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[Kristina Anderson]

Ajai -- in order to choose a math or science type of major at the 
university, students were required to have taken Physics in HS.  So 
refusing me permission to do the senior year Physics course in HS 
effectively left me out of that option.

Bearing in mind this was 30 years ago and I do HOPE things have changed.

> On Sat, 19 Apr 2008, Kristina Anderson wrote:
> 
> > Also, in case you are not familiar, public high schools in the US 
do 
> > not charge "fees" -- but are supported by government funds and tax 
> > dollars from property taxes -- and the school administration can 
make 
> > policies about which classes are open to which students, and they 
were 
> > within their rights at the time to refuse enrollment in certain 
classes 
> > to female students.
> 
> I was referring to college not high schoola. But what you're saying 
is 
> amazing to me. UK schools are also government funded but noone has as 
much 
> control over who can do what. If a female student wanted to do 
science 
> there's noone stopping her. Sounds very backwardc if you ask me...
> 
> > They also required at that time "home economics" 
> > for girls and "shop classes" for boys.  We were not allowed to 
choose 
> > which one we wanted, but were assigned based on gender.
> 
> Wow. Unbelievable.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Aj.
> 
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