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3. Some of the very best students in my daughter's
Wed Jun 10, 2015, 11:07 AM
Jun 2015

mechanical engineering program are the top students. You don't seem to have very many average women. On the other hand a large number of average men.

In general my daughters' public school system has been very supportive of STEM careers. I am not sure I see the bias at the school system. My daughters have not seen it.

At Iowa State of course when my daughter registered for her first semester she had a counselor try to convince her to not take Sophomore design her first semester. The reason was that their would be a bunch of older men in the class, and the counselor was worried that my daughter would not be able to handle it. Needless to say when she told me I was shocked. My daughter went on to get an A in the class and achieve Dean's List both semesters of her freshman year taking sophomore and junior engineering classes.

By the way the counselor was a woman.

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We ran a STEM program for High School Students redstatebluegirl Jun 2015 #1
Oh my God, what excellent news! ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #2
I was REALLY surprised! redstatebluegirl Jun 2015 #7
Some of the very best students in my daughter's exboyfil Jun 2015 #3
Good for your daughter ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #4
Not even a little surprised marym625 Jun 2015 #5
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2015 #6
My daughter is a coming senior in high school wilsonbooks Jun 2015 #8
Very cool ismnotwasm Jun 2015 #9
My daughter felt this way gollygee Jun 2015 #10
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