Obama launches 'take your child to the lab' week

Associated Press ^ | Feb 28, 2016 9:26 AM EST | Darlene Superville

[Olog-hai]

President Barack Obama is launching a version of "take your child to work day" that's focused on America's science laboratories instead of its corporate workspaces.

It's part of Obama's effort to encourage young people, especially girls and minorities, to pursue careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. [...]

The students, including from communities aligned with Obama's "My Brother's Keeper" initiative, will participate in mentoring sessions, hands-on experiments and other activities. My Brother's Keeper is a public-private initiative started by Obama to help boys and young men of color stay on the right path. The White House Council on Women and Girls is also involved. ...

[ChocChipCookie]

Meth lab?

[SunkenCiv]

The lab is run by Stem Express.

[Thank You Rush]

“”My Brother’s Keeper is a public-private initiative started by Obama to help boys and young men of color stay on the right path.””

And it’s done such an outstanding job, hasn’t it? But maybe his meaning of “right path” is a bit different from ours...

[Cementjungle]

My Brother's Keeper is a public-private initiative started by Obama

What exactly does "public-private" mean? He fills it with public money and uses it for private purposes?

[TruthWillWin]

Indoctrination of youth into the climate change cult?

[Seruzawa]

They already go to a socialist/psych lab every day. It’s called public school.

[Olog-hai]

It’s basically fascism.

[Olog-hai]

That wins the thread.

[grey_whiskers]

“Chelsea, this is how we defeat an air-gap...” /I hope she didn’t say that>

[BenLurkin]

My Brother's Keeper is a public-private initiative...help boys and young men of color...

In other words, an overtly racist organization.

[uncitizen]

Absolutely.

[JimSEA]

True but it is better than sending them to majors in Black Studies, Feminist Studies, ad nauseum.

[faithhopecharity]

O, how about a take YOUR children to Kenya week?

[bgill]

And this, sweetie, is where daddy and his buddies make meth so you can have all your nice toys.

[familyop]

It’s part of the trend of new fascism.

[BuffaloJack]

There is no way I’d let a kid in my lab.
I work with high voltage corona. It’s enough to worry about other employees touching the wrong stuff, because it’s “cool” looking.

[Kirkwood]

I guess no one told him that nearly all science labs are off-limits to children and the public. There’s a reason they keep the labs isolated and behind locked doors.

[raybbr]

I work with high voltage corona.

Treating plastic? I work where we use one too. It's kind of dangerous and creates a ton of ozone.

[BuffaloJack]

> Treating plastic?
Yes and No. Converting plastics into piezoelectric materials.