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Different BUT Equal

by: Nicole Murgia
Elizabeth S. Spelke and Ariel D. Grace further investigate the prejudice women face in the math and science fields in their essay, Sex, Math, and Science. At this point in the knowledge I believe I have obtained from studying the diff…

Chelsea Eareckson: The Puberty Problem (Blog 4)

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…

BLOG 4: No cognitive differences

In “Sex, Math and Science”, the professors Spelke and Grace have proven that women are influenced by the discrimination in math and science field, which leads to fewer women in science. In fact, this passage uses the similar way in passage one, whi…

The Tortoise and the Hare’s Ultimate Race

 
(photo by Lauren at Shining Lamp and Brilliant Star)
 
So there I was: third grade and as nervous as I had ever been. It was the fifth week of school and I was still stuck on my multiplications of three. Why couldn’t I get it? My teacher…