The Museum of Science (MOS) in Boston, Massachusetts, is among the Museums that find exciting ways to present difficult science topics to the public. The museum’s mission statement is “to play a leading role in transforming the nation’s relationship with science and technology.” Carol Lynn Alpert, the director of the museum’s Strategic Projects Group, was involved in addressing big science and technology news stories.
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According to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), ‘people who are literate in science are able to use the habits of mind and knowledge of science, mathematics, and technology they have acquired to think about and make sense of many of the ideas, claims, and events that they encounter in everyday life.’ Alpert demonstrates that she is ‘scientific literate’ by stating that it is essential to find ways to “keep up with the pace of events and discovery in science and technology.” She achieved this by keeping up and responding to the anthrax bioterrorism attacks in 2002, stem cell research and genetic engineering, and the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster of 2003. Keeping up with events is an integral part of ‘scientific literacy’ because it involves understanding, discovering, and interpreting. Additionally, she works with scientists to communicate their intricate work through presentations in the museum.
With privilege comes a special right, advantage, or immunity to a specific person or group. Peggy Mclntosh’s article made me desire that everyone had the same privilege. Having immigrated to Canada from Asia made me understand Mclntosh when she stated that ‘many doors open for certain people through no virtues of their own.’ Being a minority, the disadvantages I faced were more than the advantages, so I had to work harder to get to a certain level. Most of her fifty points reminded me of how Asia’s advantages surpassed the disadvantages because individuals like me were the majority. As an educator, ensuring privilege is equally distributed among all my students is my priority. They should be taught to learn that none of them is superior to the rest. With good counseling, these students might be the face of a new generation in a few years to come, and it begins with me to start the process of change.