---Girls and Maths---

Akshay- "Mummy! I got a 90 in Maths!"
Akshita- "Guess what? I got a 100!"
Akshay- "That is not possible! You are a girl!"

Sounds familiar?
Maybe, you have remarked something on those lines, yourself.
"A girl scoring better than a boy in Mathematics?"
*Rolling of eyes*
"Really not!"

Welcome to the 21st Century, where, if a female somehow manages to outwit a male in academics it is considered nothing short of outrageous... and if the subject concerned is Mathematics, blasphemous!

Are girls really that pathetic when it comes to Numbers ?
Actually, it has been proved that middle school and high school girls have positive attitudes toward school but negative attitudes toward mathematics.
But why is this so?
Its all about attitude!
Parents' attitudes, parents' and teachers' attitudes, expectations, and actions with regard to girls' performance in math affect - and have the potential to improve - girls' expectations, attitudes, and performance in math. Teachers' teaching style, such as their use of cooperative rather than competitive learning, also plays a pivotal role in girls' relationship with math.

Therefore, girls can do just as well at math as boys -- even at the genius level -- if they are given the same opportunities and encouragement. Hence, culture, not biology, might explain why females in some parts of the world don't perform as well as males in math. We conclude that gender inequality, not lack of innate ability or 'intrinsic aptitude', is the primary reason fewer females than males are identified as excelling in mathematics performance in most countries,

-Generalization is a sin. Which we happily continue to excel in.