Zolemba Nkhani: 

"Ndinapeza mawu oyamba mu STEM ndili m’giredi XNUMX. Ndili m’giredi XNUMX, ndinalowa nawo ntchito ya robotics chifukwa ndinkaganiza kuti zingakhale zosangalatsa. Mnzangayo anandiuza kuti ndiyambe kujowina robotics chifukwa ankafuna wina woti apite naye. Kotero ine ndinapita, ndipo ine, nditawona….ana akusekondale akupikisana, ndinachita chidwi ndi momwe anthu angapangire maloboti otere ndikuchita nawo zinthu mwa iwo okha. Kotero ndinaganiza, ndikufunadi kutenga nawo mbali pakupanga robot. 

Mu Lego League First Robotic, sitigwiritsa ntchito zitsulo, timagwiritsa ntchito ngati njerwa ndi zinthu, monga Legos. Ndipo sindinkafuna kwenikweni kukhala womanga. Ndinkafuna kwambiri kuti ndilembe robotyo chifukwa kujambula kunkandisangalatsa nthawi zonse pamene ndimalowa kusukulu ya pulayimale, chifukwa nthawi zonse ndinkakhala pafupi ndi ana a sekondale kusukulu ya sekondale, [ndipo] tinkakambirana za kulemba, [ndipo] ndimaganiza kuti zinali zabwino. Kotero ine ndikufuna kwenikweni kukhala coder. Sindinathe kukhala wojambula, chifukwa ndinali mtsikana ndipo atsikana sankalemba, ndi zomwe anyamata adanena, anyamata omwe ankathamanga. Choncho ndinakakamizika kugwira ntchitoyo, ndipo ndinafunika kugwira ntchito inayake. Ine, ndithudi, sindinakonde, chifukwa ndinkafuna kulemba ma code ndipo sindinkatha kulemba chifukwa ndinali mtsikana [ndipo] ndimayesera kumvetsetsa panthawiyo, koma chomwe ndimadziwa chinali chakuti ndinkafuna kukhala mtsikana. kodi. Kenako ndinapita kusekondale ndipo kusekondale kunali ligi yosiyana. Ndipo ndidatha kulemba loboti, sikuti ndidangophunzira momwe ndimapangira zinthu, ndikulemba zinthu, ndikungochita zambiri nazo. Ndinachitanso maphunziro a sayansi ya makompyuta, zomwe ndinachita bwino kwambiri. 

Chifukwa chake ndikamakula, ndidayenera kudziwa zomwe ndimafuna kuchita ndi zolemba. Koma kodi ndinkafuna kuchita chiyani kwenikweni? Chifukwa chake ine, ndikadali, ndinedi, ndine wamkulu pamasewera apakanema. Nthawi zonse ndinkangokhalira kuonera bambo anga akusewera magemu a pakompyuta, ndipo makolo anga ankangokhalira kucheza nawo. Ndipo nditachita kafukufuku, ndinapeza kuti kukopera sikunali masewera a pakompyuta, chifukwa poyamba ndinkaganiza kuti ndi luso chabe. Ndipo ndinali ngati, sindine wojambula. Ndine wolemba ma code. Kotero ndinaganiza zopita ku njira yopangira masewera. Banja langa, ndithudi, silinalikonde kwenikweni, chifukwa linkaganiza kuti sindingathe kupanga ntchito. Ndipo amangodandaula kuti sindikanatha. Ndipo ine pokhala ine, ndinali ngati, ndikuwonetsani kuti ndikhoza kuchita izi. Ndipo kotero ine ndinatenga makalasi okhotakhota ndi chirichonse. 

Ndipo ine ndiri pano. Ndine wachinyamata ku koleji ndikuphunzira kupanga masewera ndi chitukuko ku New York. Ndipo inali njira yovuta kufika kuno. Eya, sanali makalasi kwenikweni, anali mwanzeru zamaphunziro. Kupanga masewera ndi nkhani yovuta pankhani ya STEM chifukwa mapangidwe amasewera ali ndi luso komanso makompyuta. Monga, ndikuphunzira kupanga zojambulajambula komanso zinthu zama code. Chifukwa chake nthawi iliyonse ndikayesa kuchita maphunziro, kapena kuyesa kuzindikirika, sindingathe kulowa mu STEM chifukwa ambiri [ndikuganiza] mapangidwe amasewera si njira ya STEM. Koma ine ndikukhulupirira izo ziri chabe chifukwa izo zikulemba ndi chirichonse. Chifukwa chake zinali zovuta kuti ndipeze zinthu zondiyimira chifukwa sindinali waluso mokwanira kwa ana aluso. Koma inenso sindinali ngati mawu ngati ine ndinali sayansi zambiri inu mukudziwa kwa code. Kotero pali mwayi kunja uko. Ndikudziwa kuti ndiyenera kuyang'ana kwambiri, koma zingakhale bwino ngati pangakhale zambiri chifukwa ndine munthu wamtundu, msungwana wachikazi. Ndine mkazi wamtundu womwe ndikupita kumunda womwe ambiri salandilidwa kapena kuvomerezedwa. Chifukwa chake kukhala ndi chiwonetsero chamtunduwu komanso kukhala ndi njira yodziwonetsera ndikudziwikiratu kudzandithandiza pakapita nthawi."