The Maker Movement Is Important To America's Future

High school and education are big part of a teen’s life. They learn many new lessons at schools and get the chance to know what they will major in the future. Many high school classes are mandatory, which the students have to pass in order to graduate. There are also other elective based classes that students can take to pursue their interests and learn new information. However, these elective classes are sometimes overlooked. Classes such as engineering are filled with students who already know a bit about engineering. The problem is that engineering classes have a great amount of knowledge to offer, and many students do not see these classes as useful classes. Students think that engineering classes require a huge amount of work and that

To understand this concept one must understand the maker movement. Tim Bajarin who is a computer research analyst defines the meaning of the maker movement excellently in his article "Why the Maker Movement Is Important to America's Future". He wrote that “the maker movement is about independent inventors, designers, thinkers, hackers, and anyone who likes to create things” (Bajarin). Even hackers are consider makers, because they put a great amount of hard work into hacking and think outside of the box. It is also about encouraging Americans to make and invent more than just buying and using consumer products (Bajarin). This way, Americans will evolve faster in technology and they will make their life better. The maker movement is huge and it has its own maker fair, in which people gather together to show their invention and talk about engineering and technology. The article “The Maker Movement”, written by Dale Dougherty who is the founder of the Make magazine, is about the maker movement and the maker fair. In the article Dale talks about how “kids today are disengaged and bored in school, and as a result, many see themselves as poor learners” (Dougherty). However, the mandatory classes will encourage students to become their own makers, who can think out of the box and solve real life problems. These classes will allow students to connect math with problem solving in real life. The students will not only solve problems on a piece of paper, but also work on the workbench with tools and materials. The maker movement is all about fun and interesting engineering classes that teens can look forward to learning from them. However, it does not just end with the engineering classes, there is