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US Dept. of Ed: English, History, and Civics Teachers Good Enough For CS Class
theodp writes: In A New Chapter for Computer Science Education, the U.S. Department of Education explained earlier this month that the federal STEM Education Act of 2015 'provides an unprecedented opportunity to fully leverage federal resources' to address large gaps in students' participation in Advanced Placement (AP) computer science classes based on gender and race. "In three states," lamented the DOE, "not a single female student took the AP computer science exam" (that only 8 boys took the AP CS exam in those same 3 states was apparently not a concern). And the DOE has good news for those hoping to tap Title I and II funds for CS, but don't have any computer science teachers. "A background in math or science isn't necessarily a requirement to teach CS," explains the Dept. of Ed, "as disciplines like English, history and civics can also provide a solid foundation for teaching CS concepts."
Nothing constructive to add, because the very nature of this topic is toxic and divisive. So, have some toxicity!
"In three states," lamented the DOE, "not a single female student took the AP computer science exam" (that only 8 boys took the AP CS exam in those same 3 states was apparently not a concern).
Hmm, I wonder how my home state ranks. *clicks link* WTF, a PNG of an Excel file? Ok, fine. Wow, there was a spike in 2015 with female enrollment, but watch the overall number crash for the three year period! Oh wait, it's still 2015. What is that 3rd group of numbers? It's clearly not an average. Oh well, I don't care. Hopefully all those folks who took the exam this year will choose a better, less stressful, and lucrative career than programming, like burger flipping.
Today's rant is shorter than usual. I knew I was a girl at age 7. When I was 9 or 10 (don't remember exactly), I expressed a desire to kill myself because I was being forced to live as a boy. This is probably not that unique of a story.
Ok, you have a sample size of ZE-RO! I refuse to believe that the same story as mine isn't playing out for some high schooler in those three states, probably even worse than mine since my ex-parents didn't go full retard Christian-branded Sharia-law white supremacist until I was about 17 or so. Then again, that's around the time I took the Computer Science AB exam and passed with flying colors.
So, here's how you fucking change that fucking ZE-RO to a positive fucking integer. Somewhere in those three states, there is at least one person going through what I went through at that time. LET HER FUCKING TRANSITON. GIVE HER THE FUCKING MEDS SHE NEEDS. Just. Stop. Telling. Her. that she is an invader and mentally ill. Just stop. Don't even fucking start up with that demonic possession shit. She is either going to transition in the long run anyway or kill herself (or get murdered), or some combination of those three.
That is all. Hope that helped. Thank you.