When I was in 7th grade, we were all given an exam. It was science and math, and the boys who did… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
If you're a white male growing up in this society, you're constantly receiving encouragement to go on in science in the form… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
Given that many girls are indoctrinated to believe that they should be feminine and modest about their abilities, as well as brought… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
To make computer science more attractive to women, we might help young women change how they think about themselves and what's expected… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
We still raise girls to look to other people for assurance they are attractive and smart, while boys are raised to determine… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
All the societal pressures that make girls feel as if they're too smart, especially in the sciences - 'No one will date… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
When you have different kinds of scientific and mathematical minds approaching problems, you will get more solutions. This leads to more innovation… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
When I was in seventh grade, I was bored out of my mind. We seemed to be learning the same things over… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
Success in math and the hard sciences, far from being a matter of gender, is almost entirely dependent on culture - a… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
When parents ask why there are still so few girls in advanced science and math classes in high school, I tell them,… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
Science and math are hard for everybody, and it's usually not a matter or being born gifted at it or not. It's… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
The most powerful determinant of whether a woman goes on in science might be whether anyone encourages her to go on. — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
“If you're making love to a man of God, then God must endorse your lovemaking.” — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
I was nearly as far behind in calculus as I was in physics. But I wasn't the only woman in the class, so I… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
I miss my former teachers, John Hersey and James Alan McPherson. I would love to see either or both and ask what I could… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
Figuring out why people who choose not to do something don't in fact do it is like attempting to interview the elves who live… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
Judging the political climate in my state by walking around lefty Ann Arbor is like a polar bear judging global warming by staring at… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
When I was in 7th grade, we were all given an exam. It was science and math, and the boys who did well were… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
If you're a white male growing up in this society, you're constantly receiving encouragement to go on in science in the form of all… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
I think women need to hear more encouragement in any field, because I see it - I teach creative writing. And even though it's… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
My brother had been given a chemistry set for his bar mitzvah, but he wasn't interested in it. It was upstairs in the attic,… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
Given that many girls are indoctrinated to believe that they should be feminine and modest about their abilities, as well as brought up to… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
