Deb- yep, pre Title IX. Forest ranger came up for me too. In college,
the preference/apptitude tests really really had the women's version
on pink paper and the men's on blue. I took both: my blue paper one
said architect, surgeon; the pink version said interior designer, nurse.
Meanwhile, back at the shop, folks are discussing the parking meter
spot conundrum. What about an artists'/ historians' project: paint pix
of famous dead local people on the pavement (street) and key the meter
money taker w those faces.
I did learn to type but handling rivets, cotter pins and, yes,
contemplating the modulus of elasticity is a whole lot more fun. It's
a strange world.
It's good to have a social worker in this group.
cheers!
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Mary Tegel
hands on impresario
Tegel Design + Planning
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On Apr 27, 2010, at 1:24 PM, deb bledsoe <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> When I was in jr and sr high school, girls were not allowed to take
> shop and drafting, and boys were not allowed to take home ec.
> Period. . I had the famous career counsellor in high school who
> looked at my aptitude tests, which showed I would make a good small
> engine mechanic or forest ranger, and said "Girls don't do those
> things - you are too smart for that... you need to be a teacher or
> social worker." This was in 1969.
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