tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post115193854475160664..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Women's Group Wants Woman Removed From National Math PanelDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1151956375630024342006-07-03T12:52:00.000-07:002006-07-03T12:52:00.000-07:00I have been far more concerned about young men and...I have been far more concerned about young men and education than young women. Most kids diagnosed as ADHD are boys. Most kids in trouble with the law are boys. And now there are more female undergraduates than male. I have cause for concern. I see school systems that are addressing education as a regurgitative process and that doesn't work to all types of learning styles, but relies heavily on reading and testing. I don't think that most schools are even permitted to broach the subject due to the PC attitudes of most colleges and universities. The unwillingness of colleagues to even LISTEN to the idea that maybe, JUST MAYBE, men and women are not alike, is telling. It's like when you say to a five year old that it's bedtime and they have their fingers in their ears shouting lalalala in order to avoid the point. I am sure there are cases that could be researched and presented, but I don't know of an education school in the nation that would be willing to admit such findings to publication for fear of retaliation. That's the way the left works-don't let anyone disagree and when they do, scream foul and use the media to do your dirty work.Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1151944357201601862006-07-03T09:32:00.000-07:002006-07-03T09:32:00.000-07:00Both of your comments are, as the British would sa...Both of your comments are, as the British would say, "spot on".Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1151943624467197312006-07-03T09:20:00.000-07:002006-07-03T09:20:00.000-07:00By the way, here's a manual trackback: http://www....By the way, here's a manual trackback: <BR/><BR/>http://www.castingoutnines.net/2006/07/03/what-not-to-research/<BR/><BR/>I add a few thoughts of my own there, and some links to the AWM's site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1151940983256956482006-07-03T08:36:00.000-07:002006-07-03T08:36:00.000-07:00"The Association for Women in Mathematics’ petitio..."The Association for Women in Mathematics’ petition says that the articles conveyed the belief that there are “intrinsic gender differences that favor males at the highest levels of mathematics.” The petition argues that there is considerable research that contradicts Ms. Benbow’s findings..."<BR/><BR/>I've got three questions for the AWM: <BR/><BR/>(1) Since when is it a hanging offense to convey a belief? <BR/><BR/>(2) Is that belief conveyed because of good research? If so, shouldn't you listen? <BR/><BR/>(3) Even assuming that there is considerable research to the contrary, so what? Isn't this called "scholarship"? <BR/><BR/>I guess the AWM only wants *women who agree with them* to advance in the field. <BR/><BR/>This reminds me of a female student we had here once who applied for a prestigious summer research program for women in mathematics. The math faculty at the time, all males, wrote her glowing reviews and she noted in her application how much she had been supported by the faculty in her studies. She was turned down... because she had been supported so much. The program was looking for women, I guess, who had to fight male oppression to get to where they are. <BR/><BR/>Politics and professional organizations -- blah!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com