![]() Images via astoldbylaura, Wiki Commons, Rebloggy,, photobucket, Giphy. They defeated Marymount Prep in the finals. All of the members of the team are all in her eighth period Calculus class. Happy Mean Girls Appreciation Day everyone! Mathletes is a math competition team for North Shore High School. She wins the competition for her team and wears her jacket proudly to the Spring Fling.Ĭady’s experience as a mathlete might not be what Mean Girls is most famous for (which for some reason is this):īut it has shown to girls over the past ten years (yes, you’re that old), that girls (no matter how pretty they are) can do STEM too. They are taught that science and math are boy subjects and can be discouraged from pursuing STEM.Īfter failing a Calculus test, Cady Heron has to earn extra credit by becoming a mathlete. While this exact scenario may not happen in real life, it’s true that many girls start showing less interest in STEM during high school. in the 2004's classic 'Mean Girls,' is now a calligrapher. Janis : Explain how you forgot to invite us to your party Damian : Janis, I cannot stop this car. Rajiv Surendra, the actor who played North Shore High School mathlete captain/rapper Kevin G. A Happy Mean Girls Day one and all, a.k.a. #Mathlete in mean girls movieSometimes a movie comes along, so amazing, so funny, that it gets its own day.Ĭady Heron comes into a new high school ahead of her grade in math, and while she’s originally proud of this, she starts pretending to be bad at calculus so that her crush, Aaron Samuels, will tutor her. Janis : You dirty little liar Cady : Im sorry, I can explain. The majority of nerdy geeks we see on screen are white men, but sometimes there are exceptions. Does the scientist look something like this? This lack of representation extends to pop culture and our culture’s image of who a scientist is. You may have heard that while women make up half of the national workforce, they only make up 25% of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) workforce. ![]()
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