In addition, social pressures continue to cast a shadow over girls who might otherwise consider the STEM fields. A couple of years ago, I met amazing parents, both of whom had a background in engineering and hoped their 10-year-old daughter would follow in their footsteps. They encouraged her to take an after-school science / robotics program. When she got there, she found she was outnumbered 6:1 by boys in the class. As the only girl, she came home crying much of the time because she was teased and told that geeky girls are not welcome in the boys’ club. Ironically, by the time young boys are entering college programs in STEM fields, many complain about the lack of girls.

　　Starting at an early age, even as young as kindergarten, we need to encourage and help the next generation leaders to consider taking up science, computing, math and technology. We also need to realize that for young girls to be inspired to take and stick with this educational path and later career field, they will benefit from the support of the people that surround them: parents, teachers, friends and family members.

　　56. The STEM statistics are used in the passage mainly to show that ________.

　　A. STEM jobs will be easily available in the future

　　B. boys have more advantages over girls in STEM

　　C. the number of STEM students is rapidly declining

　　D. America will face serious shortage of STEM talents

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