April 8, 2007

Girls can take the tough stuff

A feature story in the Community/Highland Park-Detroit section focuses on the Gaining Options - Girls Investigate Real Life (GO-GIRL) program at Wayne State University, which meets every Saturday for 10 weeks to explore seventh-grade girls' career options. Seventh grade is a turning point for girls, said program director/cofounder Sally Roberts, who teaches mathematics education at Wayne State. "We continue to send the message that girls are not as capable. You'd never accept anyone saying, 'I'm a girl, I can't read.' But when a girl says, 'I'm not good at math,' mom and dad might agree… In our society, we don't support our girls," said Roberts. WSU senior Tracey Davis-Watkins, 28, a WSU senior and GO-GIRL mentor, said the GO-GIRL program is beneficial to girls on so many levels. "It affords them experiences that most children their age aren't exposed to, such as being on a college campus." The story includes three photos taken on Wayne State's campus.

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