience. She didn’t have us memorize dates. That was the first truly great thing I had been told by a history tutor. What she said next took the subject several magnitudes higher in value. She wanted us to be aware of the motivations of history — the deeply visceral, human aspects of what can otherwise be a deadly dry subject. Jaime Escalante of “Stand and Deliver” fame, dared to dream big. Calculus for the typically dropout crowd? Pushing them to go on to college? Wow. And I’ve this book called, “Calculus Made Easy,” by Sylvanus P. Thompson, first published in 1910. It’s been through lots of printings all to generate a simple subject simple. What are we able to do to create more tutors who inspire world-changing quality? Einstein once revealed that imagination is a lot more important than knowledge. Knowledge can present you with the foundation. Imagination can take you to the stars. Don’t our kids deserve better?

]]> http://www.thedailytell.com/2010/01/nasa-partnership-hosts-summer-education-programs-for-minority-students/comment-page-1/#comment-2299 Hal Walker Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:46:38 +0000 http://www.thedailytell.com/2010/01/nasa-partnership-hosts-summer-education-programs-for-minority-students/#comment-2299 The A-MAN, Inc., is providing STEM based educational programs to underrepresented minority students here in the Los Angeles ares for over 18 years. A-MAN, is headed by Hal Walker a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambasador and retired 35 year veteran of the aerospace industry. A-MAN operates the International Science Discovery & Learning Center located in Inglewoood, CA. Annually over 1,000 students participate in hands-on science projects and other technology/engeering related activities including operational activities aboard the ISS Space Station Simulator and at the Mission Control Center. A-MAN programs involve after school, weekends and summer science academy activities. A-MAN is dedicated to supporting president Obama's education initative and wishes to apply to be a partner in NASA Summer Education Programs. Hal Walker, Bd. Chairman, A-MAN, Inc. 310-412-2680 ( It's Not What We Can Do ! Its What We Think We Can Do That Matters. H. Walker) The A-MAN, Inc., is providing STEM based educational programs to underrepresented minority students here in the Los Angeles ares for over 18 years. A-MAN, is headed by Hal Walker a NASA/JPL Solar System Ambasador and retired 35 year veteran of the aerospace industry. A-MAN operates the International Science Discovery & Learning Center located in Inglewoood, CA. Annually over 1,000 students participate in hands-on science projects and other technology/engeering related activities including operational activities aboard the ISS Space Station Simulator and at the Mission Control Center. A-MAN programs involve after school, weekends and summer science academy activities. A-MAN is dedicated to supporting president Obama’s education initative and wishes to apply to be a partner in NASA Summer Education Programs. Hal Walker, Bd. Chairman, A-MAN, Inc. 310-412-2680 ( It’s Not What We Can Do ! Its What We Think We Can Do That Matters. H. Walker)

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