Is there anything easier than piling on overprotective parents?
Trust me, Judith has her issues: Whether it’s about communication/cell phones, physical safety, emotional security, psychological hierarchy, teacher unfairness, whatever…she too makes decisions that other parents would consider indulgent. We all do; we just disagree on which ones are “right.” — lateagain [Read lateagain’s other letters] Permalink Friday, August 1, 2008 10:32 PM PDT @ ceolaf Thicker tails in the distribution means more males with exceptional and dismal math skills, and fewer females at these extremes. It occurs to me those females with average or somewhat above average skills should be occupying the same university or industry positions that their male counterparts hold. Using the extremes of the distribution as an explanation for gender disparity in math-heavy professions assumes that only exceptionally gifted individuals get these jobs. — drNurse [Read drNurse’s other letters] Permalink Saturday, August 2, 2008 09:56 AM PDT @drNurse Note that, as ceolaf mentioned,
