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- From: jxh@math.ksu.edu (James C. Hu)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: Mattel on women
- Date: 13 Oct 1992 19:54:52 -0500
- Organization: Dept. of Mathematics, Kansas State University
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- References: <1755@spam.ua.oz> <1992Oct13.165433.23065@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1bfasbINNft9@hilbert.math.ksu.edu> <1992Oct13.205052.28308@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Keywords: Targetting females once again.
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- crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass) writes:
- >James Hu (jxh@math.ksu.edu) wrote:
- >>... Having your doll tell you "Math is hard" is not a very
- >>encouraging sentiment. It certainly doesn't help foster a desire to
- >>learn math.
- > Leaving aside the question of whether this particular doll is
- > impeding a desire to learn math, should dolls 'foster a desire
- > to learn math'? Is this a desirable attribute in a doll?
-
- If were up to me, I don't think I would have a doll say anything at
- all. Leave more for the child's imagination. But, if a doll says
- anything at all, I certainly don't want it to say something that
- creates the impression that a subject is too hard to learn.
-
- > In any case, I suspect that the sales of such a doll would not
- > be stellar, for the simple reason that that is not the function of
- > dolls.
-
- What function does telling children that math is hard serve?
- --
- James C. Hu (jxh@math.ksu.edu), 1804 Denholm Dr., Manhattan, KS 66502
- I speak for me, the whole me, and nothing but for me. So help me me.
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