"Is there a GIRL on this call??"
I have a master's degree in physics, so I have lived similar situations of having people shocked that I am a female physicist
I bet far more 11yo boys than girls have done those things.
God knows what you would do to get 13 year old girls interested in computers. I would have to stop and think about that.
"you'll do fine on the reading test, but girls have trouble with the math"
I have only boys and they occasionally come out with crazy statements like girls can't play mine craft.
What if in trial runs, it were found that the boys were better at writing code under time pressure. What if girls disliked the experience?
The math team our school sends to competitions is about 80% Asian and 80% male. I think that reflects who is best at math competitions.
= general mutterings of society as a whole that my DD has been subconsciously listening to her entire life. No wonder at age 6 she decided she would never again discuss her STEM interests at school
