Nice share. For the discerning ear, it really demonstrates how this initiativeis not about reverse sexism but about creating a safe environment where the kids feel good about learning.<p>In the video on the page (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MCzD4cZKNeU#" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=M...</a>! )
some of the students say:<p>"I really like robotics"<p>"I really like the <i>hacking</i> stuff...I feel like I'm famous,I can do whatever I want on the computer now"<p>"when you're with all girls, it's easier to speak up, cause boys tend to you like laugh at you for what you're saying more, and I think with girls it's easier to be yourself, really"<p>"I like that it's just girls too, because no one actually knows this stuff no one can be like I'm better than you because I know this and you don't"<p>"we don't judge other people we're learning all this stuff together"<p>....reminds me of a great talk by Ben Horowitz
"Ben Horowitz: The future of humankind is dependent on Technovation girls" (cheeky title, his not mine)<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQnDDKDiSy8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQnDDKDiSy8</a>