Thread:4solace/@comment-30339728-20161107002117

Hi, sorry to hijack your conversation with Droidy, but I am a teacher and I feel your pain! There isn't a day that goes by when I don't find myself combating my female students' attitudes (this year 7th grade) that being smart doesn't mesh with being popular. One thing that I show them is Danica McKellar's book, "Math Doesn't Suck". Ms. McKellar is the gorgeous actress who played Winnie Cooper on the show "The Wonder Years". She went on to discover that she was more than just a beautiful girl when a boy in her math class asked her "Aren't you the girl who got an A on the math midterm?" Instead of asking her about her fame making past. She persued math at Standford and got an advanced degree, wnet on to help her prof. write a mathematical thereom, which bears her name in the title and she's testified before Congree about the importance of math/science educational programs for girls. AND she's written 3 books for girls in middle and high school showing how smarts and pretty and popular CAN go together. I would highly recommend checking out her book for your daughter and her website as well. My own daughter graduated with a degree with honors in physics and math from a top school, but now she's persuing her professional ballet career.

All the very best to you and your daughter.  