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School Defied Google and US Government, Let Boys Program White House Xmas Trees

theodp writes This holiday season, Google and the National Parks partnered to let girls program the White House Christmas tree lights. While the initiative earned kudos in Fast Company's 9 Giant Leaps For Women In Science and Technology In 2014, it also prompted an act of civil disobedience of sorts from St. Augustine of Canterbury School, which decided Google and the U.S. government wouldn't determine which of their kids would be allowed to participate in the coding event. "We decided to open it up to all our students, both boys and girls so that they could be a part of such an historic event, and have it be the kickoff to our Hour of Code week," explained Debra Knox, a technology teacher at St. Augustine.

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  1. Re:Considering how few boys graduate at ALL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    they really should be reversing most of those programs. Girls are utterly dominating every aspect of education, including almost all STEM fields, to the point of being nearly 2/3rds of college graduates. At this point they're not "helping" girls, they're blatantly doing nothing more than sabotaging boys even further.

    Careful. SRS and other SJW's will show up any minute now to label you a "neckbearded, virgin, fedora-wearing red-piller shitlord", because muh soggy knees. They'll probably "check your privilege" with a large rubber dildo in your anal cavity. How dare you defy the screeching radfem matriarchy! :P

  2. Re:'Defied' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's been shit for 6 years. Obama defies US citizens and the US Constitution with his abuse of power when he usurps the legislative process and unilaterally takes action on immigration, obamacare, the environment. It goes on and on. He's even in denial that voters repudiated him in the 2014 mid-terms.

  3. The new equality by KenHansen · · Score: 1, Troll

    Girls succeed when boys are excluded!