Mae Jemison Quotes

I don't know whether it is important to study science at a young age, though current thinking emphasises the need.

Our single greatest defense against scientific ignorance is education, and early in the life of every scientist, the child's first interest was sparked by a teacher.

We read to our kids at bedtime because we want to have literacy, but what are we doing to make sure kids are equally fascinated by science?

We want kids to think that they can think about science. They don't need to just play soccer.

I think parents want their kids to have a strong, competitive education. The message [of my victory] was that includes a full set of science standards and that includes evolution.

What we need is a strong education system that allows creativity to grow and encourages students to be interested in science and technology.

Every child should be given a strong start to their education.

In order for America to remain a global leader in innovation and opportunity, we must give our children a solid foundation in math and science.

You don't need a science degree to understand about science. You just need to think about it.

Science is cool! But it's easy for that to get lost in textbooks sometimes.

In my schooling through high school, I excelled mainly in chemistry, physics and mathematics.

One of the reasons I like working with schools is to try to convince women that they can be scientists and that science can be fun.

The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.

If you're an adult and you choose not to believe in science, fine, but please don't prevent your children from learning about it and letting them draw their own conclusions.

In 'Packing for Mars,' I tried to convey the importance of getting young people interested in science.

Scientists need to be prepared to engage, and the best people to engage with are students, ideally from primary school because there's no question that their capacity to work out complex things is extremely good.

… to develop a plan to promote better science education

The key to America's economic future is educating kids as early in their lives as we can.

But perhaps the rest of us could have separate classes in science appreciation, the wonder of science, scientific ways of thinking, and the history of scientific ideas, rather than laboratory experience.

To achieve our goals of educating bold and ambitious children, we must invest in enriching, quality early child care and learning.

We are really battling, today in the U.S., keeping science education in the forefront at the elementary level, and that's where the research shows that kids get interested.

Home is a child's first and most important classroom.

My whole life has been basically trying to find intelligent students or, you know, highly motivated students and giving them an opportunity to do good science.

If we’re going to be the world’s leader, we have to pick up the pace of American education, especially in math and science.

We need science education to produce scientists, but we need it equally to create literacy in the public. Man has a fundamental urge to comprehend the world about him …