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From: emory!vicki@gatech.edu (Vicki Powers)
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Subject: Re: Countering discrimination your children will face
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Date: 26 Sep 88 14:53:55 GMT
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The next time someone says "Math was always my worst subject in school",
look them straight in the eye and say,

"Oh well, I can't read."

I hear "Math was always my worst subject" and "You must be really smart" all
the time, but so do most of the male mathematicians I know so it doesn't seem
to be a gender thing.  

A not-so-related story (from Lois Gould's book "Not Responsible for Personal
Articles") :

Gould was watching TV with her two sons when President Nixon was being 
interviewed.  A little girl said that she wanted to be Pres. when she grew
up and Nixon responded by saying "But you're too pretty to be Pres., when
you grow up you should get married and have kids".  The response from the
sons : "Boy is that wierd", "Yeah, Nixon is married and has kids!"


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