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Article #4599Re: Mattel Protest
From: Kevin Dooley
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 14:16
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 14:16
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In article <stone.718289960@cwis> stone@cwis.unomaha.edu (Travis Stone) writes: > ... >Mattel may be doing the nation's kiddies a service >by protecting their fragile self-esteem. >... >See? A little good can come out of every dark situation, nicht?... > NICHT! This is a very bad thing! Kids do badly in math not because it is hard, because it isn't, but rather because they perceive it as hard. This is especially true with girls who are repeatedly told that they should not be good at math or science courses because their brains don't work that way. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Let's not permit marketing idiots to create yet another generation of math anxiety and women who believe that they are somehow inferior! Kevin
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Newsgroups: sci.physics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!utcsri!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!dooley From: dooley@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (Kevin Dooley) Subject: Re: Mattel Protest Message-ID: <BvnJnx.52y@helios.physics.utoronto.ca> Keywords: So What? Sender: news@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (News Administrator) Organization: University of Toronto Physics/Astronomy/CITA References: <stone.718289960@cwis> Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 14:16:45 GMT Lines: 18