Are you suggesting that&#x27;s &quot;affirmative action&quot; taken too far? (Is it the principle idea to expect roughly equal boys&#x2F;girls, or more or less proportionate participation re: characteristics of eligible students?)<p>I can understand your comment about younger adolescents vs older ones.  12 year olds can be more genuinely curious and less &quot;looking for an angle&quot; than their older, near-college-age contemporaries.  That&#x27;s not universal by any means, among all kids curiosity is a trait we ought to encourage, not squelch.