Highschool Girl Thesis

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If the cure for cancer was in the mind of a highschool girl, the chances are we would never find it. If the solution for sustainable energy was in the mind of highschool girl, the chances are we would never find it. We would never find it because by the time she was 12 years old, she would have already been acquainted with the stereotype that STEM subjects are for boys. By the time, she reached high school, the girl would have been drudging with this false notion for more than half a decade.

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