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Why girls don't like math?

Disclaimer- This is not necessarily my opinion or the opinion of anyone I know (living or dead).

Check this video out if you have 27 minutes to spare.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkfaxbRg … re=related

Part of their conclusion is boys and girls are equally bad at math but the guys (who are either delusional or more egotistical) believe they are good so they become great mathematicians, while the girls fade.

Last edited by bobbym (2009-08-04 08:13:38)

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quittyqat

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

I believe I am good at math.

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bobbym

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From: Bumpkinland

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

Hi quittyqat;

There you go, you got it. You still didn't get my riddle, hmmm.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Ubergeek

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

More than a 100 years of feminism and we've yet to get rid of dark ages' clichès. >> *sights*

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JaneFairfax

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

You still didn't get my riddle, hmmm.

But your riddle isn’t math-related, is it?

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

Hi Jane;

But your riddle isn’t math-related, is it?

Of course not, I don't joke about math. It would suprise me if anyone gets it. My feeling is that know one pays enough attention to my posts to ever figure it out.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Tigeree

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

I'm not that good at math but doesn't mean I don't like it.

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bobbym

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

Hi Tigeree;

  The three teachers seemed to think that Canadian girls didn't like math. They claimed it was based on their experiences with their students. It might not be true.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Ubergeek

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

The three teachers seemed to think that Canadian girls didn't like math. They claimed it was based on their experiences with their students. It might not be true.

Of course it isn't. ^^ These guys are already biased in the first place, so anything that a girl does they translate in their minds that it equals to a distaste for math. We all meet people like that once in a while.

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bobbym

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

Hi Ubergeek;

Funny thing is, it's an all women panel. All these types of documentaries are always the same. First, you pick some group. Then you assemble 3 representatives from the group and a commentator. Then they go on and on about how it is so difficult to succeed in this field. How society is against this particular group preventing them from achieving their goal. The paradox is the 3 representatives have succeeded. Were they special?

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Ubergeek

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

Hi Ubergeek;

Funny thing is, it's an all women panel. All these types of documentaries are always the same. First, you pick some group. Then you assemble 3 representatives from the group and a commentator. Then they go on and on about how it is so difficult to succeed in this field. How society is against this particular group preventing them from achieving their goal. The paradox is the 3 representatives have succeeded. Were they special?

No, but 3 from a world with 7 billion people doesn't seem much. >> The fact that there are people who suceed doesn't mean there are no difficulties, they suceed in spite of them. Special people? No. Special circumstances? Maybe...

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Tigeree

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

Hi Tigeree;

  The three teachers seemed to think that Canadian girls didn't like math. They claimed it was based on their experiences with their students. It might not be true.

Oh. I wouldn't know. I don't know any Canadian girls.

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bobbym

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

Isn't B.C. part of Canada ?

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Tigeree

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

Yes, but my relatives aren't Canadian, they just live there. Why don't you just go ask Pamela Anderson?

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bobbym

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

She's not talking to me anymore.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Tigeree

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

Awww! Well, that's the only Canadian 'girl' I know. You know any others?

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quittyqat

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

Hi Tigeree;

  The three teachers seemed to think that Canadian girls didn't like math. They claimed it was based on their experiences with their students. It might not be true.

That explains something because I'm not Canadian.

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Tigeree

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

Me either.

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bumpkin

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

Hi girls;

I am neither Canadian or a girl and I don't like math.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Tigeree

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

you don't like math??? I am astonished at hearing this, bobby!

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bumpkin

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

Hi Tiggy;

Don't be astonished, I was just kidding.

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Tigeree

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

Phew! You really got me there. My, I am so gullible.

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

This is a sad thing to hear.

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bobbym

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

Which part, the article or the comments?

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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

Agnishom

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Re: Why girls don't like math?

girls don't like maths

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'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.