Article January 1, 1999 Issue

Girls can succeed in physics!

Esmeralda N. Yitamben

At the end of the 10th grade, I went to see my physics teacher because I wanted to study mathematics, the “C” curriculum, which is generally only for boys because it requires a lot of mathematics, physics, and chemistry.

The teacher laughed at me. He said, “You will fall on your face.” I said to myself: “I am going to try. If God is guiding me to do this curriculum, I'll succeed. And if that's not the case, well — I'll do something else.”

At the end of the 11th grade, we have to pass an exam called probatoire that still exists in Cameroon. I got through it. My mathematics teacher asked me if I had not paid someone to help me pass the test!

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