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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is horrifying! Things were a bit like this when I was in high school in the early 80s, but I would have thought things would be better now! I am so sorry these kids didn't feel empowered to come forward, and I'm sorry that those who did were brushed aside. This is a toxic classroom environment especially for girls, but also for boys. I have a child headed to Blair next year, and the school had better be getting their shit together. [/quote]
I don't think you need to worry.  The teacher is gone and it is a new administration.  I have discussed this issue with my child and others in the program and feel reassured that this is not an issue and has not been one since Walstein left.  Having said that [b]STEM is notorious for often being hostile to women [/b]especially at the college/grad school level so I am glad this story came out and prodded me to have this discussion with my child.  Our daughters need to know that they should speak up and in today's #MeToo era they will be taken seriously and our sons need to know that they should also speak up for their fellow classmates and future colleagues.[/quote]

As a parent who's daughter is in a college STEM program and looking forward to a Ph.D. program after graduation, she has had better experience at the University of Maryland than in MCPS.  Treatment of women in these fields depends on the culture of the organization.  Some have made improvements to encourage women in STEM, some ignored persistent problems and have a long way to go so females have equal access and are treated fairly.[/quote]

Actually, I would say the same abut my HS v. college experience back in the bad old days.  It wasn't until college that my skills received any special attention.  High School had more gate keeping and teachers like this goon, who could pontificate about genius (and act out these prejudices) without recourse.  College really was closer to a meritocracy.  There was a very clear reversal of fortunes playing out where students who had been coddled in HS found out they didn't necessarily have what it takes.  [/quote]

I agree.  Engineering in the late 1980s and early 1990s.  My best time was at a top engineering, large public university.  It was so large and anonymous and hard that they didn't notice I was a girl when they graded me.   College was the closest to a meritocracy because it was hard enough the weed through those that couldn't make it.  Least sexism I've had was in college.

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