Monday, December 19th, 2005, 11:06 am
Computer Science Gender Gap
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An common inner conflict
HERE seems to be a certain apathy among girls towards computer science. This does not necessarily extend to all fields that are engineering-related. My older sister studied computer science, but decided to leave a year early due to lack of interest and passion. She was very much capable of graduating and was a top student in her class. Yet, she had no incentive to staying up all night or becoming obsessed with technology, which was associated with what she perceived as “nerds”. She now works on a Masters degree in management.
These thoughts were stirred up by an article that appeared in the
Boston Globe only yesterday.
Women shunning a field once seen as welcoming
MEDFORD — As a young high school teacher in 1982, Diane Souvaine leapt into graduate school for computer science having taken only one class in the subject.
