<p>Sadly this is true…</p>
<p>A lot of stereotypes are disproven at my school. Football players study hard… unpopular kids don’t really care about school</p>
<p>Well the whole girls aren’t good at math thing is definitely not true. There is a girl in calc III; yes not bc, calc III, at my school.</p>
<p>You know, in schools with asian-majority population the gender gap isnt as apparent ._.
(I hope i wont get flamed for this)</p>
<p>Yeah, I was actually reading the book Outliers and he was discussing the whole “Asians are good at math” thing and he was saying that especially native speakers are much better at math than the average person because most of the Asian languages work in a way that facilitates quick easy learning and calculations.</p>
<p>typical CC. someone makes an innocent post and the entire forum goes up in arms about it. I wonder how many friends you guys have in real life.</p>
<p>I’m with Ivygolfer…I don’t know the exact demographics, but if you were to step into one of my classes of twenty chances are slim that you would see a black or latino kid. Actually, now that I think of it I’m not sure I have any black or latino kids in any of my classes. Whether this is because I live in suburban New England, am in mostly honors/IB level classes, or just a sheer coincidence I don’t really know, but it certainly ‘caters’ to the stereotype that Suburbia = white. </p>
<p>Also about the girls in math and sciences…the lower level courses at my school have just as many girls as guys, as does honors, and I’m almost positive the ratio remains even up through IB. Not really sure what the significance of that is in the grand scheme of things, but I think it’s kind of nice to see a 1:1 ratio throughout all the classes in the two departments.</p>
<p>Today was stereotype day at my school.</p>
<p>hjs876959 I’ll give you 4/10 ■■■■■ points for effort, but really, getting self-righteous about oppression that occurred two or more generations ago is so very trite.</p>
<p>I think what people took offense to was OP’s tone regarding girls in advanced classes, not necessarily the disproportionate girl:boy ratio he noticed. And to be honest, I took offense to it too. I think without the remarks about how “hilariously non-rigorous” and easy the AP class full of girls was, and the “to be polite” at the end, people wouldn’t have taken offense. Regardless of OP’s intention, he came off condescending and dismissive. </p>
<p>As for the “oppression that occurred two or more generations ago,” if you honestly believe that we are living in a world, or even a country where gender equality is the norm, then I 1. pity your naivete and 2. imagine you must be very privileged indeed not to experience sexism.</p>
<p>“I’m not racist but…”</p>
<p>We have a Math Academic Team. Of it’s approximately 20 members there is one guy who is white, the rest are Asian. </p>
<p>Also, the battle for Valedictorian last year came down to an Indian girl and a Chinese guy. </p>
<p>Our school is pretty much as diverse as the medium-sized city it’s located in. So we have all types of people doing all sorts of activities, and plenty who don’t fit into any of these stereotypes.</p>
<p>I’m Hispanic (Cuban) and I really do care about school and academics. I’m involved in extracurriculars, do well in school, and I plan to make something of my life. Don’t generalize all people, that’s something that an ignorant and stupid person would do.</p>
<p>Wow, i guess people don’t get the difference between fact and generalization. When people say they have no hispanics/blacks in their advanced classes, they are simply stating a FACT. They would be lying to say half of their advanced class is black/hispanic. By stating the fact, they don’t mean to say that blacks/hispanics can’t be successful in any sense whatsoever.</p>
<p>I am half black, half white, and female and took no offense to this. Some of you guys should lighten up a little bit. Finding humor in these coincidences and laughing at the stereotypes isn’t a huge issue, as long as malice isn’t intended (and I find this thread malice free). Besides, trends are trends.</p>
<p>As far as an answer though, my school doesn’t have enough of a variety to really notice any of this, but actually our stereotypes seem to be reversed. All of are Asians are low achievers, by far most of our A students are female (they also take more STEM like classes), and our rather successful academic team is one of the worst behaved groups (we like to party 
lol)</p>
<p>All of the black guys at my school are on the football team. (We have a whopping total of three black guys at my school.)</p>
<p>The tennis team is 100% Asian (including the Indian subcontinent.) Same goes for Science Olympiad and Math Club.</p>
<p>Just some observations…</p>
<p>On the other hand, my classes are extremely diverse. We have a great mix of Hispanic, Asian, Caucasian, and (one of the few) Blacks in most AP classes.</p>
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<p>Thank you for injecting some rationality into this thread.</p>
<p>my school is extremely diverse! Everything is mixed. I don’t see a dominance of anything unless we go competing. When it came to robotics competition last year, we were the most diverse school to compete and the only one to have girls on our teams but all the other schools’ teams were all male! this year though i saw girls on their teams.</p>
<p>our best math student is black. our best social studies kid is asian, best in science is same as math… english… no idea</p>
<p>[Final</a> Demographics For Class of 2011 Released - The Tech](<a href=“http://tech.mit.edu/V127/N31/admissions.html]Final”>http://tech.mit.edu/V127/N31/admissions.html)</p>
<p>in 2007, 8000 males applied to MIT. 3000 females applied. what general message does that say? that more males are deeply involved in math/science subjects than females. I realize it’s an old year, but I can’t be bothered to find something more updated. I can’t imagine too much change has occurred in four and a half years. </p>
<p>oh, and if anybody would like to whine about gender equality or the oppression females have to face, consider this. according to that article, the acceptance rate for girls was double that of their male counterparts. </p>
<p>seriously guys, lighten up. nobody is generalizing all people. they are just stating trends -facts- that occur in their schools. the truth is never something an “ignorant person would say.”</p>
<p>I have to take some issue about the “whining about gender equality” statement. MIT only accepts more girls because they want to keep their M/F ratio closer to even. The fact that girls don’t study math is probably caused by the fact that girls are told their whole lives that they are not good at math (basically what everyone is saying in this thread). A self fulfilling prophecy, really.</p>
<p>Also, gender equality has a long way to go. Note Rush Limbaugh, and the recent statements of the republican candidates. Add to that the fact that women still don’t command equal wages, and are not required to be paid equal wages by law.</p>
<p>I only bring that statistic up in response to people crying about oppression. if an unqualified female is given a spot over a qualified male, just to fill a gender quota, then you cannot deny that it is sexism in favor of the female. it may not be intended as such, but it is. it’s not a big deal, but it is a counterexample to the argument of “o woe betide us females, we are oppressed by everybody.”</p>