Women and Minorities in Science (Warning: Basic calculus and statistics; political incorrectness)

Re:Women and Minorities in Science (Warning: Basic calculus ... by DaniFong on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @05:12PM (#65482)

I used to tutor junior high and high school kids in physics. In junior high, nearly all the top students were girls. For some reason, in high school, there was this huge switch -- suddenly, most of the girls weren't interested in physics or math. It was weird, but I suspect that it's largely a matter of social pressures.

Luckily, I've had no direct experience with this. I skipped high school.

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Re:Women and Minorities in Science (Warning: Basic calculus ... by _h4xr on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @05:16PM (#65484)

You skipped high school? How did that work out?

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Re:Women and Minorities in Science (Warning: Basic calculus ... by DaniFong on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @05:21PM (#65489)

Pretty well. I graduated in Computer Science and Physics with a first class honors degree, and the university medal (I was the top student), at 17.

I then went into Princeton to start a PhD in plasma physics -- I did that for two years but that's on hold now -- I'm starting a startup, as I guess is the ambition of many of us here.

Socially, I've always been fairly mature for my age. I got along better with college students than my age peers. It was a very good move. I hated school.

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Re:Women and Minorities in Science (Warning: Basic calculus ... by Jd on Tuesday October 09, 2007 @06:32PM (#65528)

Wow, Dani. Impressive. Need a co-founder? Any workers?

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