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Originally Posted by hansTP2S
Imagine that, not many girls in a club where the work is either: play with computers, or build a robot. Hmm.
We should have a shopping subteam.
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What a silly, silly comment, and I think I'm going to pretend you were trying to make a funny so that it doesn't leave me with a less than pleasant impression of you and your team. If you go to a co-ed school and your team has no girls than your team is not doing enough outreach to your school. If you have a team with girls but those girls are not contributing, than your team is not doing a good job inspiring them.
Unfortunately, stereotypes, like urban legends, come in to existence because there is some kind of truth behind them. And while I, myself, can't prove it, I do believe guys and gals brains work differently (but always with exceptions). Add that difference to how society treats each gender and it gets even messier. One girl on our team admits that math is not her strong suit, that she's much better in English. However, she loves to build things. When she joined our team last year she knew what a hammer was and a screwdriver, but not much else. Because we have mentors who are eager to encourage all students and patient enough to work with those who, despite a lack of knowledge, really want to learn, this girl made our Pit team on her rookie year. If your mentors (and to a large extent, veteran team members) are too busy and stressed to make time for students like this, your team will lose a lot of potential talent, both male and female.
Heidi