"Like the old joke, we have two stories, good and bad." So began an email from Jose Gonzalez, director of the Science Fair, to communicate to the tenth Fair is not going to hold, apparently for budgetary reasons. The good news was that the jury had Science in Action 2008 awarded, unanimously, the Special Jury Prize, the English Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) Initiative of the Fair, because it involves "the bringing science to the public and the dissemination of scientific culture and the participation of students, teachers and researchers in science communication. "The jury also said the" pioneering "of the show and praised his" openness to initiatives from scientific societies, universities, research centers and secondary schools, main actors in the communication of science and technology. "
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Science Fair next to the diploma FECYT Award. José González is on the other side of the camera.
The award given amplified, if anything, the grim news of the closure. Since it was launched in 2000, the Science Fair has proved possible to bring science to ordinary people, involving them also in the work of scientists. Long queues at the entrance to the IFEMA pavilions are a clear demonstration that science interests of all when there is an open, interactive and intelligent. That has been the main achievement of nine years of intense massive history of the fair, participatory, unusual, in his last year received over 150,000 visitors, mostly children, teachers and families.
may seem paradoxical that excessive interest in science in a country with dire results on international tests. But it is, the citizen has an interest in science, a phenomenon that directly impacts your life, but needs bridges that facilitate access, to translate the cryptic language, that catching the thrill of discovery. The Science Fair was for nine years, the direct bridge to knowledge, but keep lying requires minimal involvement on the part of politicians and, to our dismay, the science is completely out of the shortness of their schemes.
This explains how, about to celebrate its tenth conference, the Community of Madrid has decided to end this special event. The excuse of the crisis has little weight when it is known that the mere act of opening theaters Canal, which was not attended or municipal authorities, was a cost equivalent to half the budget of the Fair. And very little money just to channel the energy supplied by schools that have spent months preparing for their participation. In fact, the first calls were extremely austere and however, fulfilled their duties. No, not a question of budget, but disinterest. Well, the war stories of power between politicians, with its collateral damage. Do not forget that the show was born with a serious "original sin" of being called by the Ministry of Research and Education not for - "Do not participating schools? For the love for me ..."- So it was a success for China's citizens was a shoe in for the injured Advisor on duty. And most successful, the more grief. So the end of the fair would come to resolve grievances and to make peace between our heroes, they can be reinstalled in its habitual destitution. What stress, so many people interested in science!
not the successes, or the prize awarded, or even the illusion of colleges, universities and research centers to continue, has prevented the absurd end. In fact, there schools that have spent months preparing for its participation in view of the X Feria, a consolidated activity had already been integrated into the annual program. The call in BOCM has not been removed, so there will be a virtual presentation to keep up appearances without compromising sustained over our politicians.
How are we going to take off in science and technology managers so myopic? We have, without doubt, the science that we deserve, the only compatible with the scarcity of view of those who govern us. And when the media fan the results next international science tests will comfort us to criticize our educational system, while they remain locked in political entanglements inane sterile.
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