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- From: brian@quake.sylmar.ca.us (Brian K. Yoder)
- Subject: Re: Free Middle/High School Broadcasts
- Message-ID: <BxsG1I.69L@quake.sylmar.ca.us>
- Organization: Quake Public Access
- References: <1992Nov13.155504.23313@nhgs.vak12ed.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 02:53:41 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov13.155504.23313@nhgs.vak12ed.edu> pgolden@nhgs.vak12ed.edu (Patrick S. Golden) writes:
- >REACHING FOR THE STARS
- >
- >A free, nationwide distance-learning program designed to
- >encourage young minority and female middle and high-school
- >students to pursue careers in science and engineering
-
- >Program Objectives:
-
- >The series is designed to provide viewers with:
-
- >- An awareness of the career possibilities and rewards that exist for
- >students -- particularly minorities and women -- in engineering
- >and the sciences.
-
- I really despise this sort of racist attitude. Why single these people out?
- The implication is that race and sex make some kind of difference in these
- areas (and others...special treatment for women and minorities is expressed
- everywhere in the educational world).
-
- --Brian
-