Girls Shouldn't Win Math Competitions, So My Son Should Win.

Girls shouldn't win math competitions, so my son should win.

I’m a high school student and this happened to me in 9th grade.(I’m sorry for any grammatical errors because english is not my first language)

My teacher decided that I should compete in a math competition because she saw potential in me, I agree because she was my favorite teacher. I did not really care that much because I was kinda lazy at that time.

On the day of the competition, I saw a kid(let’s call him EK) boasting about how he didn’t sleep because he reviewed everything. I was annoyed but I didn’t really think much of it.

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LADY JUSTICE

I know your first impulse is to despair. To say we’re fucked. To feel desperate and hopeless. I feel it. We all feel it.

But Notorious RBG would not have wanted us to lie down and accept defeat.

She’d have wanted us to fight like hell. And that’s what we’re going to do. 

Call your house rep: Find them by Zipcode

Script: “Hi, my name is ____ I am one of your constituents. I am calling to ask Congressperson ______ to go on the record saying they will respect Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dying wishes as well as the precedent set in 2016 to not nominate a new Justice until after a new president is installed. Thanks for your time.” Call your senator:  (202) 224-3121 Capitol Switchboard Don’t know who your senator is? Find your senator

 Script: “Hi, my name is ________ and I live in (STATE). I am calling to ask Senator ______ to go on the record saying the Senate will not hold hearings on any potential replacement for Justice Ginsburg until after a new president is installed, per Justice Ginsburg’s last wishes and the precedent set in 2016. Thank you for your time.”

John Singer Sargent- Astarte, from the Boston Public Library, 1890.