Reshma Saujani: Teach girls bravery, not perfection
רשמה סאוג'ני: למדו בנות אומץ, לא שלמות
Through her nonprofit, Girls Who Code, Reshma Saujani initiates young women into the tech world. Her goal: one million women in computer science by 2020. Full bio
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safely behind the scenes in politics
מאחורי הקלעים בפוליטיקה
had been in my district since 1992.
היתה במחוז שלי מאז 1992.
in a Democratic primary.
בפריימריז דמוקרטיים.
told a very different story.
that I was crazy to run,
in a New York City congressional race.
במרוץ לקונגרס במדינת ניו יורק.
from the New York Daily News,
snapped pictures of me on election day,
תמונות שלי ביום הבחירות,
races in the country.
הכי חמים במדינה.
an Indian girl was running.
that said I was a rising political star
about the importance of failure.
of how I ran for Congress
של איך רצתי לקונגרס
in my entire life
that was truly brave,
שאני מדברת איתן אומרות לי
towards careers and professions
they're going to be great in,
going to be perfect in,
to avoid risk and failure.
and then just jump off headfirst.
ואז לקפוץ עם הראש קדימה.
or even asking someone out on a date,
או אפילו מזמינים מישהי לדייט,
to take risk after risk.
unless you've had two failed start-ups.
אם היו לכם שני סטארטאפים כושלים.
about our federal deficit,
we're just losing out
our girls to be brave.
את הבנות שלנו להיות אמיצות.
women are underrepresented in STEM,
לא מיוצגות מספיק ב STEM,
handled an assignment
were quick to give up.
the more likely they were to give up.
היתה סבירות גבוהה יותר שהן יוותרו.
to be a challenge.
to redouble their efforts.
in every subject,
and girls approach a challenge.
that men will apply for a job
of the qualifications,
of the qualifications.
as evidence that, well,
to aspire to perfection,
less risks in our careers.
that are open right now
is being left behind
women would solve
to teach girls to code,
כדי ללמד בנות לכתוב קוד,
is that by teaching them to code
of trial and error,
זה תהליך אין סופי של נסיון וטעיה,
in the right place,
במקום הנכון,
between success and failure.
to build comes to life.
tells me the same story.
מספרת לי את אותו סיפור.
when the girls are learning how to code,
כשהבנות לומדות איך לכתוב קוד,
and she'll say,
she'd think that her student
היא היתה חושבת שהתלמידה שלה
just staring at the screen.
wrote code and then deleted it.
כתבה קוד ואז מחקה אותו.
the progress that she made,
are really good at coding,
just to teach them to code.
at the University of Columbia
שהוא פרופסור באוניברסיטת קולומביה
with computer science students.
עם סטודנטים למדעי המחשב.
with an assignment,
wrong with my code."
wrong with me."
the socialization of perfection,
את השלמות החברתית,
with building a sisterhood
עם בניית אחוות בנות
that they are not alone.
is not going to fix a broken system.
זה לא לתקן מערכת שבורה.
cheering them on,
two of our high school students
for her new country
to help Americans get to the polls.
להגיע לנקודות ההצבעה.
who built an algorithm
is benign or malignant
that she can save her daddy's life
three examples of thousands,
socialized to be imperfect,
who have learned perseverance.
more important for our country.
לא היו יותר חשובים למדינה שלנו.
for any economy to grow,
half our population.
חצי מהאוכלוסיה.
to be comfortable with imperfection,
להרגיש בנוחות עם חוסר שלמות,
to learn how to be brave like I did
איך להיות אמיצות כמו שעשיתי
to be brave in schools
להיות אמיצות בבתי ספר
to impact their lives
להשפיע על חייהן
that they will be loved and accepted
שיאהבו אותן ויקבלו אותן
to tell every young woman you know --
יגיד לכל נערה צעירה שהוא מכיר --
your employee, your colleague --
המעסיקים שלכם, הקולגות שלכם --
girls to be imperfect,
of young women who are brave
a better world for themselves
You have a vision.
are involved now in your program?
So in 2012, we taught 20 girls.
לימדנו 20 בנות.
in all 50 states.
בכל 50 המדינות.
7,500 women in computer science.
במדעי מחשב רק 7,500 נשים.
that type of change quickly.
סוג כזה של שינוי במהירות.
of the companies in this room even,
graduates from your program?
to Pixar to Disney,
I'm going to find you,
classroom in their office.
back from some of those companies
good things happen.
to think about the fact
שזה מטורף בשבילי לחשוב על העובדה
consumer purchases are made by women.
נעשות על ידי נשים.
of 600 percent more than men.
בקצב גבוה ב 600 אחוז יותר מגברים.
the companies of tomorrow.
have diverse teams,
that are part of their engineering teams,
and we see it every day.
ואנחנו רואים את זה כל יום.
You're doing incredibly important work.
את עושה עבודה חשובה ביותר.
More power to you. Thank you.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Reshma Saujani - Education activistThrough her nonprofit, Girls Who Code, Reshma Saujani initiates young women into the tech world. Her goal: one million women in computer science by 2020.
Why you should listen
Reshma Saujani is the Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, the national non-profit organization working to close the gender gap in technology and change the image of what a programmer looks like and does. The organization has already reached 90,000 girls in all 50 US states. She is the author of three books, including the forthcoming Brave, Not Perfect, which is scheduled for release in winter 2018, Women Who Don't Wait In Line and the New York Times Bestseller Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World. Her TED Talk has sparked a national conversation about how we're raising our girls. In 2010, Saujani surged onto the political scene as the first Indian American woman to run for US Congress. She has also served as Deputy Public Advocate for New York City and ran a spirited campaign for Public Advocate in 2013. She lives in New York City with her husband, Nihal, their son, Shaan, and their bulldog, Stanley.
Reshma Saujani | Speaker | TED.com