tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post3258154279049594945..comments2023-11-22T05:51:28.934+00:00Comments on Frank Chalk: Girls and PhysicsMr Chalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02300002644366743672noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-83128731240648016442012-12-16T22:40:55.748+00:002012-12-16T22:40:55.748+00:00I'm female, I loved computers breaking and fix...I'm female, I loved computers breaking and fixing stuff and explosions, but I hated physics at school. The boys were enabled to run riot and we were told at the end of every lesson<br />"the boys may leave the girls will tidy the lab"<br />I dropped physics.<br />I still hack and do IT but the sexism is almost overpowering.<br /><br />See more physics scare stories at everydaysexism.com <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-61443772450633797262012-10-29T11:15:59.913+00:002012-10-29T11:15:59.913+00:00Its all down to the teacher. My daughter is in ye...Its all down to the teacher. My daughter is in year 11. She loathed physics with a vengeance at the beginning of year 10. She is now planning to study it at A level.<br /><br />I also run a tutoring business and find that requests for help in all sciences are equally required by girls as well as boys. It does not seem to matter what type of school they go to, girls/boys only, private or state school.<br /><br />Peter S<br />www.tutordoctorprivatetutoring.co.ukPeter Shttp://www.tutordoctorprivatetutoring.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-77672034145242932282012-10-09T19:38:32.314+00:002012-10-09T19:38:32.314+00:00hThe only 2 girls in our last Physics A-level set ...hThe only 2 girls in our last Physics A-level set were indeed the 2 cleverest girls in the school. Just to back up your findings! <br />I myself was never drawn to Physics, although I did well at Biol & Chem, because of the Maths content (I'm still Crap At Maths).<br />P.S. These security characters are almost impossible to identify!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-55448519300770258612012-10-09T12:01:23.262+00:002012-10-09T12:01:23.262+00:00The Nobel Prize in Physics 2012 was awarded jointl...The<a href="http://www.qualitypoint.blogspot.in/2012/10/the-nobel-prize-in-physics-2012-was.html" rel="nofollow"> Nobel Prize</a> in Physics 2012 was awarded jointly to Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland "for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems".<br />QPThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04189864817023998415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28919367.post-56553609921265356762012-10-08T21:06:48.957+00:002012-10-08T21:06:48.957+00:00You're begging (or twisting) the question with...You're begging (or twisting) the question with your final comment here, Frank. Just because a girl studies physics, it does not mean that she is (or will be) a physicist. <br />Maybe we could do with more women teachers of physics, though, eh? And I'm sure it would be a very handy subject for those purveyors of that well-known predominantly feminine profession, the estate agent.<br />(That was supposed to be a joke, but flopped badly - apologies for that).Sutton Tutorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06433374375257612976noreply@blogger.com