Today is a day I wish would have been around when I was a kid- It’s Smart is Cool Day!<\/p>\n
I was bullied a lot in school, and frequently my supposed superior smarts were a target.\u00a0 While I most certainly did NOT feel this way, I was told that I felt “better than” because schoolwork often came easily to me.\u00a0 It was fine for boys to be smart, but not girls.<\/p>\n
Thankfully this opinion is less popular today, but it still persists.\u00a0 There are still far fewer women than men in many STEM fields (except medicine for some unknown reason).\u00a0 There are still idiots who don’t think women are suited for positions of power in the corporate world or in public service in places like the White House.<\/p>\n
Now don’t think I’m male bashing.\u00a0 It’s just as important for boys to be proud of being smart too!\u00a0 We need to make sure all the kids in our lives know that being smart is a good thing and a way better thing than being pretty or good at sports or having a ton of followers on Instagram.\u00a0 \u00a0And today is a good day to make sure they hear it from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today is a day I wish would have been around when I was a kid- It’s Smart is Cool Day! I was bullied a lot in school, and frequently my supposed superior smarts were a target.\u00a0 While I most certainly did NOT feel this way, I was told that I felt “better than” because schoolwork often came easily to me.\u00a0… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Smart is Cool Day","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bright-shiny-objects","category-warm-fuzzies"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t