This paper presents the results of two different investigations about the attitudes and opinions of the Finnish schoolchildren towards technology and engineering. One investigation was made with a written questionnaire answered by 2000 gymnasium students in age group 16–19 years; the other is a content analysis of the 707 writings in a national technology competition 1988. The writers were in the age group 13–19 years. These investigations were made to get information for recruiting students into engineering. Special emphasis was paid to find the difference between boys and girls.