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From: laura@utcsstat.UUCP (Laura Creighton)
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Subject: Re: Is Computing Gender Specific?
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Date: Thu, 1-Sep-83 00:10:59 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  1 00:10:59 1983
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Before people all start screaming about the reluctance of society to
encourage women in mathematics, one must remember that most women
are uninterested in mathematics and it is very difficult to teach anyone
anything that they are not interested in. This may be society's fault,
again, but I am not sure that the educators are to blame. I spent my 
high school days winning local mathematics competitions, and even won
a scholarship to the University of Waterloo (which I did not take for
reasons that seem bad in hindsight). Of course, I was considered weird,
but then I thought (and think) that mathematics is beautiful.

When all the other girls were discovering the beauty of nail polish and
high heels, I was discovering trancendental numbers and algebra. To this
day I cannot find beauty in nail polish -- but a huge factoring problem
which resolves to a simple solution -- THAT'S BEAUTIFUL!

laura creighton
utzoo!utcsstat!laura