Now we're seeing what's wrong with the system for millions of boys. Beginning in very early grades, the sit-still, read-your-book, raise-your-hand-quietly, don't-learn-by-doing-but-by-taking-notes classroom is a worse fit for more boys than it is for most girls.
It's funny to see all this in an editorial in the Post; I've been thinking it in relationship to boys (now men) I went to elementary and high school with for years.
20 years ago at college, my anthropology teachers were pointing out the nearly the same problem; the method of teaching did not match the needs or the way that students learned, especially the boys.
And I agree that we're not going to solve this problem as long as funding continues to be politicized and there is a male vs. female focus on the funding with each "side" approaching it as a "more for them is less for us" zero-sum scenario.
Interesting. As the oldest of 6 I can honestly say that the 4 girls are better educated, everything from an Associates to a dual Masters. Neither of my brother's went to college, the both dropped out of high school but one went back and got his diploma.
As the mother of 2 daughters I was concerned when a teacher would say that girls were only after boys in college not an education. Not having sons I never heard the other side.
Thinking of my nephews and friends sons though, I can see truth in this article. Many of the sons are on ADHD medication, and most are doing poorly in school.
I do think that society has a lot to do with it. Boys that like books are, early on, called names. Their masculinity becomes challeneged because only "fags" would like reading. It's the sports hero's and such that get the recognition. So yes, a lot of things with the educational system needs to change, but then so does society's attitude on what makes a guy masculine. At one time being studious didn't make you less of a man, it was looked at as a way to plan for your future.
I guess it's like the struggles the blacks in the inner-city have when their children that study are put down for trying to "be white".
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It's funny to see all this in an editorial in the Post; I've been thinking it in relationship to boys (now men) I went to elementary and high school with for years.
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And I agree that we're not going to solve this problem as long as funding continues to be politicized and there is a male vs. female focus on the funding with each "side" approaching it as a "more for them is less for us" zero-sum scenario.
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As the mother of 2 daughters I was concerned when a teacher would say that girls were only after boys in college not an education. Not having sons I never heard the other side.
Thinking of my nephews and friends sons though, I can see truth in this article. Many of the sons are on ADHD medication, and most are doing poorly in school.
I do think that society has a lot to do with it. Boys that like books are, early on, called names. Their masculinity becomes challeneged because only "fags" would like reading. It's the sports hero's and such that get the recognition. So yes, a lot of things with the educational system needs to change, but then so does society's attitude on what makes a guy masculine. At one time being studious didn't make you less of a man, it was looked at as a way to plan for your future.
I guess it's like the struggles the blacks in the inner-city have when their children that study are put down for trying to "be white".