Why is math and science down in the US? Because white males tended to be good at it. This had to stop. A stop was put to it sometime in the 60's.
"Why is math and science down in the US? Because white males tended to be good at it. This had to stop. A stop was put to it in the 60's."
Although my cynical side is sympathetic to this argument, something more fundamental, and disturbing, is going on with white (and, even more so, black) males. They simply aren't going to college at the rate they were 35 years ago. Your typical state university is about 56% female now, and some formerly male-dominated, science-related fields such as pharmacy and vet med are now majority female. Somehow, we (parents, schools, the general culture) are doing a disservice to our boys. Maybe this is a topic for another thread!