https://padlet.com/Mackenzie_Lew/w1jp6kkaf31fgsux Mitchell, Nightingale, Jacobi en-us 2021-07-17 17:11:33 UTC 2021-07-20 15:57:15 UTC hello@padlet.com Mackenzie_Lew https://padlet.com/Mackenzie_Lew/w1jp6kkaf31fgsux/wish/1653416551 Something that I thought was interesting about the stories of Mitchell, Nightingale, and Jacobi is that even though the book credits them for different things in different fields, they all had a contribution to education. Each one of these women was passionate about STEM and helped the younger generations learn STEM in a way that they weren't able to. Even though Nightengale didn't work with students, she still wrote manuals and educational material. These women prove through experience that someone can be a scientist while still making a humanitarian impact on people's lives. One thing that surprised me during the readings was in Jacobi's story. The higher-ups were predominantly sexist, yet they still accepted her research! Their acceptance showed me how powerful STEM is; even though STEM and society influence each other, STEM can also provide a clear path through life's complications. Something I would like clarification about is why isn't there more time in school focused on women in stem? In my 12 years of public school, we only ever talked about a handful of women in this field when they have made MANY significant and interesting discoveries]]> 2021-07-17 17:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/Mackenzie_Lew/w1jp6kkaf31fgsux/wish/1653416551 anabel4th1 https://padlet.com/Mackenzie_Lew/w1jp6kkaf31fgsux/wish/1653877746 A wow moment I had during the content this week was during the movie The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. I found the conditions the family had to endure to be extremely unfortunate. Then, for their own government to neglect their own people and let them fend for themselves was even more difficult to comprehend. William really took me aback and how brave and persistent he was when he was faced with adversity. It makes me think about the potential adversities that my future students could potentially face at home, but they still show up to get an education and hopefully a better future. I would think that would be what motivates them, but in the movie there was even more that motivated William and that was what truly made me proud. He wanted to help out his people/tribe/community so that they could all live better lives. Something I need clarification on is how many contributions were made to works being translated to English. Quite a few of the readings have highlighted people who were involved in translations and manuscripts. I want to know how many works were originally created in English as well as the frequency of potential mistranslations. While I understand that these women made great efforts to complete these manuscripts, some did not have the opportunity to finish their work and with translations comes the risk of misinterpretations. ]]> 2021-07-18 22:38:10 UTC https://padlet.com/Mackenzie_Lew/w1jp6kkaf31fgsux/wish/1653877746 tmj564 https://padlet.com/Mackenzie_Lew/w1jp6kkaf31fgsux/wish/1654303832 A wow moment that I had was learning about Nightingale. I found it so intriguing that she changed nursing during a war. The fact that she felt "overwhelmed" for being an icon to many in her lifetime, can relate to our nurses during the pandemic. She was walking into new territory and eventually changed and trained future nurses so that they were better. This is a perfect example with all of these women of how one person can change so much with STEM. It shows that with experience and constantly finding ways to improve can truly change life as we know it. I feel like STEM icons, especially those that are female, are rarely recognized in school. If women like those we have been reading about were brought up I feel like it would grab attentions and show that STEM could be interesting and fun. ]]> 2021-07-19 03:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Mackenzie_Lew/w1jp6kkaf31fgsux/wish/1654303832 https://padlet.com/Mackenzie_Lew/w1jp6kkaf31fgsux/wish/1654316707 I really enjoyed getting to read about these women yet it made me sad that I had never heard of them before and made me feel for the young women who are wanting to grow up and get involved in the STEM field, yet have no one to look up to in the field, who is female, because they're hardly mentioned in school. I think that realizing this wowed me, and made me realize how unfortunate it is. These women had such a strong passion for their work and research and I think that this could be admired by all, whether or not you're wanting to go into the STEM field, but especially if you are. These women and their stories are very inspiring and I wonder if one day the STEM field could be dominated by women. If so, how different would our world be? And what would this mean for the STEM field and how drastically would it change? ]]> 2021-07-19 04:06:19 UTC https://padlet.com/Mackenzie_Lew/w1jp6kkaf31fgsux/wish/1654316707