My fourth grader came home recently, disappointed at not having performed as well on a Math Olympiad contest as she’d anticipated. As we talked about it, she suddenly perked up and said, “Well, girls aren’t supposed to be good at math anyway.” This statement momentarily threw me for a loop, since she certainly hasn’t been raised with these stereotypes, and she is good at math – this was an enrichment class for kids who needed additional math challenge.
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