I can tell you several times I've been told I shouldn't look into that or at least that was what I thought that the person was trying to say.
When I was interested in become an astronomer in my freshman year in high school I got strong vibes from everyone, including my parents, that I shouldn't go into that field because it had some odd hours and I wouldn't be around to raise a family properly.
I had a computer teacher my same freshman year who never thought anything of any of my work. He would only ever talking to the guys in my class about getting jobs in the IT industry. When he found out I wanted to get into The University of Michigan he told me that it would be very hard and that they only took 4.0 students (which I was). He then told an old buddy of mine that he could get in easily. This buddy is, frankly, something of a moron who did not even have a GPA of 3.0.
Yet another example is an old boyfriend I once had. He told me that girls suck at math and I shouldn't even be in the same math class as him (Trig, Functions, and Statistics). The first time he said this I thought he was joking. The second time he said that I shouldn't think about going into anything science-y because it would be to hard for me to be able to do I kicked him in the balls and broke up with him.
As for it being cools for girls to be geeks I can assure you its not, at least not in high school. Where I went to school there where no teachers who catered to you and no one cheered you on. The only teacher who ever showed interest in helping me learn more was the physics teacher who did the same thing with all the guys. I just think he was delighted to have a female student that want to go into a science.
I have to agree with you. I was skeptical about going to see the movie in the first place but ended up going anyway. I was not that impressed by it, sure it was better than I thought it was going to be but it certainly was not "greatest movie ever" status.
As a woman looking to go into a science/engineering field I have to say that this is just a stupid idea. To be honest a quota would have the chance of making me NOT want to go into the field because I would have to deal with people thinking that I couldn't have gotten in if there had been no quota to fill.
And yes I really am a woman. I really am.
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Wait, I didn't know I wasn't allowed to be here... I'll just be heading out now ^_^"
When I was little I had that Barbie. I told her she was dumb. I miss those days.
I can tell you several times I've been told I shouldn't look into that or at least that was what I thought that the person was trying to say.
When I was interested in become an astronomer in my freshman year in high school I got strong vibes from everyone, including my parents, that I shouldn't go into that field because it had some odd hours and I wouldn't be around to raise a family properly.
I had a computer teacher my same freshman year who never thought anything of any of my work. He would only ever talking to the guys in my class about getting jobs in the IT industry. When he found out I wanted to get into The University of Michigan he told me that it would be very hard and that they only took 4.0 students (which I was). He then told an old buddy of mine that he could get in easily. This buddy is, frankly, something of a moron who did not even have a GPA of 3.0.
Yet another example is an old boyfriend I once had. He told me that girls suck at math and I shouldn't even be in the same math class as him (Trig, Functions, and Statistics). The first time he said this I thought he was joking. The second time he said that I shouldn't think about going into anything science-y because it would be to hard for me to be able to do I kicked him in the balls and broke up with him.
As for it being cools for girls to be geeks I can assure you its not, at least not in high school. Where I went to school there where no teachers who catered to you and no one cheered you on. The only teacher who ever showed interest in helping me learn more was the physics teacher who did the same thing with all the guys. I just think he was delighted to have a female student that want to go into a science.
I have to agree with you. I was skeptical about going to see the movie in the first place but ended up going anyway. I was not that impressed by it, sure it was better than I thought it was going to be but it certainly was not "greatest movie ever" status.
As a woman looking to go into a science/engineering field I have to say that this is just a stupid idea. To be honest a quota would have the chance of making me NOT want to go into the field because I would have to deal with people thinking that I couldn't have gotten in if there had been no quota to fill. And yes I really am a woman. I really am.