It's easy to see why Rich believes that when she was a student, what she was taught "in no way prepared [female students] to survive as . . .wom[e]n in a world organized by men" (211). In my opinion, not a lot of women around this age would have been brave enough to write an article about taking women students serious for fear of oppression. Many women probably did not even know how to write because their were neglected from their studies or were probably always to busy doing what ever their husbands wanted them to do.
Jacoby feels that this stereotype causes smart girls to under achieve. All business careers are based in math science or both. If young woman are detoured from the education of math and science, there will be a tremendous restraint on the careers they can choose to take part in. Thus, one must change gender stereotypes in the schools,
The first perceptive is of Cassie, who wants to follow her dreams of being a math teacher. This is realistic because of her grades, hard work, and motivation. While, from her perspectives she believes that this dream is possible even with math trouble, Mr. Tempe feels differently. I can see from Mr. Tempe’s perspective that he worries that other math in the future, more challenging math will not allow Cassie to follow her dreams. Although, it may be true that minorities and females are not common in the math profession that does not mean it is not possible for Cassie to
She states multiple times that the children within the education system are being cheated every day because they are not being forced to read more difficult books. “Such benefits are denied to the young reader exposed only to books with banal, simple-minded moral equations as well as to the student encouraged to come up with reductive, wrong-headed readings of mulitlayered texts” (Prose 97). The reader can blatantly see that Prose thinks negatively of the high school curriculum that today's students face. It seems clear that Prose does not want to hide her personal view or feelings, so she starts her essay out in a way that we do not have to read between the lines to get a sense of how she feels about what she is writing. She uses more emotional language when she says, "The intense loyalty adults harbor for books first encountered in youth is one probable reason for the otherwise baffling longevity of vintage mediocre novels, books that teachers may themselves have read in adolescence"(Prose
Madera’s desire to overcome her language barrier caused her to decide to go back to college and take English courses (79). Madera had taken her weakness into her own hands and decided to fix it by going back to school. She realizes that the way she speaks does not show the type of person that she, but her writing does (80). “The Bar of Gold” also talks about how the protagonist, Weeping John, is his own constraint, and because of that he is not able to move forward. In this folktale, Weeping John is constantly sick because he is worried about how his family will survive after his death (Gold 148).
Answer to question for study and Discussion: 1-Thesis:”Tens of thousands of eighteen-year-olds will graduate this year and handed meaningless diplomas. Evidence: Students have not any basic skills such as English grammar and writing skills. 2_Opinion: In my opinion she didn’t explain enough about these topics ,and for me as reader I couldn’t find any good examples for it. 3-F word: In my opinion she used this in her title to took attention ,and I think she was successful to made that attention .F word which she used in her essay was “Flunking” and it was in this essay teaching style which was using in past and in author opinion it could be used in present time either. 4-Audience: I think her audience in her essay is parents ,that with getting agree with her could be stand behind any teacher who is going to use “Flaking “style for their children in schools ,with that knowledge this method is useful for them.
Women did not want to express too much concern with the way they felt about the growing emptiness inside of them for they feared people would think of them as a failure. Women began filling these roles as houswives at a very young age so much so that by the end of the 1950s the average marrying age was 20 (Bowles, 2011, 4.3). Women began, at this period, using college as a means for obtaining a husband rather than as a stepping stone to a career. The perception by many was that they attended college to get their “Mrs” degree. Betty Friedan revealed what her and other women like her had kept secret for so long, that they are human beings and deserve better
arol Gilligan—influential feminist psychologist and author—is worried. Gilligan's 1982 book In Another Voice (called "the little book that started a revolution" by Harvard University Press) electrified the pundit class with its premise that girls were fundamentally misread and oppressed by American society. The advocacy programs promoting equality for girls that resulted from Gilligan's call-to-arms have had an impact few would deny. In fact, they may have worked too well, as schools generally acknowledge that girls now outshine boys in grades and high level-course enrollment (even in math and science, says the National Center for Education Statistics) and outnumber them in formerly male bastions such as honor societies, debating clubs and
The gender gap in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) has been an enduring problem, and new research shows that the gap is widening. Washington Post Op-Ed writer Catherine Rampell discusses one potential reason for this in her article, “Women should embrace the B’s in college to make more later”. The author presents her case based on new research showing that women in fact hate getting B’s. Rampell’s thesis positions that women are selling themselves short by fixating on grades (1). If women’s grades decline in STEM, economics, or other quantitative fields, women often switch majors to pursue more forgiving humanities degrees.
Encouraging STEM teaching in school's will give minorities an earlier chance at being involved with a STEM career. B. Women are not encouraged to enter STEM careers Many young girl's are not encouraged to be involved in math or science since it is a “boy's job.” Women are just as capable as men in being successful in the STEM field. Breaking the idea that women are incapable will increase STEM participation. Increasing demand for STEM A.