Chelsea Eareckson
The Puberty Problem
Childhood is a time of laughter, learning, and love. It is also a time of establishing patterns of bias and sexism, according to Elizabeth S. Spelke and Ariel D. Grace. Spelke and Grace work to dispel commonly cite…
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The Entity Parasite
“I’m just not good at math!” I told my tutor after an exhausting session of trying to get through the standard homework assignment in my high school calc class. That statement is something I believed deeply, and it greatly a…
by: Nicole Murgia
As a girl who once struggled and despised everything that had to do with math, I can personally relate to Carol S. Dweck’s explanation of why many women believe that they are not “gifted” in math in her essay Is Math a Gift? Bel…
When we think about who does well in school – who gets the best grades, or seems to know all the answers to the teacher’s questions – we tend to think about people that we consider to be smart. Whether … Continue reading →
Carol Dweck’s essay Is Math a Gift? Beliefs that put Females at Risk? puts the focus on how our thoughts can influence our performance, specifically in the middle school era. Dweck really talks about how we perceive our talent to be a huge factor in …
Comparative Essay 1
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