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...science laboratory, a computer room and a well-stocked library--have no doubt that they are headed for university. "I think I will be a pharmacist," says Heidarsdottir. The teens sat in principal Gudjon Kristjansson's office last week, waiting for a ride to the nearby town of Kevlav??k, where they were competing in West Iceland's yearly math contest, one of many throughout Iceland in which girls excel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Iceland Exception: A Land Where Girls Rule in Math | 2/27/2005 | See Source »

...high school in Kevlav??k tried the same experiment in 2002 and '03, separating 16-to-20-year-olds by gender for two years. That time the boys slipped even further behind. "The boys said the girls were better anyway," says Kristjan Asmundsson, who taught the 25 boys. "They didn't even try." --By Vivienne Walt

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Iceland Exception: A Land Where Girls Rule in Math | 2/27/2005 | See Source »

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