Re: [Tango-L] Men and classes

[Alexis Cousein <al@sgi.com>]

Caroline Polack wrote:
> When I see male students being corrected, I can see that they don't take it 
> well as if it was personal. They get easily embarrassed and flustered and 
> then quit.  Women, on the other hand, are very receptive and soak up every 
> little bit of information they can get and they hardly ever quit. I also 
> find that men always think they are right. 

Enough with the war of the sexes already - exchange "man" for "woman"
and the statement makes just about as much sense - i.e. none.

Misplaced pride isn't genetically (or even culturally) tied to XY vs.
XX - neither is genuine curiosity and eagerness to learn.


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Alexis Cousein                                al@sgi.com
Solutions Architect/Senior Systems Engineer   SGI
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Bad grammar makes me [sic].
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