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Re: Sign this petition to allow girls in robotics! (at Timmins Public library)!
Don't demonize the library. On the surface, at least, this is not unlike other programs that target audiences with special characteristics in order to get the most bang from their bucks, or to experiment with affecting one dimension of a social need.
I have participated in programs that were only offered to low-income students, or that targeted students who don't attend public schools. Those were generally celebrated for satisfying a need, and not castigated for excluding some (deserving) students.
Reading about a program that is focusing on boys is guaranteed to trigger knee-jerk reactions in many of us, but our reflexes might betray us in this case. Avoid the impulse to shoot from the hip, and find out the full picture before deciding where you stand.
Blake
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This is high school robotics for fun and education. Let's try and keep it that way. - Rod [more] 
02-07-2015, 12:29
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