Posted by caraher on February 2, 2006, at 7:06:40
In reply to Re: FRUSTRATION -- or 'Would you say that to a man?', posted by deirdrehbrt on February 2, 2006, at 0:22:09
It's hard to know for sure whether the person is reacting to one's gender or simply thinks math is boring or too difficult. I do know that when I taught at a college with an all-male student population that in physics we had a serious problem because the advisors for freshmen tended to be professors in the humanities, who tended to steer students toward their own (the faculty members') interests. Many of my students complained either that they had a huge argument with an advisor to get into physics or else took physics as a junior and wished they'd taken it their first year. So... at least *some* folks *would* say that to a man!
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