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3/4 of teachers in the US are women and almost half of them are in their 30s or younger. I find it nearly impossible to believe that, in this environment, girl
by brandonmenc 11y ago
3/4 of teachers in the US are women and almost half of them are in their 30s or younger.
I find it nearly impossible to believe that, in this environment, girls aren't encountering "you go girl!" from their teachers, multiple times a day.
- cbhl 11y agoThe literature says you are wrong. For example, a 1999 review[0] of the literature noted that teachers "tend to stereotype mathematics as a male domain, [...] overrate male students' mathematics capability, have higher expectations for male students and more positive attitudes about male students". Look, if even ONE woman in computer science said to you that her high school math teacher told her that she wouldn't be well suited for Computer Science, you don't tell her, "I find it impossible to believe you." Chances are, dozens of other men have already said the same thing -- and that can be just as discouraging as the original comment. [0] http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0013188990410106 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0013188990410106