Kayla Block wrote:
> >But more importantly, nobody ever spoke of computers as *interesting* when
> >I was in school -- not even in college. They were tools, and only the kids
>
> Computers were not that interesting in the 70's or even in the early
> 80's. I never even knew anyone who owned a computer until 1983. About the
> most fun I had with computers prior to 1984 when the Mac came out was
> sitting in the computer lab playing "Adventure" at a text only dumb
> terminal. At that time, punch cards were still in common usage.
Sorry to drop in so far back in a thread after being off for two weeks .
. . but, contrary to this experience, i found computers astonishingly
fun in the 70's. Bought me'self a heathkit. Once that was up, had to
build the interface card to make the cassette deck be a hard drive. Then
we needed a modem . . .
And there were two women in the class doing this (of about 8 or 9
students).
I think the much bigger issue was the peer pressure. Those women got
about as many dates as the guys did . . .
> If there is still a shortage of women entering into CS programs, then I
> think it may be time to re-examine why this is...but for myself, I don't
> think it had anything to do with sexism or subtle messages suggesting that
> girls shouldn't like computers.
I agree. In the world I was working in in high school, we were HAPPY to
see any woman take an interest. So was the instructor, the people at
the local community college (where we had to go to learn COBOL and
assembly so we could program), etc.
Sexism arguments were going on in the PE department about whether women
should be allowed to play baseball and football. :)
B
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