"When Bright Girls Decide that Math is "A Waste of Time" by Susan Jacoby by Tim Kercher https://padlet.com/tkercher/ds99q618cgtm Key Quotes en-us 2017-04-09 01:21:27 UTC 2018-10-26 00:28:06 UTC hello@padlet.com Pan https://padlet.com/tkercher/ds99q618cgtm/wish/165728216 "In adolescence girls begin to fear that they will be unattractive to boys if they are typed as 'brains'" Paragraph 8]]> 2017-04-10 17:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tkercher/ds99q618cgtm/wish/165728216 Demeter https://padlet.com/tkercher/ds99q618cgtm/wish/165728334 "The decision to avoid advanced biology, chemistry, physics, and calculus in high school automatically restricts academic and professional choices that ought to be wide open to anyone beginning college]]> 2017-04-10 17:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/tkercher/ds99q618cgtm/wish/165728334 Pan https://padlet.com/tkercher/ds99q618cgtm/wish/165728807 "Since there is ample avidence of such feelings in adolescence, it is up to parents to see that their daughters do not accede to the old stereotypes about 'masculine' and 'feminine' knowledge. Unless we want our daughters to share our intellectual handicaps, we had better tell them no, they can't stop taking mathematics and science" Paragraph 16]]> 2017-04-10 17:08:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tkercher/ds99q618cgtm/wish/165728807 Demeter https://padlet.com/tkercher/ds99q618cgtm/wish/165729780 "It is not mysterious that some very bright high-school girls suddenly decide that math is 'too hard' and 'a waste of time'. In my experience, self-sabotage of mathematical and scientific ability is often a conscious process" ]]> 2017-04-10 17:11:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tkercher/ds99q618cgtm/wish/165729780 Demeter https://padlet.com/tkercher/ds99q618cgtm/wish/165730645 "Failure to comprehend either computers or chromosomes leads to a terrible sense of helplessness, because the profound impact of science on everyday life is evident even to those who insist they don't, won't, can't understand why the changes are taking place"]]> 2017-04-10 17:15:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tkercher/ds99q618cgtm/wish/165730645 https://padlet.com/tkercher/ds99q618cgtm/wish/297224358 2018-10-26 00:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tkercher/ds99q618cgtm/wish/297224358