v1.0可編輯可修改v1.0可編輯可修改ttleoyWomanCanLearnAnythingaManCan男人會(huì)的，女人也能學(xué)會(huì)WhenIwasakid,everythinginmybedroomwaspink.IhavetwsistersPoniestrucks,Wiffle-ballandwehadandseveralG.I.set,butinourplayroom.當(dāng)我還是個(gè)小孩時(shí),acompleteminiaturekitchen,aBarbieandKendolls.Wedidn'Joesorbasketballs.youTomboysherdofMyLiWehaveanydidhavewouldhavebeenweweren't.我臥室里的所有東西都是粉紅色的。應(yīng)俱全的微型廚房、一群小矮種馬和一些芭比娃娃、 肯娃娃。hard-pressedtofindit我有兩個(gè)姐姐，我們有一個(gè)一我們沒(méi)有玩具卡車(chē)、玩具大兵、籃球。我們確實(shí)有一套空心棒球， 但是很難在我們的游戲室中找到。畢竟我們不是假小子。SosomepeoplemayfinditironicthatIgrewuptobeamechanicalengineer.Infact,Iamtheonlyfemaleengineeratmycompany.Inordertogetmycollegedegree,hadtotakealotofmathandscienceclasses.Ialsohadtoworkwithteamofstudentsaspartofanationalcompetitiontoconvertgas-guzzlingalSUVintoahybridelectricvehiclethat'swhereIlearnedhowtofixcars.I'mproudtosaythatIgotAinallequations.didn'tmyclasses,includingI'vealwaysunderstandwheretocollege,butnooneomeday.beenthatevermultivariablecalculusanddifferentiprettycouldtoldgoodtake因而一些人或許會(huì)對(duì)我成長(zhǎng)為一個(gè)機(jī)械工程師而倍感驚訝。atmathanddesign,butme.Iwasexpectedtogmakeagoodengineers事實(shí)上，我是我們公司唯一的一名女工程師。為了獲得我的大學(xué)文憑，我不得不上許多數(shù)學(xué)和自然科學(xué)課程。 我也不得1111不和一小組學(xué)生合作去參加一個(gè)全國(guó)競(jìng)賽一一將一輛耗油特多的運(yùn)動(dòng)型多用途汽車(chē)改裝為一輛混合電動(dòng)汽車(chē)一一正是這樣我學(xué)會(huì)了修車(chē)。我很驕傲我門(mén)門(mén)功課都是 A,包括多元微積分和微分方程。我的數(shù)學(xué)和設(shè)計(jì)一向很好， 雖然我不明白這會(huì)給我?guī)?lái)什么結(jié)果。 家里人期盼我去上大學(xué)，但沒(méi)有人告訴過(guò)我我將來(lái)會(huì)成為一名優(yōu)秀的工程師。WhenIwasinhighschool,Ididn'tknowthefirstthingaboutengineering.Icouldn'thavedistinguishedatransmissionfromanalternator. ThecarIdroveneededsomeworkbutIwasafraidtotake it tothemechanic.Becausehonestly,themechaniccouldhaveshownmeanelectriccanopenerandsaid,“Thisispartofyourcar and it'sbroken— paymetofix it," andIwouldn' thaveknownanybetter.在我還在上高中時(shí)， 我對(duì)工程一竅不通。 我根本分辨不出哪一個(gè)是變速器， 哪一個(gè)是交流發(fā)電機(jī)。我開(kāi)的車(chē)壞了需要修理，但我害怕讓機(jī)修工給我修一下。因?yàn)檎f(shuō)實(shí)話， 機(jī)修工可能會(huì)給我看一個(gè)電動(dòng)開(kāi)罐器，然后對(duì)我說(shuō)： “這是你車(chē)上的零部件，壞了一一給我錢(qián)，我替你修二我不會(huì)清楚這是否是個(gè)敲詐。Attheendofmyjunioryearofhighschool,Iheardaboutasummerprogramdesignedtointerestgirlsinengineering.Thesix-weekprogramwasfree,andstudentsweregivencollegecreditandadormroomattheUniversityofMaryland.Iappliedtotheprogram,notbecauseIwantedtobeanengineer,butbecauseIwascravingindependenceandwantedtogetoutofmyparents'houseforsixweeks.我在高中第三年末的時(shí)候， 聽(tīng)說(shuō)了一個(gè)暑期班，專(zhuān)門(mén)致力于提升女孩對(duì)工程的興趣。 課程長(zhǎng)達(dá)六周，完全免費(fèi)，并且參加的學(xué)生還能獲得大學(xué)學(xué)分以及住在馬蘭里大學(xué)的學(xué)生宿舍2222

里。我報(bào)了那個(gè)暑期班， 并不是因?yàn)槲蚁氤蔀橐幻こ處?，而是由于我渴望?dú)立， 希望能夠搬離父母的房子自己生活六周。I wasaccepted to the program and Iearnedsix engineering credits.ThenextyearIenteredtheuniversityasanengineeringmajor.Five yearslater I had adegree andthreedecent joboffers.我被那個(gè)暑期班接受了并且獲得了 6個(gè)工程學(xué)分。第二年我進(jìn)入馬蘭里大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)， 主修Ican'thelpshuddering工程學(xué)。五年后我獲得了學(xué)位并且得到了 3個(gè)像樣的工作機(jī)會(huì)。