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Boys graduate high school at lower rates than girls, with lifelong consequences
Associated Press ^ | October 30, 2023 | Carolyn Thompson

Posted on 10/30/2023 2:33:36 PM PDT by Olog-hai

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To: Olog-hai

What’s not?


61 posted on 10/30/2023 7:01:33 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Olog-hai
So how should boys behave in the classroom?

Respectful and attentive to the topic being presented. Actively engaged in the conversation. Not cowering silently at the desk awaiting the next tongue lashing from the harpy acting as the teacher.

62 posted on 10/30/2023 7:03:52 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: webheart
I had acted like that when I was a kid I would have gotten my ass kicked and they would have been doing me a favor.

Absolutely. Act like a weak pansy and expect to be treated as less than a beta male. There is a definite social pecking order for boys. Act weak and you end up losing lots of "social" points.

63 posted on 10/30/2023 7:06:56 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: packagingguy

Do you use 3D printing to make injection molds?


64 posted on 10/30/2023 7:20:16 PM PDT by Bobalu (The political prosecution of Donald Trump marks the official end of US democracy.)
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To: Olog-hai

Sl, after having read the majority of the thread, it seems like a strong male in the house and ‘barefoot, pregnant, stupid, and in the kitchen...and go make me a sammich’ is the way to go for females?


65 posted on 10/30/2023 7:27:43 PM PDT by hoagy62 (Evil won...again.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
They could always find jobs at NPR.

66 posted on 10/30/2023 7:45:28 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: wildcard_redneck
actually boys are being raised in an everything and anything goes as long as it makes the boy feel happy....porn, drugs, drink, a car, a no shit attitude inspired by daddy.....

fathers have got to do better in inspiring their male children....

maybe stop the damn video games and the playboy mags and make the kid do chores and study....and make the kid work for his car and the insurance...

67 posted on 10/30/2023 7:58:48 PM PDT by cherry
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To: Olog-hai

Girls tend to sit still in class. Most boys need to move around. When I was raising boys, I put them all into adventurous programs like scouts. At the time, girls were offered many girls-only opportunities, while boys had fewer boys-only options. And now, today, do any boy-centered programs exist?


68 posted on 10/30/2023 11:56:18 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Olog-hai
Sounds like although there are many states that don't have state-level contractors’ licenses, you cannot simply buy a license that states you are qualified to do work you are not qualified to do.

Actually, you can. This is from a link from the article you posted (bold emphasis added by me):

General contractor license requirements in Connecticut

There are no education or training requirements to earn a general contractor license. Connecticut's DCP will consider your professional references and current and past construction projects when reviewing your application, but there are no specific work experience requirements for a major contractor license.

69 posted on 10/31/2023 1:19:50 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: neverevergiveup
Okay; red herring and errors of omission. In post 31, you said:

In too many states you don’t have to ‘learn a trade’. You can just buy a contractors license and go at it. Truth.
So the red herring is “education or training requirements”, as in formal state-supervised training; informal training can indeed comprise the learning of a trade. This is what you omitted:
How to get a Connecticut general contractor license

To get your major contractor license, you must submit a Connecticut general contractor license application to the DCP’s License Services Division. Be sure to complete the following steps as you fill out the application.

Include reference letters

You must submit five reference letters with your application:
  • One credit reference letter from an industry contact, such as a supplier or subcontractor
  • One credit reference letter from a financial institution
  • Three reference letters from people familiar with your knowledge, skills and abilities as a general contractor
Obtain insurance

You’ll need to submit evidence that you have obtained general liability insurance to cover your work.

List current and past work

You must submit information about any projects currently in progress as well as those completed in the past five years. Include details like the name, address, owner and architect or engineer for each project, the contractor amount, and the actual or estimated completion date.

Register your business

You must submit a certificate that proves that you’ve registered your contracting business with the Connecticut Secretary of State. The certificate demonstrating the business’s legal existence must be less than 30 days old.

Have your application notarized

The application includes an affidavit that the applicant and a Notary Public or Justice of the Peace must sign.

Pay the application fee

You must submit a check or money order for $500 with your license application. This payment is nonrefundable and should be made payable to “Treasurer, State of Connecticut.”
No inexperienced laborer is going to get licensed, under that system at least. There would be at least some way to weed out the “Mickey Mouse” construction types.
70 posted on 10/31/2023 2:32:38 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: 9YearLurker

The bell curve. That’s one of the major criticisms of it.


71 posted on 10/31/2023 2:35:35 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Lots of bell curves. I’m referring to IQ.


72 posted on 10/31/2023 2:40:07 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

That’s one I don’t bother with too much due to eugenicists being fond of it. It was also coincidental with the intrusion of psychology into the military.


73 posted on 10/31/2023 2:48:16 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

But you don’t doubt that some people are more intelligent than others, do you?


74 posted on 10/31/2023 3:03:10 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Olog-hai
It's not an omission or a red herring. First, there are three categories for contractors:

Major contractor. A contractor engaged in major construction, structural repair/alteration or demolition projects.

Home improvement contractor. A contractor who makes a permanent change to a residential property.

New home construction contractor. A contractor who builds a new home prior to occupancy.

What you listed were the requirements for a Major Contractor. These are contractors that do major projects (e.g. building an apartment building etc). The requirements for the other two categories are significantly less, and people get these licenses without experience - so they can get contractors rates at lumberyards, Home Depot, etc. Major Contractors are generally not the people who are going to be working on your house.

This is word for word from the Connecticut contractors handbook:

APPENDIX C

NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION NOTICE

A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION AS A NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR DOES NOT REPRESENT IN ANY MANNER THAT THE CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER PROTECTION ENDORSES THE QUALITY OF THE CONTRACTOR’S NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION WORK OR THE CONTRACTOR’S COMPETENCY TO ENGAGE IN NEW HOME CONSTRUCTION

Doesn't inspire confidence in the consumer..

75 posted on 10/31/2023 4:21:23 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: Olog-hai

Blah blah blah. We know the truth is, that white males HAVE TO follow certain paths. Women, gender pretenders and blacks take the best jobs. The men are left fighting with immigrants for the work men are best designed to do, build and maintain. Leadership is left for the queer/fem/genderpretenders, somthing else that men excel at.


76 posted on 10/31/2023 8:45:16 AM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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To: Macoozie

There is a lot of that.


77 posted on 10/31/2023 8:47:26 AM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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