Hey Maha, my younger daughter was told by a math teacher the “girls don’t do well in math” when he needed his gas fireplace installed I took our female apprentice with me to do the job. Didn’t change him but impressed his wife. My daughter now has a masters in water resource management and her own college department.

Where I used to work the best power engineering instructor is a licensed power engineer who worked in remote oil processing all over Northern Canada with some pretty rough guys. She works in town because she wanted to start a family. I also think she got tired of the remarks. Not because she’s particularly sensitive but for the constant ignorance that men aren’t afraid to display. Same happened with my apprentice, she works out of the shop doing sales and service and doesn’t have to fool around explaining herself all the time.

You know that teaching isn’t always about knowing everything or being able to recall things instantly. Plus I can’t imagine you in the role of a maiden in distress, except to be respectful. Having daughters I know that women have to be at least 50% smarter than men–which really shouldn’t be too hard:-) But it is because of that micro-second hesitation women feel?

Maria Droujkova at Natural Math http://www.naturalmath.com/site-pages/about-us.html might be able to help you with advice? Go to Wikipedia MOOC edit history for mid-July 2011 forward and you’ll see her there with Nellie Muller and Lisa Lane