Just because you sing about chemistry doesn’t mean you can inspire people to study chemistry.
Chemistry was crazy from the get-go
Neither one of us knew why
We didn’t build nothing overnight
Cuz a love like this takes some time
People swore it off as a phase
Said we can’t see that
Now from top to bottom
They see that we did that (yes)
It’s so true that (yes)
We’ve been through it (yes)
We got real sh** (yes)
See baby we been…
~ Lyrics from Mary J. Blige’s “Be Without You”
I’ve been scratching my head over NASA’s choice to use incredibly talented R&B singer Mary J. Blige as their spokeswoman to help inspire young girls to go into math and science.
Don’t get me wrong, I love that NASA is trying to do something to alter the pathetic participation rate of women in the so-called STEM industries — science, technology, engineering and mathematics. I’ve written about the lack of women in STEM for a while now.
Only about 17 percent of girls take advanced placement tests in computer science while in high school, the lowest level of females among all such exams, according to the National Center for Women & Information Technology. And in 2008, women earned only 18 percent of computer science degrees, compared to 37 percent in 1985.
But why would NASA pick Blige of all people to turn this around? (more…)
The yellow buses have started to appear around town as kids go back to school, and suddenly we’re all thinking about books and learning.
Next week we’ll be into September, and I know a lot of you have been waiting for the fall to arrive so you can really crank up your job search.
Someone should make an app for my iPhone that allows you to search a data base of employers who have come under fire by the government for employee mistreatment. If there were, fewer people would probably get sick from tainted food.
Recently I got an earful from my husband who thinks I can go over the top when it comes to work and family.
I’ve been getting endless pitches from PR folks about Steven Slater, the JetBlue airline attendant who quit recently in a spectacular fashion.
It’s the same old tired anti-work-flexibility excuse I hear over and over again:
I was a meeting on health care reform in Wilmington, DE, yesterday and
The job market is still struggling, but many economists believe employers are just reluctant to hire new workers even though many firms are doing better and could probably put out the help wanted sign.
Look how relaxed Michelle Obama looks. Maybe more of us should be taking a page from her vacation bonanza.