Yintoni uNksk. Vaughan asifundisa yona (kwaye unokusifundisa e-US)

Mhlawumbi ubukhe wabona imuvi efihliweyo. Mhlawumbi ukhuthazwe ngumzobo wayo wabafazi abathathu abamnyama abaphumelelayo ngenxa yobuchule babo obumangalisayo kumxholo wocalucalulo ngokobuhlanga nesini. Ngokwale mbono, imovie iyakhuthaza ngokwenene kwaye ifanele ukubonwa.

Mandongeze ezinye izifundo ezibini kwimuvi ukuze ucinge ngazo. Njengomntu owayeyintshatsheli yezibalo kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo nakwikholeji, iFigure Figures luloyiso lwethu olufuna impumelelo ngezibalo kunye nethiyori manani. 

Ngasekupheleni komsebenzi wam wasekholejini, ndathatha izifundo zezibalo kunjingalwazi okhuthazayo weNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory ogama linguJanet Meyer. Sichithe iiseshoni ezininzi zaloo klasi sibala indlela yokubeka isithuthi sendawo kwi-orbit ejikeleze i-Mars, kunye nekhowudi yokubhala ukwenza ikhomputha ye-mainframe isincede ekubaleni kwethu. Ke ngoko, ukubukela amagorha amathathu amagalelo lawo angazange avunywe ubukhulu becala esebenzisa izakhono zawo zezibalo ukuze aphumelele bekukhuthaza. Izibalo zibhala phantsi yonke into esiyenzayo nesiyenzayo, yiyo loo nto iSTEM kunye nezinye iinkqubo zibaluleke kangaka, kwaye kutheni kufuneka siqinisekise ukuba wonke umntu uyafikelela kwimfundo ayidingayo. Khawucinge nje ukuba iinkqubo zethu zesithuba beziya kulahleka ukuba uKatherine G. Johnson, uDorothy Vaughan noMary Jackson abazange banikwe ithuba lokuhambisa amandla abo kunye nengqondo kwimfundo esemthethweni.

Kwaye kwingcinga yesibini, ndifuna ukugqamisa elinye lamagorha, uNksk. Vaughan. Kwintetho yokuvalelisa kaMongameli u-Obama, ukhankanye indlela i-automation eyayisembindini wokulahlekelwa yimisebenzi kunye notshintsho kubasebenzi bethu. Sinabantu abaninzi kwilizwe lethu abaziva beshiywe, beshiywe kwaye benomsindo. Bayibona imveliso yabo neminye imisebenzi inyamalala kwisithuba samashumi eminyaka, ibashiya benenkumbulo yemisebenzi ehlawulwa kakuhle enezibonelelo ezintle ezigcinwe ngabazali nootatomkhulu noomakhulu.

Umboniso bhanya-bhanya uvula ngoNksk. Vaughan esebenza phantsi kwakhe '56 Chevrolet kwaye sibukele njengoko ekugqibeleni edlula kwisiqalisi ngescrewdriver ukuze imoto ijike. Xa ndandikwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, iiyure ezininzi zazichithwa phantsi kophahla lwemoto, sisenza iinguqulelo, siphucula iintsilelo, sitshintsha umatshini osisiseko esasiwusebenzisa yonke imihla. Kwiimoto zanamhlanje, kunzima ukucinga ukuba uyakwazi ukwenza izinto ezifanayo. Amacandelo amaninzi ancediswa yikhompyutha, alawulwa nge-elektroniki kwaye alungelelaniswe ngokuthambileyo (kunye nokwenza ubuqhophololo, njengoko sisanda kufunda). Nokuba ukuxilongwa kwengxaki kufuna ukudibanisa imoto kwiikhompyuter ezikhethekileyo. Sishiyeke sinamandla okutshintsha ioli, iiwiper zefestile namatayara—ubuncinane okwangoku.

Kodwa uNksk. Vaughan akazange akwazi nje ukuqalisa inqwelo-mafutha yakhe eyalupheleyo, kulapho kanye ubuchule bakhe bomatshini baqala khona. Xa eqaphela ukuba iqela lakhe lonke leekhompyuter zabantu laliza kuphelelwa lixesha xa i-IBM 7090 iqala ukusebenza kwi-NASA, wazifundisa yena kunye neqela lakhe ulwimi lwekhompyutha iFortran kunye neziseko zokugcinwa kwekhompyuter. Uthathe iqela lakhe ekuphelelweni lixesha waya kumgca ongaphambili wecandelo elitsha eNASA, kwaye waqhubeka nokuba negalelo kungqameko lwenkqubo yethu yendawo yonke ebomini bakhe. 

Esi sisisombululo kuhlumo lwethu lwexesha elizayo– . Kufuneka siyamkele impendulo kaNksk. Vaughan yokutshintsha, sizilungiselele ikamva, kwaye sixhume ngeenyawo zombini. Kufuneka sikhokele, kunokuba siphulukane nonyawo lwethu ngamaxesha enguqu. Kwaye kuyenzeka. Kulo lonke elaseUnited States. 

Ngubani owayenokuqikelela ngelo xesha ukuba namhlanje siza kuba neendawo zokuvelisa ezingama-500 ezisasazwe kuwo onke amazwe angama-43 ase-US aqeshe abantu abangama-21,000 ukuba bakhonze ishishini lamandla omoya? Imboni yemveliso yelanga e-US ikhula minyaka yonke nangona kugxininisekile kwishishini eMpuma Asia. Ukuba uThomas Edison waqamba ibhalbhu yesibane, ubukrelekrele baseMelika buphucule nge-LED esebenza kakuhle, bamenzela uFakelo lwase-US, ukugcinwa, kunye nophuculo zonke zixhasa imisebenzi yase-US ngeendlela esingazange siziphuphe. 

Ngaba kulula? Akunjalo rhoqo. Kusoloko kukho imiqobo. Zisenokuba nobuchule, zisenokuba zobugcisa, kusenokufuneka sifunde izinto esingazange sizifunde ngaphambili. Kodwa kunokwenzeka ukuba siyalixhakamfula ithuba. Kwaye yiloo nto uNksk. Vaughan ayifundise iqela lakhe. Yaye yintoni anokusifundisa yona sonke.