In recent years the US has been able to attract some of the best and brightest from around the world to our colleges and univeristies. Like the emigrants of the past these young people came to the US seeking what could only be found here. Many of them stayed after they got their degrees and added to the knowledge and capabilities that already existed here. This has been a good thing. In recent days all we read about is outsourcing of technology jobs to other parts of the world. Without technology how can a country be competitive in todays world economy? For some time the enrollment US students in science and engineering schools has been decreasing. This is even more true in Masters and PhD programs. Now the enrollment in these programs by foreign students is also going down. So if our children do not want to be engineers and scientist and we are not able to attract people from other countries, who will provide the innovation that our economy needs to continue to lead the world. This article describes a recent interview with David Patterson, president of Association of Computing Machinery and a professor of computer science at University of California at Davis. Then go home and whisper in little Johnny and little Jane's ear that they should consider a life in th exciting world of discovery and invention that is technology.