Photo courtesy of Society of Women Engineers
A few weeks ago, I had the wonderful opportunity to visit Inkster Public Schools for their Literacy Night. I was asked to say a few words and I ended my brief 5 minute speech with “Engineering is for Everybody and Anybody.”
After my speech, two 4th grade girls came over to see me. They said “We liked what you said in your speech, your words were very inspiring.”
I replied enthusiastically, “you did?! I’m so happy! Was there one part in particular that you liked the most?”
And one of the girls replied, “the part at the end where you said ‘Engineering is for everybody and anybody.’ Did you mean that?”
Deeply moved, I replied quietly, “oh yes!” and went on to show these some of the items engineers work on.
Six words – sometimes that’s all it takes to inspire a whole new path in a young person’s life.
How about you? Were you aware that engineering is for everybody and anybody?
