High School project getting a ride into space

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:One girl? Seriously? At TJ they can’t even get more women in STEM?? Unbelievable. https://activities.tjhsst.edu/cubesat/team.html

It’s an activity kids sign up for - don’t believe they try out for it. If there are few girls that’s on the girls for not deciding to join.

- parent of a current TJ kid

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Woke idiots see discrimination everywhere.

These are not woke idiots. They are just idiots. Wokeness has nothing to do with it.

= Mom of a TJ female student

Woke idiots indeed.

Someone sounds bitter. Lemme guess DC got rejected even after investing thousands at Curie. LOL

[Anonymous]

How about pushing the girls to do more in middle school, if you want to see more girls in STEM.

That said, it's not like the girls are at the bottom of the class at TJ. They just didn't want to do this particular club. Take a look at the other clubs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not a woke idiot, just a mom of a STEM kid who is tired of her asking why she is always one of just a few women in her STEM classes. If we don't start caring that these things are almost all men then we won't start making any changes.

My DD at TJ was not interested in doing this particular project. She has a full plate with other STEM activities. As an Indian-American she has no dearth of female role models within our own community who are in the STEM field. Most of her "aunties" and female relatives are doctors, engineers and IT professionals!

- mom of a TJ student.

[Anonymous]

So then it begs the question, which likely no one here can answer, why is this particular club all males, except for one female?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So then it begs the question, which likely no one here can answer, why is this particular club all males, except for one female?

It is not an all male club since there is one female also.

The reason that there are not many women in STEM is because the majority culture (White culture) that has the maximum resources available to them mainly value girls for looks. As a result, it is more likely for White teenage girls to be in non-STEM programs than in STEM programs. Asians of the same SES on the other hand will encourage their daughters to get into STEM field because a) barrier to entry is higher and b) education is priortized over looks and c) it provides them with some guaranteed financial security to have a better life.

However, Asian-American female students cannot make up for the lack of interest of other groups. The reason there are so few women in STEM is because Asian-Americans are a tiny minority in US. I hope this answers your question.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So then it begs the question, which likely no one here can answer, why is this particular club all males, except for one female?

It is not an all male club since there is one female also.

The reason that there are not many women in STEM is because the majority culture (White culture) that has the maximum resources available to them mainly value girls for looks. As a result, it is more likely for White teenage girls to be in non-STEM programs than in STEM programs. Asians of the same SES on the other hand will encourage their daughters to get into STEM field because a) barrier to entry is higher and b) education is priortized over looks and c) it provides them with some guaranteed financial security to have a better life.

However, Asian-American female students cannot make up for the lack of interest of other groups. The reason there are so few women in STEM is because Asian-Americans are a tiny minority in US. I hope this answers your question.

So, it’s a reasonable answer in general for society. However, TJ is a STEM school. So every girl there wants to be in STEM. So why did only 1 decide to take this opportunity? And, even more importantly, why didn’t a person of authority (teacher) notice and make an extra effort to recruit women? Or, maybe the teacher did make that effort - and they said no- which returns to the why didn’t the females want to join?

[Anonymous]

TJ girls are well represented in other STEM clubs and other activities.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So then it begs the question, which likely no one here can answer, why is this particular club all males, except for one female?

It is not an all male club since there is one female also.

The reason that there are not many women in STEM is because the majority culture (White culture) that has the maximum resources available to them mainly value girls for looks. As a result, it is more likely for White teenage girls to be in non-STEM programs than in STEM programs. Asians of the same SES on the other hand will encourage their daughters to get into STEM field because a) barrier to entry is higher and b) education is priortized over looks and c) it provides them with some guaranteed financial security to have a better life.

However, Asian-American female students cannot make up for the lack of interest of other groups. The reason there are so few women in STEM is because Asian-Americans are a tiny minority in US. I hope this answers your question.

That’s not it for TJ though. 2/3 of the student body is Asian.

[Anonymous]

This thread took an odd focus. Yay to the kids involved in this - very exciting!

[Anonymous]

Asian kids are smart! Invent more things that help people and young kids in particular not hurt them like social media etc.

[Anonymous]

So if you’re part of this club, how/where does it go on your college app. Seems like member of space club doesn’t really capture the effort and magnitude.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So if you’re part of this club, how/where does it go on your college app. Seems like member of space club doesn’t really capture the effort and magnitude.

Most TJ kids participate in activities/clubs for the joy of participation and not to brag about them on college apps.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So if you’re part of this club, how/where does it go on your college app. Seems like member of space club doesn’t really capture the effort and magnitude.

Most TJ kids participate in activities/clubs for the joy of participation and not to brag about them on college apps.

LOLOL

[Anonymous]

Have to agree that this is poor representation for females if only one girl in the club. I suppose it's not TJs fault but sure seems like the boys rule this particular club.

TJ girls represented in most other clubs...just not this one. hmm... and noone asks why

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have to agree that this is poor representation for females if only one girl in the club. I suppose it's not TJs fault but sure seems like the boys rule this particular club.

TJ girls represented in most other clubs...just not this one. hmm... and noone asks why

Girls usually lack the necessary aptitude (spacial ability etc.) and do not want to do the heavy lifting so they tend to stay away from clubs that require lot of time and effort. They gravitate towards tutoring, coding for women, cultural activities etc.