Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for February 21, 2012

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

All math geeks look alike to me.

We are whom we believe we are … or thats what I’ve always been told.

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She’s cute.

It doesn’t add up.

Stereotypes? You want stereotypes?!I’ve got your stereotype, right here: the wench has a cute smile, so why worry?

I like the stereovision stereotype joke…

Its not nice to threaten anybody, even stereotypes have feelings.

Only Asian males excel at maths.:-)Threat neutralized

Thank you for giving me an image I can use in my powerpoint lecture on stereotype threat.

BTW – the " European Americans in athletic situations " refers to white male golfers putting. Just being told that the experiment was on “how white males have deficits putting” was enough to cause golfers to putt more poorly than normal.

A skeptic might observe that “Stereotype Threat” could be an excuse for a poor performance.

So, if I get in a lasagna eating contest with Garfield, and he out eats me, I can claim my losing performance was the result of stereotype threat because everyone knows white men in their late 50s can’t eat as much pasta as cartoon cats?

Even though I have a mustache and goatee, I would feel like a fool participating in a million mustache march.

Fishnets: Whoa, and it’s not even Friday

sure, but don’t you think stereotypes have a deeper, richer, superior sound than those old-fashioned monauraltypes?

So she completes an endlessly complex mathematical calculation, but makes one little mistake about half way through! Simple, fulfills both stereotypes! (But she secretly keeps the right answer in her personal diary, just to show…)

Blog—NIHL…: I can live with the NIHL, but the tinnitus is killing me. When a mechanical switch breaks, it’s either off, on, or intermittent. If the GABA (gamma amino butric acid, I think) receptors in the brain are stuck on, you can get tinnitus. In my case, an extremely loud 10khz tone 24/7.

I found the discussion on sterotype threats both informative and depressing. It is sad how people can be programmed by other people’s labels.

I also was fascinated by the distinctions between addiction, abuse and dependency. Very informative! See, reading FA and FB is educational!!

Besides, where else would I meet such a cool bunch of commenters?

I’m so pleased that you posted examples of Louisa Matthíasdóttir’s paintings. She is, IMHO, a perfect example of “painting with a beginner’s eye.” Thank you.

The background for today’s strip was not as interesting as the backgound for yesterday;s strip. But the subtle shading variants within the sunglass frames are spectacular!

Which is the primary driver: Gender or Ethnicity? Val has always erred on the side of Gender.

“Stone” is an amazing picture. I have found it blogged and reblogged, pinned and re-pinned, and it either leads back to blessedwildapplegirl or .la douleur exquise., both intriguing blogs in their own right… but nary a source or explanation. I’m stumped.

Anyone can be good in math, no matter what the nationalities. Don’t get me started about stereotypes…

Soooo…to balance out the stereotypes,you’d be average at math,right?

I am a white woman who is terrible at math and good at writing English My sister is a white woman who excels at math and is a terrible writer. I did her English homework, and she did my math. Stereotype rendered meaningless.

Teresa, you may want to check on your turtles. Last time I looked, they were scurrying in circles gobbling little bits of leaves…..

And those swinging balls just won’t stop! What a clatter! :-)

RE: Stone, Amazing but what a tease! I’m dieing to see this from the other side.