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Originally Posted by The Swaggy P
Usually I disapprove of pro-girl systems in FIRST, purely because these systems tend to blame the opposite gender for their lack of participation.
But here, you seem to be encouraging girls to join the FIRST community without bringing up equality or gender treatment. Kudos to you for taking a much friendlier approach.
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There is an important sub-thread here. Most people, and rightly so, object to a pro-(fill in the blank) system of equality. They just simply want everyone to be treated equally, and given equal opportunity, period.
A good message can do is convey 'identity'. When the viewer sees the video or picture they think - "I see someone that's like ME, maybe I can to that too."
I have interviewed students about recruiting and a comment I get is that "when the first time I walk in and look around, is this a group of people that I can be with, work with, be friends with? Are they like ME?". ( Sounds like a job interview )
I am an old guy and have lived in the pre-civil rights era and I have seen a lot of things in my life!
Right now there is a movie that was released just a few days ago on HBO called "All The Way". It is about the life of President Lyndon B. Johnson during his tenure as President. It was a difficult movie to make because it had to take thousands of pages of historical facts and reduce it to 2 hours of script. Some areas of his life you could write a book on and it was reduced to two or three lines of script.
When you watch the movie, play close attention to all the roles people play, black and white, male and female, in that movie. Look at who is serving the food, and who is eating the food, shining the shoes, wearing the shoes, etc.
Kids are sponges. They learn all day long, not just in school, but from the time they wake up to the time they go to sleep.
Kids are going to "be what they see". ( which coincidentally is a good piece of advice for mentors )
I know it sounds very cliche, those posters where you look at them and say, wow, that was really staged, they have everyone archetype person in the universe in the photo, but nevertheless, it is important to create messages where kids can see and identify with the person and make a connection.
This is a chance to do a really good job at this and not be over the top and overbearing about it. Thread the needle !!
Keep up the good work.