This 9-year-old wants to be the first White House child science adviser
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| Jacob Leggette, 9, of Baltimore, Md., looks on as President Obama blows a bubble while visiting his exhibit during the White House Science Fair on April 13, 2016. Jacob made toys and models with a 3-D printer. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) |
Jacob Leggette’s mother said his childhood has been characterized by impatience. He was grabbing at his father’s iPad as a toddler. At 8, he tried out a 3-D printer at Digital Harbor Foundation, which has youth technology programs near his home in Baltimore, and decided he had to have one.
Not content to wait for Santa Claus, he began writing letters to 3-D printer companies urging them to give him a free printer in exchange for writing reviews of their products. It worked, and the models and toys he built on the machine he got earned him a ticket to the White House Science Fair this week.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/this-9-year-old-wants-to-be-the-first-white-house-child-science-adviser/2016/04/15/8979b494-0341-11e6-9203-7b8670959b88_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_no-name%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
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