Why Shouldnt Girls Have All the Fun

okay

hi everyone this is namiya joshi and

before i spill the beans about myself

you all need to help me out in this

all right everyone close your eyes

well don’t worry we’re not going to

meditate

we are just going to do a small exercise

so close your eyes and think about the

life of an

engineer what all

does an engineer do

how can one become an engineer

okay all right everyone you can open

your eyes now

now according to me i am sure that

almost more than half of you

must have picturized a boy being an

engineer

rather than a girl being an engineer

so that is the reason today i’m right in

front of you

do you know that only about a quarter of

stem workers

that is to 28 percent

consists of women as opposed

to 72 percent of men in the stem fields

when i talk about stem i mean engineers

scientists architects mathematicians etc

and when i talk about society

or the mindset it is understood that

only males can dominate such fields

but i stand apart and i disagree with

this

because when we are living in 21st

century

when we talk about equipping our

children with the six c’s

then why in this age and day we are not

able to achieve gender balance

gender equality so

as far as the stream of education is

concerned

we have two main streams that is medical

and engineering

and we the people have already set up

respect

perception that medical for girls

and engineering for boys so i have

started believing

in this motto that one can only define

success on his or her own term

and achieve them by their own rules and

live a life you are proud to live

so today i’m here to share my story

about how i got inclined to stem

so my parents are from the field of i.t

and if i go by people’s perception it’s

quite

obvious that i will pursue the same

field as

its genetics but my purpose has

always been very clear that why do we

see very less girls in this field

you will see boys dominating the field

of computer sciences

and the field of i.t so let me give you

one example

one day during an unplanned interaction

with my teacher

i got glued to a game called minecraft

i had heard that the game is used for

gaming

but soon realized that it can be used

for

serious education also and there was

right into it and soon got an

opportunity

to conduct a workshop in collaboration

with finland for a christmas project and

was acknowledged

for creating a jingle in minecraft i

could see boys around me

playing multiplayer and hooked for

number of hours

on another gaming platform and then is

when

i felt amazed and proud of myself

and this helped me in gaining more

confidence

and in pursuing and following my heart

that i can do it even being mocked after

down

at being a girl but somebody you’ve done

in my heart

i did feel bad about it but i never gave

up

i took it as a challenge and if you

master a challenge

you surely were an opportunity so sooner

god bestowed me with the best of

opportunities

and i started teaching teachers all over

the world

using game based learning and creating

course material in minecraft

i really enjoyed visualizing all this

and it did not stop here well

this was a new beginning on its own when

i got a chance to meet my fellow

students in finland

and was invited as a keynote speaker

to be part of the chaos 2019 event

where i was fortunate to teach various

professors

educators and experts of the university

it was indeed an amazing experience and

being the only girl winning the top tech

savvy student of

india by this juniors was my first

threshold

and there was no looking back and

finally came the oh my god moment

when i met mr anand maheshwari president

microsoft india

he ignited a spark in me he was super

excited and did burst out into laughter

when i told him that i wanted to work

for microsoft

so just understand that your dreams

only turn true when you believe in them

and one such dream of mine

was meeting satya nadella ceo of

microsoft

a man with excellent leadership and

deliver skills

i wasn’t cloud9 or i would rather stay

on the top of the world and my happiness

knew no bounds when i met him

i believe that life doesn’t stop for

anyone

or no should we stop living life amidst

these chronic times so

let us all smile more and very less and

turkey that smile on my face

right now as you can see is while

communicating

meeting people learning and exploring

new things

and not just this collaborating at

international level

being a part of an internship program

learning new courses like graphic

designing

and contra conducting interesting

tutorials

for students as well as teachers across

the globe

helped me in utilizing my time to the

best of my ability

and as it is said a healthy body lives

in a healthy mind

as well as to be able to enhance my

critical thinking

i practice yoga every day in the evening

as it helps me

to stay away from my negative pipes and

i remain calm and happy the best part of

my day

is sitting on the couch with a book in

my hand

as books are my best friends creativity

is contagious

so pass it on girls i sketch and draw

while other people bite their nails so i

feel

so proud to be a young entrepreneur and

that to being a girl

so this is me in short a happy go lucky

bubbly girl

enjoying life at its fullest at the age

of 13

by giving equal time and importance

to everything in my life so do remember

your skills are going to get along with

you forever in your life

i do attend my online classes and

complete the work assigned

i am more interested in enhancing my

knowledge

rather than craving or bothering about

the marks

so i wish my purpose has opened your

mind

and given you a wider picture that girls

can do more but deserve equal

opportunities

they can learn more can sow greater

heights

and they should never be looked down

upon i am grateful

that i have carved a niche for myself

and i would just like to conclude by

saying that age

or gender is not a barrier to change the

world

so all i can write over here respect and

motivate girls

as life without girls is boring

and competing with the girls of 21st

century

is challenging and before i end up

we girls must have all the fun we will

and shall continue enjoying life and i

guess

stem will be a thousand way ahead and we

have smarter

and talented girls across the world so i

am sure

that i have answered your question but

why shouldn’t go to all the fun

thank you

you