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Re: Sign this petition to allow girls in robotics! (at Timmins Public library)!

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... there was no substantive reason to discriminate (dictionary term) in this case. Literacy for 9-12 year olds is no more a gendered topic at a public school than it is at a public library. ...
Are you sure about that? If that field isn't your area of expertise, can you cite an authoritative source that confirms your opinion?

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... "As I said, I cannot add much more, ...
I take what I read in blogs with a large grain of salt. That said, I'm sure that I would have advocated different methods too.

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... Their position on the teaching of science has always been Science For All." ...
What I have read about this situation is that the event *wasn't* a teaching-science event. Those reports I read might have been wrong or misleading, but if they were right... that would be an important piece of information.

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