Ican'thelpshudderingcomestomath.TheyimplytwhenIhearaboutstudiesthatshowthcomestomath.TheyimplytatwomenareatadisadvantagewhenithatIamsomehowabnormal.I'mnot,butIdoknowthatifIhadnhatIamsomehowabnormal.I'mnot,butIdoknowthatifIhadnIwouldn'tbeanengineer.WhenIwasgrowingupIwastold,asmanystudentsare,todoIwouldn'tbeanengineer.WhenIwasgrowingupIwastold,asmanystudentsare,todotstumbledintothatsummerprogram,每當(dāng)聽(tīng)到研究表明女人在學(xué)數(shù)學(xué)方面處于劣勢(shì)時(shí)我總是情不自禁地戰(zhàn)栗。 這暗示我有點(diǎn)不正常。我并非不正常，但我確實(shí)知道如果不是因?yàn)橐粋€(gè)偶然的機(jī)遇參加了那個(gè)暑期班， 我絕不會(huì)成為一名工程師。whatIambestat.itmorethananythingelse.whatIambestat.itmorethananythingelse.ButIdidn'tknowwhatthatwas.Mostpeoplethinkthatwhenyouaregoodatsomething,itcomeseasilytoyouButthisiswhatIdiscovered:justbecauseasubjectisdifficulttolearn,itdoesnotmeanyouarenotgoodatit.Youjusthavetogrityourteethandworkhardertogetgoodatit.Onceyoudo,there'sastrongchanceyouwillenjoy3333和許多學(xué)生一樣，在我成長(zhǎng)過(guò)程中，別人告訴我將來(lái)去從事自己擅長(zhǎng)的事。 但我并不清楚我自己最擅長(zhǎng)什么。大多數(shù)人會(huì)認(rèn)為你某樣?xùn)|西學(xué)得很好時(shí)， 這種東西對(duì)你而言就很簡(jiǎn)單。但是我發(fā)現(xiàn)：僅僅因?yàn)橐婚T(mén)學(xué)科很難學(xué)，這并不意味著你在這方面不強(qiáng)。 你只是需要咬緊牙關(guān)，更加努力地去學(xué)好它。一旦你這樣做了，就很有可能你會(huì)享受這門(mén)學(xué)科給你帶來(lái)的其他任何東西都無(wú)法比擬的無(wú)限樂(lè)趣。IneighthgradeItookalgebra.Ononetestgotonly36percentoftheanswerscorrect.Ifailedthenextone,too.Istartedtothink,MaybeI'mjustnogoodatthis.Iwasluckyenoughtohaveateacherwhodidn'ttakemybadgradesasajudgmentofmyabilities,butsimplyasanindicationthatshouldstudymore.HepulledmeasideandtoldmeheknewIcoulddobetter.Heletmethetests,andIpulledmygradeuptoanA.八年級(jí)我學(xué)代數(shù)時(shí)，一次考試我只有36%勺答案正確。接下來(lái)的一次考試我又不及格。我開(kāi)始質(zhì)疑自己，或許我真的不擅長(zhǎng)代數(shù)。值得慶幸的是，我的老師并沒(méi)有用我糟糕的分?jǐn)?shù)來(lái)評(píng)判我的能力，而是將它作為我應(yīng)該多多強(qiáng)化的信號(hào)。他把我叫到一旁，告訴我他知道我能做的更好。他讓我重考，結(jié)果我將成績(jī)提升到了studiedalotincollege,too.IhadmomentsofpanicwhilesittingunderneaththebuzzingfluorescentlightsintheengineeringlibraryonSaturdayafternoons,whenIworriedthattheestrogeninmybodywaspreventingmefromunderstandingthermodynamics.Buttheguysinmyclasseshadtoworkjustashard,andIknewthatcouldn'affordtoloseconfidenceinmyself.didntwanttochoosebetweenmyfemininityandagoodcareer.SoIremindedmyselfthatthosestudies,thenesthatsaythatmathcomesmorenaturallytomen,arebasedon4444faultypremise:thatyoucanjudgeaperson'sabilitiesseparatefromtheculturalcuesthatshehasreceivedsinceshewasaninfantNomanisanisland.Nowomanis,either.在大學(xué)里我同樣學(xué)了很多東西。星期六下午坐在工程圖書(shū)館吱吱作響的熒光燈下學(xué)習(xí)時(shí)，我也有過(guò)恐懼的時(shí)候，擔(dān)心我體內(nèi)的雌激素會(huì)阻礙我理解熱力學(xué)。 但是我班上的男同學(xué)們也同樣在刻苦學(xué)習(xí)， 我知道我不能夠?qū)ψ约簡(jiǎn)适判摹?我不想在我女性氣質(zhì)和擁有一份好工作兩者之中只取其一。 因此我提醒自己那些研究， 那些說(shuō)數(shù)學(xué)對(duì)男性來(lái)說(shuō)更自然的研究是建立在一個(gè)有缺陷的前提之上的：那就是認(rèn)為你可以完全不考慮一個(gè)人從她還是嬰兒時(shí)就受到的文化熏陶來(lái)判斷她的能力。男人不是孤島，女人也不是。WhyarewesoquicktolimitourselvesI'mnotdenyingthatmostlittlegirlslovedollsandmostlittleboyslovevideogames,anditmaybetruethatsomepeoplefavorsideoftheirbrain,andotherstheleft.Buthowrelevantisthattome,ortoanyone,asanindividualInsteadoftranslatingourdifferencesintohardandfastconclusionsaboutthehumanbrain,whycan'twefocusinsteadonhowincrediblyflexibleweareInsteadofusingwhatweknowasareasonwhywomencan'tlearnphysics,maybeweshouldconsiderthep