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Girls and STEM Research

 

            As one of PHS's high school counsellors, I see a tremendous amount of women that steer away from the science, technology, engineering, and Mathematics, (STEM) courses. It is extremely urgent that we start sparking interest in girls to find enjoyment in these courses. From early childhood girls and boys receive different treatment based on their gender, and that starts the processes of gender identity. Many very smart, talented, capable women pass up the opportunity to continue with STEM classes, and it's our job to start the diversion process to make them become more active in the these fields. I have many ideas that I believe can help these ladies from everything that I have seen work in the past, while working as high school Counselor.
             I believe that the first step in helping these girls is encouragement. If we can have more teachers give more positive encouragement towards the women when they are doing well. It means a lot when an instructor says to a frustrated female student, "I have done this. I am prosperous and enjoy the time in the felid. You have so much potential!" Those encouraging words can do so much to help fight the thought of "oh I can't do this, girls are bad at this anyways, I don't belong here." If we can start this process, we well be more inclined to steer them into the right courses, and extracurricular activities.
             We need to make sure that we give the girls enough learning opportunities. Starting in elementary school, we can have junior achievement classes directed towards STEM careers to spark interest. throughout Middle School there could be more career days and extracurricular groups for these felid. Without any previous knowledge of the job, how are the students supposed to know what it entails. Why wait for an internship in college when we have perfectly capable girls that could get a real world experience, before they head off to college already planning on a non STEM related Major.


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