Gree(n)tings everyone!!!
I hope you and yours are doing well. I'm doing amazing, all thanks to the Almighty! Last week, I kicked off my Miss Earth Maryland School Tour presenting my Beauties for a Cause project, “Mining Rocks: Importance of Mining in Our Everyday Life.” This platform provides kindergarten through grade 12-level children mining education lessons and activities, and to inform and educate the general public about the importance of mining in their everyday lives. After my two days with 6 class presentations at Montgomery Blair High School, my next school stop was Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville. The school's signature program focuses on Science and Media education.
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| Miss Earth Maryland 2015 Ruby B. Johnson |
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| Paint Branch High School Students |
On Friday, February 20th, I gave three class presentations to various students in Engineering Design Development, Principles of Engineering, Physics, and Honors Physics. The classes consisted of students in grades 9 through 12. Prior to starting my presentation, I shared my personal story with the students about my initial intention of becoming a lawyer when I entered high school but later changed that goal after I took my 9th grade Foundation of Technology class with Dr. James Distler at Montgomery Blair High School and discovered my passion for hands-on technical work, tools, and machinery. As my high school years progressed, my passion changed my path and I decided to pursue engineering in college and future career. The engineering students are currently working on a project, and I talked about steps to break down engineering problems and arriving at a solution.
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| Miss Earth Maryland 2015 Ruby B. Johnson |
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| Miss Earth Maryland 2015 Ruby B. Johnson |
The three groups of students had lots of great and challenging questions and conversation, which include: mining working conditions, as well as health and safety of workers; pay rate of a starting mining engineer; Miss Earth United States and Miss Earth pageants, and the role of titleholders; how I got my mining internship in Sierra Leone; questions about college life; importance of working in groups in engineering; the need for more women in mining and STEM fields; courses to take when considering a track in engineering, especially Physics, Math, and Chemistry; I shared the importance of taking Advanced Placement classes in high school and how that helped me enter Virginia Tech with credits and could skip certain classes; and many more. The students were very intrigued with my mining internship in Sierra Leone which had to do with Kimberlite rocks (diamond-bearing rocks). Special thanks to Mr. Ray Jenkins (Architect) and Mr. Zaleski (Mechanical Engineer) for having me in their classes and getting the opportunity to talk with their students. I wish all the students excellence and nothing less.
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| Miss Earth Maryland 2015 Ruby B. Johnson with Paint Branch High School students |
Being at Paint Branch was also a wonderful experience for me because I got to hang out with Mr. Jenkins, who was my mentor in high school while in Montgomery Blair Robotics team! He used to pick me up and drop me off at home during practice, and when we had Robotics competitions. He was one of the people that were instrumental in growing my passion for engineering, and encouraging me to study something in college that will stimulate my technical skills. After my presentations, he took me and his daughter out for lunch! Thanks Ray, you're the best...always! Special thanks to Dr. Myriam Rogers, principal of Paint Branch High School. She's a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) advocate like myself! It was a pleasure meeting her.
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Mr. Raymond Jenkins (PBHS Engineering teacher), Miss Earth Maryland 2015 Ruby B. Johnson, and Mr. Zaleski (PBHS Physics teacher) |
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| Dr. Myriam Rogers (Paint Branch High School principal) and Miss Earth Maryland 2015 |
My Goals: (1) to educate the students on what mining is, (2) to inspire at least one student to pursue a degree and career in engineering and/or mining, (3) to ignite or increase the interest of girls in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields; (4) and to inspire the next generation of leaders to be Eco-friendly and thankful for the provisions that Mother Earth has given us.
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| Miss Earth Maryland 2015 Ruby B. Johnson |
I'll love to speak with your class. If you will like me to visit your school in the state of Maryland and present to your students, send me a message (e-mail) at MissEarthMaryland2015@gmail.com
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| Maryland School Tour with Miss Earth Maryland 2015 Ruby B. Johnson |
Ruby B. Johnson,
Your Miss Earth Maryland 2015
Continuing the legacy of beauty and responsibility
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