SSI DVD: DO THE MATH
Run time: Approx 17 minutes
This short informational video interviews a wide range of professionals: a Nobel Prize-winning physicist (Leon Lederman, SSI Advisory Board member), a TV sports reporter, an MIT robot-inventor, a fashion designer, an award-winning composer, a Princeton sociologist – the first in her family to go to college – and others. They were asked to tell students in real-life terms why a rigorous course of study that includes healthy doses of math, science, social studies, English, and foreign language is so important today – and so critical to their work. In addition, high school students in several SSI states were asked to reflect on their dreams for the future – and how a rigorous course of study like SSI’s could help them achieve those dreams.
In just 17 minutes, Do the Math makes a vivid, riveting, and compelling case for taking a rigorous high school curriculum.
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A few voices from the video:
"This idea of hard fun ... things can be hard and can still be really fun, because when you solve them, they can be that much more rewarding." Dr. Cynthia Breazeal, Robot Designer & Professor, MIT Media Lab
"It's a process of learning how to learn. And it's a process of learning things that have a direct practical application when you step out of high school." Kip Kuepper, TV/Radio Ad Music Composer
"The more that you know, essentially the more you want to know. And that's a good thing." Ray Hunter, Web Developer
"It's a way of thinking. Science is a way of thinking. It's a way of learning and becoming more powerful. And when you do that, you find that everyday is full of discoveries." Dr. Leon Lederman, Nobel Prize Winner - Physics