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From: sommers@pilot.njin.net (Mamaliz @ The Soup Kitchen)
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Subject: Re: Girls' schools (was Re: Women Wizards?)
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Date: 29 Jul 88 18:06:06 GMT
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My parents sent me to an all girls Catholic prep school for high school.
We are not Catholic.  It probably saved my life.  For the first time in
my life I saw strong women roll models.  The fact that I was smart was
much more important than the fact that I was phenomenally ugly and
un-coordinated.  

The science program was TERRIBLE.  But this was 18 years ago.  Trig, logs
and calculus were not offered.  In fairness, I am probably the only
student who would have signed up for the program, most of the other
students were upper-class Mexicans, sent across the border by their
parents.  Trig is not a big part of that culture.

We were NOT heavily dosed with religion, the school was run by
ultra-liberal nuns, and we were not terribly elitest (probably because of
a very good scholarship program).

I can't speak for everybody, but I know it was great for one bright,
suicidal woman.  My sister (who was not ugly or un-coordinated) also
loved it.  We also got an excellent liberal arts education, something
that seems to be lacking in both college and high-school today.

liz
sommers@njin.rutgers.edu