…be makers of things, not just consumers of things

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Today the President of the United States of America said…

“…think about new and creative ways to engage young people in science and engineering, like science festivals, robotics competitions, and fairs that encourage young people to create, build, and invent — to be makers of things, not just consumers of things.”

Audio & photos…

Filed under: announce — by adafruit, posted April 27, 2009 at 5:39 pm

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4 Comments

  1. YAY! Finally, a [semi-]competent president!

    Comment by Ayush Sood — April 27, 2009 @ 6:53 pm

  2. Everytime he talks about science or engineering it just gives me a warm feeling inside. ‘The president gets it. The president cares!’

    Comment by SDC — April 27, 2009 @ 8:13 pm

  3. Finally, we have a president that understands wealth is created by science and engineering not by lawyers and MBA’s.

    Comment by Sekhar Samy — April 27, 2009 @ 11:08 pm

  4. Wait, that’s the eagle from the Colbert Report intro! :-)

    Comment by Gareth Branwyn — April 28, 2009 @ 2:14 am

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