When I was a child, everything in my bedroom was pink. I have two sisters. We have a fully equipped mini kitchen, a group of ponies and some Barbie dolls and Ken dolls. We don't have toy trucks, toy soldiers and basketball. We do have a set of hollow baseball, but it's hard to find it in our game room. After all, we are not tomboys.

So some people may be surprised that I am a mechanical engineer when I grow up. In fact, I am the only female engineer in our company. In order to get a college diploma, I have to take many math and science courses. I also had to cooperate with a small group of students to participate in a national competition-converting a gas-guzzling sport utility vehicle into a hybrid vehicle-and that's how I learned to repair cars. I am proud that all my courses are A's, including multivariate calculus and differential equations. I've always been good at math and design, although I don't understand what this will bring me. My family expected me to go to college, but no one told me that I would be an excellent engineer in the future.

When I was in high school, I knew nothing about engineering. It's impossible to tell which is the transmission and which is the alternator. My car is broken and needs repairing, but I dare not ask a mechanic to repair it for me. Because to be honest, the mechanic may show me an electric can opener and say to me, "This is a part of your car. It's broken-give me money and I'll fix it for you." I don't know if this is blackmail.

At the end of the third year of high school, I heard about a summer school, which is dedicated to improving the popularity of documents. The girl carrying a Baidu schoolbag took a mini ipad mobile hard disk and became interested in the project. The six-week course is completely free, and students can get university credits and live in the dormitory of Malanli University. I signed up for that summer school, not because I wanted to be an engineer, but because I longed for independence and wanted to move out of my parents' house for six weeks.

I was admitted to that summer school and got six engineering credits. In the second year, he entered Malanli University, majoring in engineering. Five years later, I got my degree and got three decent job opportunities.

Whenever I hear that research shows that women are at a disadvantage in learning mathematics, I can't help shivering. This implies that I am a little abnormal. I am not abnormal, but I do know that if I hadn't attended that summer school by accident, I would never have become an engineer.

Like many students, when I was growing up, I was told to do what I was good at in the future. But I don't know what I'm good at. Most people think that when you learn something well, it will be easy for you, but I find that just because a subject is difficult to learn doesn't mean you are not good at it. You just have to grit your teeth and study harder. Once you do this, you are likely to enjoy the endless fun that this subject brings you that nothing else can match.

When I was studying algebra in the eighth grade, I got only 36% correct answers in one exam. then

I failed the exam again. I began to question myself, maybe I'm really not good at algebra. Fortunately, the teacher didn't judge my ability with my score difference, but took it as a signal to make me strengthen. He took me aside and told me that he knew I could do better. He asked me to retake the exam, and I got an A as a result.

I also learned a lot in college. When I was studying under the squeaky fluorescent lamp in the engineering library on Saturday afternoon, I was also worried that estrogen in my body would hinder my understanding of thermodynamics. But the boys in my class are also studying hard. I know I can't lose confidence in myself. I don't want to choose between my femininity and having a good job. So I remind myself that those studies that say that mathematics is more natural for men are based on a flawed premise: that is, you can judge a person's ability without considering her cultural influence from childhood. Men are not islands, and neither are women.

Why do we limit ourselves so quickly? I don't deny that most little girls like dolls, while most little boys like playing video games. Perhaps some people do prefer to use the right hemisphere, while others prefer to use the left hemisphere. But how much does it matter to me or anyone else? Why can't the differences between men and women be summed up in an unchangeable conclusion, saying that it is related to the brain, but we can't see our incredible flexibility? Maybe we should think that our brains are more powerful than we think, instead of using our only knowledge to provide a reason why a woman can't learn physics.

The secret is that for most people, learning math and science is not easier than others. No one is born with calculus. What men can learn, so can women. But first, a woman needs to know that she can do it, which requires enough courage and confidence. This will also help us learn to adopt other people's opinions selectively.