Girls are good at math, US culture isn’t
According to the report, many girls with extremely high aptitude for math exist, but they are rarely identified in the U.S. because they veer from a career trajectory in the mathematical sciences due to the low respect American culture places on math, systemic flaws in the U.S. public school education system, and a lack of role models. — American Culture Derails Girl Math Whizzes, Study Finds
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Shocker: girls are actually quite good at math, but our culture thinks math is stodgy and gross, so girls shy away from it. We all knew that, but nice to see it actually demonstrated…
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