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Girls who go to all-girls schools do better in math. If I ever have a daughter I'll send her to an all-girls school. Boys are going to find her either way, and
by giles_bowkett 18y ago
Girls who go to all-girls schools do better in math.
If I ever have a daughter I'll send her to an all-girls school. Boys are going to find her either way, and I'd prefer her "wanting" to do X or Y to be based on her skills and brains, not peer pressure.
- mamama 18y agoI don't think it will make much of a difference; people always succumb to peer pressure when they are with other people. Another point to ponder on: would I accept a CS professorship at MIT? Hell, yeah! Would I accept one at Wellesley? I don't think so - I'll possibly end up being called a pussy.
- carterschonwald 18y agonow i just have to say WTF, that makes no sense, either way you're in boston, have intelligent students, and you're a prof at one of the best schools in the world. Yes, ones a liberal arts college and the others a research university and there are fundamental differences in ones time allocation and day to day priorities as a consequence thereof, but that doesn't justify your remark at all!
- jimbokun 18y agoThe point of the article is NOT that boys do better at math. The point is that girls who DO excel at math choose non-technical (or less technical) careers. Specifically, careers that involve more human interaction, or at least deal with living things in some form (biological sciences).
- giles_bowkett 18y agoYes, I know that, and I'm insulted by your misinterpretation. My point still stands. The article is tautological fluff. "If we explore the most obvious implications of a known phenomenon, and pad it with numbers, people will know we were awake, we'll still have jobs, and really foolish people will think we've discovered something."