This made me curious, are there any programs trying to fund science just for science's sake, or are all the funders profit based?

I have never thought about science as being inherently social. I think this idea is contradictory to the personality type and abilities most people associate with scientists.

This is very real. Society's image of a scientist is still very much limited to a white man. I think part of this problem is also that women and people in marginalized communities are more likely to be convinced younger that they are not good at science and math by those around them, limiting their abilities and motivation young.

I find this interesting. This system encourages advertising, and I see how that could easily lead to disingenuous work.

The part of this statement that stuck out to me was the emphasis on decision making. I wonder why the author brings this up so often. What about scientific thinking leads to better decision making?

I have never thought about STEM as something that required resourcefulness. I am curious about this and would love if the author game a specific example here.

I have never thought about science as relying on skepticism before. I like how this is frazed because I think it incapsulates what about the scientific mind can seem "cruel" or "cold". To be scientific you have to never give the benefit of the doubt.

This comment makes me think of all of the adults in my life with science carriers. There are admittedly not many, but those I do know personally all seem to take this mentality all throughout life, not just about work.

In my opinion, the option for revision is always a good thing as long as the student is equally as challenged by the revision as they are by the original assignment. I understand though, that many teachers do not have the time or resources to offer revision opportunities

I find this fascinating because the examples used are exclusively seemingly positive words. I understand why they are example of limiting language, but I also think it would be incredibly difficult to get people to stop using these words because they appear to be compliments.

I am interested in the word "equitable" here. I wonder how the author thinks this mindset promotes equality and in what ways? Do they mean it promotes equality just in the sense that it keeps teachers from giving up on students, or are there other ways?

Does this mean doing things like creating a calendar for assignments? I'm a little confused on what this looks like practically.

I think this one might be the most difficult, at least for me personally, because if I haven't done an assignment before I find it challenging to guess how long it'll take.

This concept of self-questioning techniques I think is really key in understand how you think.