...where others might slide in and be
allowed to be ordinary,
those of us who come in pre-judged are forced to make
ourselves extraordinary.
Take it as a challenge, and break the mold so [those] who come
after you
might not have to fight quite so hard to be accepted in the
future.
*sizing, italics and colour was altered by me
for effect
Original
Quote:
And that is
the female engineer's silver lining (as it is for anyone
coming into a profession as a minority, be it your ethnicity,
gender, or just the college you came from): where others might
slide in and be allowed to be ordinary, those of us who come in
pre-judged are forced to make ourselves extraordinary. Take it
as a challenge, and break the mold so the women who come after
you might not have to fight quite so hard to be accepted in the
future.
~ http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/08/12/339638726/many-women-leave-engineering-blame-the-work-culture
