Next Steps: FT Succession!

Hello, our lovely erudites!

With just one week remaining to the official launch of the Forward Tutoring website, the FTeam and I have been staying up late both out of excitement and in preparation of the upcoming week.

Our conversations:
Jennifer: Today was a lot of Forward Tutoring.

Mitchell: Oh I see. Those are good days. (:

And without further ado, we bring you exciting news: Most recently, this FTeam has grown by nine new fresh young minds! (They don't usually dress quite so fashionably, but today was an exception for our special induction.)

10 Things We Want to Do Before We Die

FT Co-Founders Stephanie and Mariko ran into this wall by Candy Chang while in Chicago for a business idea pitch; this ended up being one of the most memorable aspects of the trip.

Stephanie said that before she died, she would meet Nick Jonas.

The Story of Us

In Dallas this past June, everyone knew when the Mavericks won the NBA Championship. Children sported jerseys of their favorite Mavericks players, visitors to Dallas from all over the globe mentioned the Mavericks in their small talk, and teens congratulated the Mavs in their facebook statuses.

This past October, Dr. Bruce A. Beutler, director of the Center for the Genetics of Host Defense at UT Southwestern, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (he actually shared it with two other guys). A Nobel Laureate so close to home, yet who wore a buttoned-up shirt or tie with "Beutler" printed on it? Who mentioned his achievements in understanding the immune system in their small talk? Who posted facebook statuses about him?

The sad reality is, people are increasingly lacking enthusiasm for accomplishments in science, technology (with the exception of anything related to the latest Apple product), engineering, and mathematics--also known collectively as STEM subjects. In academia itself, really.