Numbers don’t add up for u.s. girls

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(misschien niet het meest wetenschappelijke nieuws dat er is, maar wel van impact op de wetenschappelijke toekomst van onze maatschappij)

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id..._for_U.S._girls


Culture may turn potentially high achievers away from math

A combination of peer pressure, gender stereotyping and low expectations contributes to turning potentially gifted kids — especially girls — away from mathematics, wasting a precious national resource, a new study suggests.
"Invisible Pink Unicorns are beings of great spiritual power. We know this because they are capable of being invisible and pink at the same time. Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them."

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