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'Wonder Years' Actress: 'Smart is Cool'
Topic Started: Jul 30 2007, 07:35 PM (236 Views)
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McKellar, who played Winnie on the 1990s television show "The Wonder Years," is coming out with a book, "Math Doesn't Suck," to encourage girls to get into math.

"When girls see the antics of Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, they think that being fun and glamorous also means being dumb and irresponsible," the 32-year-old McKellar told Newsweek for editions to hit newsstands Monday.

"But I want to show them that being smart is cool," she said. "Being good at math is cool. And not only that, it can help them get what they want out of life."

McKellar should know. The actress once struggled with the subject around the seventh grade, but a teacher helped her through. McKellar eventually majored in math in college. She co-authored a scientific paper while a student at UCLA.

The book includes tips to avoid mistakes on homework, ways to overcome test-day anxiety and profiles of three beautiful mathematicians.

"I want to tell girls that cute and dumb isn't as good as cute and smart," she said.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/30/p...ref=mpstoryview


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This is nice and refreshing. Good for her. :thumbs:
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who even cares if she's smart. she's still hot.
Everything happens for a reason, but sometimes the reason is that you're stupid and make bad decisions.
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I'd hit her

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Jul 30 2007, 11:55 PM
I'd hit her

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As would I.
But seriously, I think that it's terrific that she's putting out a book trying to get girls interested in Math. So show that beauty and brains can inhabit the same body.
Kinda like our Admins here. :thumbs:
 
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AdmiralGummy
Jul 31 2007, 02:27 PM
Almighty
Jul 30 2007, 11:55 PM
I'd hit her

:wub:

As would I.
But seriously, I think that it's terrific that she's putting out a book trying to get girls interested in Math. So show that beauty and brains can inhabit the same body.
Kinda like our Admins here. :thumbs:

Suckhole

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Almighty
Jul 30 2007, 09:33 PM
AdmiralGummy
Jul 31 2007, 02:27 PM
Almighty
Jul 30 2007, 11:55 PM
I'd hit her

:wub:

As would I.
But seriously, I think that it's terrific that she's putting out a book trying to get girls interested in Math. So show that beauty and brains can inhabit the same body.
Kinda like our Admins here. :thumbs:

Suckhole

:sarcastic:

yeah...bigtime :lol:
Everything happens for a reason, but sometimes the reason is that you're stupid and make bad decisions.
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Jul 31 2007, 12:33 AM
AdmiralGummy
Jul 31 2007, 02:27 PM
Almighty
Jul 30 2007, 11:55 PM
I'd hit her

:wub:

As would I.
But seriously, I think that it's terrific that she's putting out a book trying to get girls interested in Math. So show that beauty and brains can inhabit the same body.
Kinda like our Admins here. :thumbs:

Suckhole

:sarcastic:

Excuse me.....
Seems to me that someone made a Almight Raijin Banner for here....
Now who's the suckhole? :sarcastic:
 
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Cutie pie....



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:sarcastic: As usual ............ look past the brains right into the container holding the brain.


Gay.
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Jul 31 2007, 07:04 AM
:sarcastic: As usual ............ look past the brains right into the container holding the brain.


Gay.

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