Are you serious? What, do women need female role models? Many of my role models have been men. My father, my boss, his boss. I look for people who are doing the things I want to do or who have achieved what I would like to achieve and then try to follow in their footsteps. It doesn't matter if it is a man or a woman.
I find the same thing with many of my female friends - they just aren't interested and quite honestly, I don't think many of them would be good at it. They just aren't that analytical. They are plenty smart, but that's not the same as thinking like an engineer.
And I don't think it has to do with a lack of role models or not getting support in tech fields. I got my degree in Math, not CS, but the gender gap was similar. All through my schooling I was encouraged in math because I was good at it. I never experienced any gender bias that I was aware of. I was made aware of many female role models. I realize this isn't the case everywhere, but I really don't think gender discrimination is keeping women out of engineering fields at this point. It is lack of interest for whatever reason and I don't see why it matters. The opportunities are there, that's what is important. Any woman who wants to be an engineer can be and will probably get more support than her male peers in an attempt to 'fix' the gender gap in the field.
I can respect that and get behind it, since I've been there and know it works.
What makes you think it works? I had a professor who decided to ban note taking in my Real Analysis class. It was my last year as a Math major and I had gotten nearly straight A's in all my math classes. By taking notes. I didn't write down everything he said, just the things I felt were important for me to review later. I ignored his ban and continued to take notes because I know what works for me and I wasn't going to change my behavior because he thought one method of learning should work for everyone. I got an A in the course.
Show me the statistics that prove note taking students do worse than non-note taking students. Until then, I'm inclined to believe that poor students might take too many notes, but taking notes does not make a poor student.
Fortunately for me, when I was in school 10 years ago, my classmates used pencils and paper to take notes. All that typing would have drove me nuts! I think this teacher has the right idea.
Well said!
What other game teaches us so much about real life? You have to treat girls nice and buy them stuff they want to get them to like you. And who doesn't enjoy the challenge of getting your hot volleyball partner to like you enough to wear the skimpiest bikini you can afford to buy her rather than throwing it in the trash?
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"They have role models."
Are you serious? What, do women need female role models? Many of my role models have been men. My father, my boss, his boss. I look for people who are doing the things I want to do or who have achieved what I would like to achieve and then try to follow in their footsteps. It doesn't matter if it is a man or a woman.
I find the same thing with many of my female friends - they just aren't interested and quite honestly, I don't think many of them would be good at it. They just aren't that analytical. They are plenty smart, but that's not the same as thinking like an engineer.
And I don't think it has to do with a lack of role models or not getting support in tech fields. I got my degree in Math, not CS, but the gender gap was similar. All through my schooling I was encouraged in math because I was good at it. I never experienced any gender bias that I was aware of. I was made aware of many female role models. I realize this isn't the case everywhere, but I really don't think gender discrimination is keeping women out of engineering fields at this point. It is lack of interest for whatever reason and I don't see why it matters. The opportunities are there, that's what is important. Any woman who wants to be an engineer can be and will probably get more support than her male peers in an attempt to 'fix' the gender gap in the field.
I can respect that and get behind it, since I've been there and know it works.
What makes you think it works? I had a professor who decided to ban note taking in my Real Analysis class. It was my last year as a Math major and I had gotten nearly straight A's in all my math classes. By taking notes. I didn't write down everything he said, just the things I felt were important for me to review later. I ignored his ban and continued to take notes because I know what works for me and I wasn't going to change my behavior because he thought one method of learning should work for everyone. I got an A in the course.
Show me the statistics that prove note taking students do worse than non-note taking students. Until then, I'm inclined to believe that poor students might take too many notes, but taking notes does not make a poor student.
Fortunately for me, when I was in school 10 years ago, my classmates used pencils and paper to take notes. All that typing would have drove me nuts! I think this teacher has the right idea.
I've found that the majority of slashdotters have great senses of humor. But are they considered funny outside the slashdot realm?
I take offense to this!
I am a really smart wife and my slashdotter husband is neither stupid nor unsuccessful. Of course, I'm hot, too, so maybe that accounts for it.
Too bad our kids are going to be autistic.
Well said! What other game teaches us so much about real life? You have to treat girls nice and buy them stuff they want to get them to like you. And who doesn't enjoy the challenge of getting your hot volleyball partner to like you enough to wear the skimpiest bikini you can afford to buy her rather than throwing it in the trash?