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Janet D. Stemwedel: In which I put Stephen Colbert on notice and announce the kick-off of DonorsChoose Science Bloggers for Students 2011. [transcript of video is at the end of this blogaround]
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Janet's YouTube video transcript:
Text on screen:
"We're not Brainiacs on the Nerd Patrol"--Stephen Colbert
"Reality has a well-known liberal bias"--Stephen Colbert
Janet: Nation, the time has come to ask the question: what is Stephen Colbert afraid of? You may have caught his september 27th interview on the Colbert Report with Melinda Gates in which he recognized that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have been supporters of Donors Choose.org for quite some time. I am happy to acknowledge that both Melinda Gates and Stephen Colbert have done much to help donors choose and have for some time, but you know who else has been helping donors choose for quite some time, someone who you will never hear Stephen Colbert mention--people who blog about science.
Text on screen:
June 2006: DonorsChoose Science Bloggers drive raised more than $26,000
October 2007: DonorsChoose Science Bloggers drive raised more than $72,000
October 2008: DonorsChoose Bloggers Challenge raised more than $47,000
October 2009: Science bloggers in DonorsChoose Social Media Challenge raised more than $90,000
October 2010: Science Bloggers for Students raised more that $41,000
Janet:
But we know how the reality based community frightens Stephen Colbert and this must be why he refuses to acknowledge the fact that science bloggers have been stepping up to support public school classrooms that need our help. What is he afraid of? what kind of power does he think we have? Sure, we have these spiffy T-shirts from past challenges, some of us--some of us have been participating in these challenges since before there were even t-shirts for them. But it's not like we can afford big fancy boards to put him on notice, we can't pipe that out to our basic cable followers. We've just got our blogs and our blog readers.
We may not be able to afford big fancy boards to put people on notice like Stephen Colbert can, but we can't afford not to take care of kids who are trying to learn math and science to become part of an educated and informed electorate of tomorrow. Which is why we're going to step up and support the schools and the projects that donors choose helps whether or not Stephen Colbert recognizes that we're here doing it. Let him get the glory, let him sling his arm around Melinda Gates. we're gonna be in the trenches making sure learning happens, and if Stephen Colbert is too afraid to cope with that, it's his problem and not ours.
Text on screen:
DonorsChoose "Science Bloggers for Students 2011" 10/2-10/22
Join the challenge or follow our progress www.donorschoose.org/sciencebloggers
Visit StephenAndMelindaGates Foundation.org to help Colbert Nation support DonorsChoose.org
See you on the nerd patrol
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#scibloggers4students
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