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From: minow@decvax.UUCP (Martin Minow)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: computing and gender
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Date: Mon, 12-Sep-83 21:17:15 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 12 21:17:15 1983
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"On the other hand, far more of the really struggling students
were female."  Loren goes on to suggest that these women
assume that they just can't understand computing science
and give up.

Readers might be interested in a counter-example:  it's generally
easier to teach juggling to women because they are less likely
to give up at the first sign of difficulty.

Juggling, (to change the subject somewhat) is a very good model
for learning -- you learn to juggle in small stages, make progress
in spurts, and learn only by perseverence.

Martin Minow
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