1/ F-ing Cathedral RT @VerizonWireless: Girls’ confidence drops 72% in middle & high school. Give her a boost w #STEM http://po.st/k5gTvL
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2/ First, no reason to think that girls' confidence dropping is a problem. Second, no reason to think STEM is a solution. >
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3/ Third, if this didn't have blue paint all over it "tell the little misses that we know better than they do" would stink of patriarchy. >
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4/ Finally, the worst career advice ever is "do something you hate, and compete with people who love it". You'll sink to the bottom ASAP.
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5/ Oh, heck, a few more points: at no point has "studying something hard and hanging with outcasts" ever improved anyone's confidence.
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6/ And why is Verizon trying to create more competitors for existing STEM types and drive down wages? Cui bono?
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7/ We all grok truth: no good answers to any of these. Verizon isn't really advocating change, they're signalling "we're on the good team"
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