Building Bridges to the Future
George S. Alarid, Alexander M. Martinez, and two other students, all 15-year-old rising sophomores at Colorado high schools, are building a bridge. That is, they’re trying to.
“This is like a train wreck,” said Mr. Alarid, looking forlornly at the collapsed pile of glue-smeared popsicle sticks with which he and the rest of the Blue Team are trying to assemble a model bridge. All around him on this day in late June, teams of other teenagers who share the boys’ Hispanic heritage are trying to do the same thing: build a bridge sturdy enough to support a steady increase in pressure.
Mr. Alarid has wood glue all over his hands, and he’s looking at the clock: Only minutes are left in the exercise, and the stumpy wood supports his team had so carefully assembled have fallen apart. But he and his teammates hurriedly pick up the pieces, putting them together as...
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