Reshma Saujani: Teach girls bravery, not perfection
Reshma Saujani: Kızlara cesareti öğretin, kusursuzluğu değil
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
had been in my district since 1992.
in a Democratic primary.
karşısına aday dahi çıkmamıştı.
told a very different story.
that I was crazy to run,
in a New York City congressional race.
from the New York Daily News,
snapped pictures of me on election day,
races in the country.
an Indian girl was running.
that said I was a rising political star
about the importance of failure.
of how I ran for Congress
in my entire life
that was truly brave,
towards careers and professions
they're going to be great in,
going to be perfect in,
to avoid risk and failure.
kaçınması öğretiliyor.
parktaki
and then just jump off headfirst.
zıplamayı öğrenirler.
or even asking someone out on a date,
to take risk after risk.
unless you've had two failed start-ups.
seni kimse ciddiye bile almaz.
about our federal deficit,
hakkında endişelenirken
konusunda endişeliyim.
we're just losing out
our girls to be brave.
women are underrepresented in STEM,
handled an assignment
were quick to give up.
the more likely they were to give up.
to be a challenge.
to redouble their efforts.
in every subject,
and girls approach a challenge.
bu 5.sınıfla sınırlı değil.
that men will apply for a job
istenen niteliklerin
of the qualifications,
iş başvurusunda bulunuyorken,
of the qualifications.
başvuruda bulunuyor.
as evidence that, well,
bu kadınların toplumda
to aspire to perfection,
olduklarının kanıtı.
kariyerimizde
less risks in our careers.
that are open right now
is being left behind
kusursuz olmak yerine,
women would solve
to teach girls to code,
öğreten bir şirket kurdum.
is that by teaching them to code
sağladığımı da fark ettim.
of trial and error,
doğru komutu yerleştirdiğin
in the right place,
between success and failure.
to build comes to life.
tells me the same story.
öğretmeni aynı hikayeyi anlattı.
when the girls are learning how to code,
and she'll say,
she'd think that her student
just staring at the screen.
wrote code and then deleted it.
sonra sildiğini görüyor.
the progress that she made,
are really good at coding,
just to teach them to code.
öğretmek yetmiyor.
at the University of Columbia
with computer science students.
with an assignment,
wrong with my code."
wrong with me."
the socialization of perfection,
kurtarmakla başlamalıyız.
with building a sisterhood
that they are not alone.
birleştirmeliyiz.
is not going to fix a broken system.
bozuk sistemi düzeltmeyecek.
cheering them on,
two of our high school students
for her new country
to help Americans get to the polls.
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.
for any economy to grow,
half our population.
to be comfortable with imperfection,
to learn how to be brave like I did
to be brave in schools
to impact their lives
that they will be loved and accepted
to tell every young woman you know --
your employee, your colleague --
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.
in all 50 states.
7,500 women in computer science.
that type of change quickly.
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
consumer purchases are made by women.
of 600 percent more than men.
the companies of tomorrow.
have diverse teams,
that are part of their engineering teams,
and we see it every day.
You're doing incredibly important work.
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