What I don't understand is why they don't just make the schools co-ed. Both genders need better education, not just one or the other. I attended a public co-ed college prep boarding school that emphasized both STEM and the Arts (depending on what you were interested in.) From my experience, girls (including myself) who were interested in STEM would take STEM courses, participate in research, etc. And guys who were interested in literature, theater, or other arts would take those courses. It's a highly successful school. The kids get allowed a lot of freedom to choose what they want to do and learn from highly qualified teachers. It's a much better way of fostering interest and in no way needs to be sex/gender segregated.
I think that the fault lies in equal outcomes pushed by activists and policy makers who try to appease the activists. Apparently if enough girls aren't naturally interested in STEM, the field is either highly sexist and exclusionary (it isn't, at least from my experience) or there aren't enough opportunities for girls (there are; girls just are not interested in the same way as boys are.)
The "lack of opportunity" is from the "endemic sexism" and "hostile male environments" that these people say exist all over STEM, which is absolute bollocks. As long as you are competent, work hard, and dedicated to learning or research you won't have any problems. I'm a Biology undergraduate that is planning on attending graduate school, and I have had no issue participating in undergraduate research. The education system absolutely showers women and minorities with opportunities.
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What I don't understand is why they don't just make the schools co-ed. Both genders need better education, not just one or the other. I attended a public co-ed college prep boarding school that emphasized both STEM and the Arts (depending on what you were interested in.) From my experience, girls (including myself) who were interested in STEM would take STEM courses, participate in research, etc. And guys who were interested in literature, theater, or other arts would take those courses. It's a highly successful school. The kids get allowed a lot of freedom to choose what they want to do and learn from highly qualified teachers. It's a much better way of fostering interest and in no way needs to be sex/gender segregated. I think that the fault lies in equal outcomes pushed by activists and policy makers who try to appease the activists. Apparently if enough girls aren't naturally interested in STEM, the field is either highly sexist and exclusionary (it isn't, at least from my experience) or there aren't enough opportunities for girls (there are; girls just are not interested in the same way as boys are.)
The "lack of opportunity" is from the "endemic sexism" and "hostile male environments" that these people say exist all over STEM, which is absolute bollocks. As long as you are competent, work hard, and dedicated to learning or research you won't have any problems. I'm a Biology undergraduate that is planning on attending graduate school, and I have had no issue participating in undergraduate research. The education system absolutely showers women and minorities with opportunities.
Do paper books count as old technology? I don't think I'll ever like e-books as much as an actual tree-killing book.