Reshma Saujani: Teach girls bravery, not perfection
Reshma Saujani: Să le învățăm pe fete curajul, nu perfecțiunea
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
în culisele scenei politice,
întotdeauna să candidez.
had been in my district since 1992.
era în funcție din 1992.
in a Democratic primary.
la alegerile democrate.
told a very different story.
au arătat altceva.
that I was crazy to run,
că e o nebunie să candidez,
in a New York City congressional race.
pentru Congres din orașul New York.
from the New York Daily News,
New York Daily News,
snapped pictures of me on election day,
poze cu mine în ziua alegerilor,
races in the country.
alegere din țară.
an Indian girl was running.
indiană candidează.
sondajele au avut dreptate
eram inițial o apariție promițătoare,
that said I was a rising political star
1,3 milioane de dolari
about the importance of failure.
despre importanța eșecului.
of how I ran for Congress
pentru Congres
in my entire life
that was truly brave,
într-adevăr curajos
towards careers and professions
they're going to be great in,
going to be perfect in,
to avoid risk and failure.
să evite riscul și eșecul.
să luăm 10 pe linie.
să fie ambițioși,
and then just jump off headfirst.
și să sară cu capul înainte.
or even asking someone out on a date,
sau invită pe cineva la întâlnire,
to take risk after risk.
unless you've had two failed start-ups.
două eșecuri în afaceri.
about our federal deficit,
pentru deficitul federal,
pentru lipsa de curaj.
we're just losing out
au de pierdut
our girls to be brave.
să fie curajoase.
women are underrepresented in STEM,
femeile nu sunt reprezentate în STEM,
handled an assignment
elevi buni de clasa a V-a
were quick to give up.
renunțau repede.
the more likely they were to give up.
cu atât creștea posibilitatea să renunțe.
pentru băieții isteți
to be a challenge.
to redouble their efforts.
in every subject,
pe băieți la toate materiile,
and girls approach a challenge.
și băieții abordează o provocare.
that men will apply for a job
că bărbații candidează pentru un post
of the qualifications,
din cerințe,
of the qualifications.
as evidence that, well,
ca o dovadă a faptului că femeile
to aspire to perfection,
să aspire la perfecțiune,
less risks in our careers.
în carieră.
that are open right now
disponibile acum
is being left behind
women would solve
pe care le-ar rezolva
să fie curajoase
to teach girls to code,
care predă fetelor programare
is that by teaching them to code
of trial and error,
de încercare și eroare,
in the right place,
unde trebuie.
between success and failure.
dintre succes și eșec.
to build comes to life.
prinde viață.
tells me the same story.
îmi spune același lucru.
when the girls are learning how to code,
învață să programeze,
and she'll say,
she'd think that her student
că eleva n-a făcut
just staring at the screen.
în ultimele 20 de minute.
wrote code and then deleted it.
și a șters-o.
the progress that she made,
are really good at coding,
la programare,
just to teach them to code.
at the University of Columbia
la University of Columbia,
with computer science students.
studenții de la informatică.
with an assignment,
la o sarcină,
cu programul meu.”
wrong with my code."
wrong with me."
e ceva greșit cu mine.”
the socialization of perfection,
să nu mai socializăm perfecțiunea,
with building a sisterhood
cu o solidaritate a fetelor
that they are not alone.
is not going to fix a broken system.
străduindu-te mai mult.
cheering them on,
two of our high school students
Cursa Tampoanelor --
împotriva tabu-ului menstruației
for her new country
față de noua ei patrie
to help Americans get to the polls.
care ajută americanii să voteze.
who built an algorithm
care a construit un algoritm
is benign or malignant
este benign sau malign
that she can save her daddy's life
tatălui ei,
three examples of thousands,
socialized to be imperfect,
să fie imperfecte,
who have learned perseverance.
să persevereze.
sau Beyoncé,
more important for our country.
ca oricând pentru țara noastră.
for any economy to grow,
sau orice economie, să crească,
half our population.
din populație.
to be comfortable with imperfection,
să accepte imperfecțiunea
to learn how to be brave like I did
să fie curajoase, ca mine,
to be brave in schools
să fie curajoase
to impact their lives
asupra vieții lor
that they will be loved and accepted
și acceptate
to tell every young woman you know --
fiecărei tinere pe care o știți,
your employee, your colleague --
girls to be imperfect,
învățăm să fie imperfecte
of young women who are brave
care sunt curajoase
a better world for themselves
mai bună pentru ele
You have a vision.
Ai o viziune.
are involved now in your program?
acum în programul vostru?
So in 2012, we taught 20 girls.
20 de studente.
in all 50 states.
în toate cele 50 de state.
7,500 women in computer science.
doar 7.500 de absolvente de informatică.
that type of change quickly.
foarte repede.
of the companies in this room even,
din companiile din această sală
graduates from your program?
din programul tău?
to Pixar to Disney,
la Pixar, la Disney.
I'm going to find you,
o să vă găsesc,
ca firmele de profil
classroom in their office.
back from some of those companies
dintre aceste companii
echilibru între femei şi bărbaţi
good things happen.
se întâmplă lucruri bune.
to think about the fact
când mă gândesc la faptul
consumer purchases are made by women.
sunt făcute de femei.
of 600 percent more than men.
cu 600% mai mult ca bărbații.
the companies of tomorrow.
companiile de mâine.
have diverse teams,
sunt echipe mixte
that are part of their engineering teams,
în echipa lor de ingineri,
and we see it every day.
și vedem zilnic asta.
You're doing incredibly important work.
Faci o muncă incredibil de importantă.
More power to you. Thank you.
Îți dorim succes. Mulțumesc.
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.
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