This is the school I work for, the robotics team I mentor, and the principal who runs the show. --- A little more than a decade ago, a group of girls from St. Mildred’s-Lightbourn School in Oakville, Ont., arrived at a FIRST Robotics competition in Mississauga and ran headlong into the type of gender stereotyping the school is working to overcome. “Are you the cheerleaders for your team?” a group of boys from another school asked them. They weren’t. They quickly invited the offending boys to view a robot they had designed and built, which would go on to win an award at the event. In the intervening years, the private all-girls’ school has encouraged students to participate in FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), and they have brought home many awards, gaining international recognition.
Posted on: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 22:46:23 +0000
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