Something similar happened to me. In the last semester of my 10th grade year I made a flippant remark in class at the end of a very stressful class period. We were doing a test review and someone asked a question about one of the questions. The teacher (I use the term loosely) asked me to find the answer. Which I did, about 2 minutes later. I then asked the teacher if that was the correct answer, to which he said, "I don't know, is it?". Also during this time, some upperclassmen were loitering in our classroom, heckling me. One of them asked me if I was going to shoot me, to which i said, "I dont even have a gun", to which he said, "Oh you have a gun?". This continued for a while. At the end of the class period i went to the drawer where the answer book was and started to look up the answer, at which point the teacher started chasing me, ending in me throwing the book and finally in the flippant remark. After this I was sent to alternative school until the end of the year (4 weeks). This incident occurred about 3 weeks after Columbine. I spent 4 weeks in alternative school, returned to regular classes the next year, and went on to graduate 4th in my class. I say all of this to illustrate the fact that this sort of incident should not be taken too seriously, by the persons involved, or by the media.
Was I upset? Yes.
Was I changed by this? A little.
Did I become jaded or turn to a life of crime? No.
Did I come to understand what happens to accused criminals after being captured? A little.
Am I a better, more understanding, more careful person now? I hope so.
This student should view this as a fine learning experience, as I eventually did.
Incidentally the "teacher" in my case was eventually led out of school in handcuffs after being accused of fondling female students. (Girls in my class sat on his lap.)
I have an actual warhammer. Well, kind of. It used to be a 10 pound sledge, but the handle broke and i replaced it with 2 pieces of 28 inch rebar. Its a scary looking mother, but the only damage its done is to someone's hand when they miss-swung it.
Neither the summary nor the article reference really said what was being de-emphasized or what was being emphasized. I would be interesting in knowing exactly what is meant. In response to docrmc: I had several programming classes with female students, and they had about the same aptitude as the rest of the student body, ie, just as 80% of the male population didnt know half of what was going on, 80% of the female population didnt know much about what was going on. Part of the problem lies in the fact that there were about 8 female students, so it appeared to be a higher proportion.
Also, how have you found your experience to be in the CS field? I went to school to be a game coder and am now mainly working with DB's, Web Applications, and Applications. However, in maintaining these, some proficiency in code is required. If women are encouraged to enter this field, only to be disparaged or discouraged when they get to the workplace, is this a good thing?
Personally, I really appreciate smart people, no matter their gender. I would really like to see more women (especially at my workplace) in Computer Science. So, my basic question is, Are men just more likely to be hackers than women? Is it just perception that is keeping women from looking into CS fields?
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Something similar happened to me. In the last semester of my 10th grade year I made a flippant remark in class at the end of a very stressful class period. We were doing a test review and someone asked a question about one of the questions. The teacher (I use the term loosely) asked me to find the answer. Which I did, about 2 minutes later. I then asked the teacher if that was the correct answer, to which he said, "I don't know, is it?". Also during this time, some upperclassmen were loitering in our classroom, heckling me. One of them asked me if I was going to shoot me, to which i said, "I dont even have a gun", to which he said, "Oh you have a gun?". This continued for a while. At the end of the class period i went to the drawer where the answer book was and started to look up the answer, at which point the teacher started chasing me, ending in me throwing the book and finally in the flippant remark. After this I was sent to alternative school until the end of the year (4 weeks). This incident occurred about 3 weeks after Columbine. I spent 4 weeks in alternative school, returned to regular classes the next year, and went on to graduate 4th in my class. I say all of this to illustrate the fact that this sort of incident should not be taken too seriously, by the persons involved, or by the media. Was I upset? Yes. Was I changed by this? A little. Did I become jaded or turn to a life of crime? No. Did I come to understand what happens to accused criminals after being captured? A little. Am I a better, more understanding, more careful person now? I hope so. This student should view this as a fine learning experience, as I eventually did. Incidentally the "teacher" in my case was eventually led out of school in handcuffs after being accused of fondling female students. (Girls in my class sat on his lap.)
I have an actual warhammer. Well, kind of. It used to be a 10 pound sledge, but the handle broke and i replaced it with 2 pieces of 28 inch rebar. Its a scary looking mother, but the only damage its done is to someone's hand when they miss-swung it.
re: 3; you *are* using libraries to do things in any language (barring assembly), so why not acknowledge it at the beginning?
Neither the summary nor the article reference really said what was being de-emphasized or what was being emphasized. I would be interesting in knowing exactly what is meant.
In response to docrmc: I had several programming classes with female students, and they had about the same aptitude as the rest of the student body, ie, just as 80% of the male population didnt know half of what was going on, 80% of the female population didnt know much about what was going on. Part of the problem lies in the fact that there were about 8 female students, so it appeared to be a higher proportion.
Also, how have you found your experience to be in the CS field? I went to school to be a game coder and am now mainly working with DB's, Web Applications, and Applications. However, in maintaining these, some proficiency in code is required. If women are encouraged to enter this field, only to be disparaged or discouraged when they get to the workplace, is this a good thing?
Personally, I really appreciate smart people, no matter their gender. I would really like to see more women (especially at my workplace) in Computer Science. So, my basic question is, Are men just more likely to be hackers than women? Is it just perception that is keeping women from looking into CS fields?