Lokho uNkk. Vaughan Asifundisa kona (futhi angasifundisa e-US)

Mhlawumbe uke wabona ifilimu ethi Figure Figures. Mhlawumbe ugqugquzelwe ukuvezwa kwayo kwabesifazane abathathu abamnyama bephumelela ngenxa yekhono labo elimangalisayo endabeni yokucwasa ngokobuhlanga nangokobulili. Kulo mbono, ifilimu iyakhuthaza ngempela futhi ifanele ukubonwa.

Ake ngengeze ezinye izifundo ezimbili ezivela ku-movie ukuze ucabange ngazo. Njengomuntu owayeyingcweti yezibalo esikoleni esiphakeme nasekolishi, Izibalo Ezifihliwe ziwukunqoba kwethu esasifuna impumelelo ngezibalo kanye nezibalo zethiyori. 

Ngasekupheleni komsebenzi wami wasekolishi, ngathatha izifundo zezibalo kuprofesa okhuthazayo waseNASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory okuthiwa uJanet Meyer. Sachitha izikhathi eziningi zalelo kilasi sibala indlela yokubeka imoto yasemkhathini ku-Mars, futhi sibhala ikhodi yokwenza ikhompuyutha ye-mainframe isisize ngezibalo zethu. Ngakho-ke, ukubuka amaqhawe amathathu amagalelo awo angazange aqanjwe kakhulu esebenzisa amakhono awo ezibalo ukuze aphumelele kwakugqugquzela. Izibalo zibhala phansi konke esikwenzayo nesikwenzayo, yingakho i-STEM nezinye izinhlelo zibaluleke kangaka, futhi kungani kufanele siqinisekise ukuthi wonke umuntu uyakwazi ukufinyelela imfundo ayidingayo. Cabanga ukuthi izinhlelo zethu zasemkhathini beziyolahlekelwa yini ukube u-Katherine G. Johnson, u-Dorothy Vaughan noMary Jackson abazange banikezwe ithuba lokudlulisela amandla nobuhlakani babo emfundweni esemthethweni.

Futhi ngomcabango wesibili, ngifuna ukugqamisa elinye lamaqhawe, uNkk. Vaughan. Enkulumweni kaMongameli Obama yokumvalelisa, waveza ukuthi i-automation yayiwumnyombo wokulahlekelwa yimisebenzi kanye nezinguquko kubasebenzi bethu. Sinenqwaba yabantu ezweni lethu abazizwa beshiywe ngemuva, beshiywe ngaphandle futhi bethukuthele. Babona imisebenzi yabo yokukhiqiza neminye inyamalala phakathi namashumi eminyaka, ibashiya benenkumbulo yemisebenzi ekhokhelwa kahle enezinzuzo ezinhle eziphethwe abazali babo nogogo nomkhulu.

Ifilimu ivula ngoNkk. Vaughan esebenza ngaphansi kweChevrolet yakhe ka-'56 futhi siyabuka njengoba ekugcineni edlula isiqalisi ngesikrudrayiva ukuze imoto ijike. Lapho ngisesikoleni esiphakeme, amahora amaningi achithwa ngaphansi kwehood yemoto, senza izinguquko, sithuthukisa ukushiyeka, sishintsha umshini oyisisekelo esasiwusebenzisa nsuku zonke. Ezimotweni zanamuhla, kunzima ukucabanga ukuthi ukwazi ukwenza izinto ezifanayo. Izingxenye eziningi zisizwa ngekhompuyutha, zilawulwa nge-elekthronikhi futhi zilinganisa kahle (futhi zenza ukukhwabanisa, njengoba sisanda kufunda). Ngisho nokuhlonza inkinga kudinga ukuxhuma imoto kumakhompyutha akhethekile. Sisele nekhono lokushintsha uwoyela, amawipha omshini wokusula amawindi namasondo—okungenani okwamanje.

Kodwa uNkk. Vaughan akazange nje akwazi ukuqalisa imoto yakhe endala, yilapho nje ikhono lakhe lokulungisa imishini laqala khona. Lapho ebona ukuthi ithimba lakhe lonke lamakhompiyutha abantu lalizophelelwa yisikhathi lapho i-IBM 7090 iqala ukusebenza e-NASA, wazifundisa yena nethimba lakhe ulimi lwekhompyutha i-Fortran kanye nezisekelo zokunakekela ikhompuyutha. Ususe iqembu lakhe kusukela ekuphelelweni yisikhathi waya phambili esigabeni esisha e-NASA, futhi waqhubeka nokufaka isandla emaphethelweni ohlelo lwethu lwasemkhathini kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe. 

Lesi yisixazululo sokukhula kwethu kwesikhathi esizayo– . Kufanele samukele impendulo kaNkk. Vaughan yokushintsha, sizilungiselele ikusasa, futhi sigxumele phakathi ngezinyawo zombili. Kufanele sihole, kunokuba silahlekelwe unyawo lwethu ngezikhathi zoguquko. Futhi kuyenzeka. E-United States yonke. 

Ubani owayengaqagela ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi namuhla sizoba nezindawo zokukhiqiza ezingama-500 ezisabalele kuzo zonke izifundazwe zase-US ezingama-43 eziqasha abantu abangama-21,000 ukusiza imboni yamandla omoya? Imboni yokukhiqiza ilanga e-US ikhula minyaka yonke naphezu kokugxilwa kwemboni e-East Asia. Uma u-Thomas Edison asungula isibani, ubuhlakani baseMelika bawuthuthukisa nge-LED esebenza kahle kakhulu, bamkhiqiza e-US Ukufakwa, ukulungiswa, kanye nokwenza ngcono konke kusekela imisebenzi yase-US ngezindlela esingakaze siziphuphe. 

Ingabe kulula? Hhayi njalo. Kuhlale kunezithiyo. Zingase zibe yi-logistical, zingase zibe zobuchwepheshe, kungase kudingeke sifunde izinto esingakaze sizifunde ngaphambili. Kodwa kungenzeka uma sibamba ithuba. Futhi yilokho uNkz. Vaughan akufundisa iqembu lakhe. Nalokho angasifundisa khona sonke.