Posted on 03/28/2017 1:49:52 PM PDT by drewh
Talk about girl power! Speaking at a Women’s History Month event, Ivanka Trump revealed she’ll be taking a computer coding class with her 5-year-old girl Arabella this year. Why? The First Daughter admitted she’s ‘trying to do her part’ when it comes to banishing gender stereotypes — and we are ALL about it!
Leading by example, Ivanka Trump, 35, wants to encourage women and girls across the country to learn about computer science. And to show just how important it is for females to get involved in the tech field, the First Daughter announced that she and her daughter Arabella Kushner, 5, will be taking a computer coding class later this year. You go, girls!
Ivanka revealed the news while speaking at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum where she and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsey Devos, 59, talked about women in STEM fields with NASA employees. STEM is an academic enrichment program that encourages girls — and other minorities — to pursue careers in the fields of engineering, computer science, science, business management, entrepreneurs, and mathematics.
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“On a very personal level, as a mom I’m trying to do my part as well,” Ivanka told the crowd. “My daughter Arabella and I are enrolling in a coding class this summer.” Donald Trump‘s, 70, daughter added, “We’re excited to learn this incredibly important new language together. Coding truly is the language of the future.”
At the museum’s STEM event, which was held for Women’s History Month, young people were treated to a screening of Hidden Figures as well as speeches from NASA astronaut Kay Hire and female NASA engineers. Commenting on the Oscar-nominated film, Ivanka said, “The heroes of Hidden Figures were trailblazers for women in STEM, paving the way for greater representation of women and African-Americans in these fields.”
“They embody America’s spirit of innovation and inspire us all to continue pushing gender boundaries across all industries,” she added. But not only did the mother-of-three encourage women to explore careers in STEM, she also had an important message to the males in the room. “The playing fields will only be leveled if we can work together to eliminate these longstanding barriers,” Ivanka said. And we could not agree more!
Tell us, HollywoodLifers — do you like how Ivanka wants her daughter to learn how to code? Should more young girls be learning about computer science?
Word of advice, Ivanka. You'll remain much more popular if you're seen and not heard, especially when you open your mouth and spout banal nonsense like this.
Good Luck!
I took a coding class in college.... and absolutely detested it.
Good Luck!
I took a coding class in college.... and absolutely detested it.
A bit less Ivanka influence is what I hope to see. She screwed us with the Paris climate agreement, now she’s all in for this Helen Reddy thing.
Nice girl...now go be quiet and let the grown ups run things.
“First Daughter Replaced by H1B Visa Holder. Film at 11.”
The First Daughter is way hotter and more refined. ADD not party drunk booze hounds like the previous 2 presidential daughters. Just sayin’...
It’s for 5 year olds....this is just stupid beyond words!
I agree completely; she and her husband need to go home and keep a VERY low profile!
And this women in STEM push is a waste of time. They aren’t there because they don’t like it. They don’t major in it in college because its really hard and they mostly suck at math. They like soft fields like law and medicine, and mass communications.
Pretty harsh there, blowhard. How about recognizing the effort to be a good parent instead of nitpicking the terminology used by someone who has admitted they are just starting out?
And you should ban yourself for posting bullshit like that!
When God forces men to give birth, then equality might be feasible. But He didn’t write that in the human code. Men and women are not the same.
Is there some new language called “Coding?”
Creating an Object.
Yeah, a Sex Object.
But if you don't go, your kid feels bad.
They had a second grade fathers/child work session. The father and child made Christmas Tree ornaments. Stupid...stupid...stupid....and a waste of everyones time.
90's Ivanka flashback...
Everything I've ever heard or read about common core math sounds like the longest, weirdest way to add and subtract and especially to multiply.
Now, I know nothing about programming, so my mind is not geared to a programmers way of thinking, but in the video an instructor said of his students they "Think programming 80% of the time they're awake", which made me wonder ....
I'm sure there ARE people that are SO sold on their field of endeavor that they DO eat, sleep and drink _______________ ...
But in this very fast advancing computer world .... is common core math the path by which these kids/geeks do their dreaming, or are they more traditional "if/then"
Serious question from a school board director looking for answers and bullets.
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