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Think, For A Moment, About Our Educational Ladder. We've Strengthened The Steps Lifting Students From Elementary School To Junior High, And Those From Junior High To High School. But, That Critical Step Taking Students From High School Into Adulthood Is Badly Broken. And It Can No Longer Support The Weight It Must Bear.

My Undergraduate Work Was In Computer Science And Economics. It Just Happened To Be At That Time When 34 Percent Of Computer-science Majors Were Women. We Didn't Realize It Was At The Peak At The Time.

We Have To Be Careful In How We Use This Light Shined On Us.

Any Social Or Cultural Change Has To Be Made Openly And With People Agreeing. You Don't Get There By Just Pushing An Outsider's Point Of View.

When I Studied Computer Science At Duke University In The First Half Of The 1980s, I Had Professors Who Treated Women Differently Than Men. I Kind Of Got Used To It. At Microsoft, I Had To Use My Elbows And Make Sure I Spoke Up At The Table, But It Was An Incredibly Meritocratic Place. Outside, In The Industry, I Would Feel The Sexism. I'd Walk Into A Room And Until I Proved My Worth, Everyone Would Assume That The Guy Presenting With Me Had Credibility And I Didn't.