juxtapose btw two differnt --bridge-- essay topics: 1) mcw, 2) dispelling evolution myth of males being good at math and science.))))
I’ve been seeing all these assertions, ((declarations]] that males are really good at mathematics and science -and- that women suck at it.
But I have a hard time believing this is true.
*I have attended two liberal arts colleges.
*I know middle class white kids.
*I attended high school with a lot of them.
Here’s the thing. None of the boys displayed particular affinities for mathematics and science courses any more so than girls did.
[[gGirls were serious about their grades.
true, nNot all of the girls were serious about math and science courses.
When I took the introductory Chemistry course in high school, I was the only tenth grader in that class. The rest of the class was evenly divided into boys and girls -- all in eleventh grade. Most kids waited until eleventh grade to take that Chemistry class. The introductory Biology course was required for all tenth-graders. Of course I took this course also. Apparently the other kids thought the routine Biology course was enough science for them. They evidently needed a break, so they waited until eleventh grade to take Chemistry. I am not sure what else they took to fill up those spots (made empty by their putting off Chemistry) in their course schedules. The vast, vast majority of kids at my high school did this.
**MEntion also Hon Physics courses. I did very well throughout the majority of the semester, and earned an A for the course. At one point in the beginning of the semester, the teacher made an announcement to the class in general: "Please understand that if you are doing well in this class, you are in the vast, vast minority.
**Most of the kids in the school did not take AP biology or AP chemistry
Now that I am in college, I've completed the standard two-semester sequence of introductory Calculus-based Physics. I earned an A for each course. I will admit there were a lot more men enrolled in both courses than there were women. But I did see most of their test grades and lab report grades -- Cs and Ds.
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Has noone read the news lately?
American high school kids absolutely loathe, and I mean they positively hate-- studying the mathematics and sciences. This goes for boyssss as well as girls. They think it is incredibly nerdy. They think it is hopelessly dorky. They are more worried about getting drunk and smoking that crack (hehe) than they are about studying for difficult courses. Anytime they are confronted with mathematics, they complain that "they will never need this math stuff in real life."
They are more worried about their current social lives, who is sleeping with whom, who is dating whom, whose house the party this weekend is taking place at, who is assigned in the suck-and-blow-line, etc. They would rather play violent, sick, nauseating video games and go binge drinking. Well, sigh. It's not even "social lives" as in, people they are genuinely friends with and have an emotional connection with and honestly care about. It's just drunken parties and crap.
So don't give me any crap about how boys are better at math and science than girls are. The truth is they all stink.
I’ve been seeing all these assertions, ((declarations]] that males are really good at mathematics and science -and- that women suck at it.
But I have a hard time believing this is true.
*I have attended two liberal arts colleges.
*I know middle class white kids.
*I attended high school with a lot of them.
Here’s the thing. None of the boys displayed particular affinities for mathematics and science courses any more so than girls did.
[[gGirls were serious about their grades.
true, nNot all of the girls were serious about math and science courses.
When I took the introductory Chemistry course in high school, I was the only tenth grader in that class. The rest of the class was evenly divided into boys and girls -- all in eleventh grade. Most kids waited until eleventh grade to take that Chemistry class. The introductory Biology course was required for all tenth-graders. Of course I took this course also. Apparently the other kids thought the routine Biology course was enough science for them. They evidently needed a break, so they waited until eleventh grade to take Chemistry. I am not sure what else they took to fill up those spots (made empty by their putting off Chemistry) in their course schedules. The vast, vast majority of kids at my high school did this.
**MEntion also Hon Physics courses. I did very well throughout the majority of the semester, and earned an A for the course. At one point in the beginning of the semester, the teacher made an announcement to the class in general: "Please understand that if you are doing well in this class, you are in the vast, vast minority.
**Most of the kids in the school did not take AP biology or AP chemistry
Now that I am in college, I've completed the standard two-semester sequence of introductory Calculus-based Physics. I earned an A for each course. I will admit there were a lot more men enrolled in both courses than there were women. But I did see most of their test grades and lab report grades -- Cs and Ds.
---
Has noone read the news lately?
American high school kids absolutely loathe, and I mean they positively hate-- studying the mathematics and sciences. This goes for boyssss as well as girls. They think it is incredibly nerdy. They think it is hopelessly dorky. They are more worried about getting drunk and smoking that crack (hehe) than they are about studying for difficult courses. Anytime they are confronted with mathematics, they complain that "they will never need this math stuff in real life."
They are more worried about their current social lives, who is sleeping with whom, who is dating whom, whose house the party this weekend is taking place at, who is assigned in the suck-and-blow-line, etc. They would rather play violent, sick, nauseating video games and go binge drinking. Well, sigh. It's not even "social lives" as in, people they are genuinely friends with and have an emotional connection with and honestly care about. It's just drunken parties and crap.
So don't give me any crap about how boys are better at math and science than girls are. The truth is they all stink.
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