Posted on 06/18/2006 6:14:42 AM PDT by Glenn
I think they call this childhood. You know, being children.
"mixed-gender P.E. classes"
Had that when I was back in school... jocks and nerds...
Boys were gross and weird 'till I was 14. Then, all of a sudden, they were really cute and I had to get me one. My mom, ninetysomething, says the same went for her. Same old same old.
I prefer . . . I think it was Mark Twain's method. He wanted to keep them in barrels with a small hole for food and water. When they turned 18, he planned on plugging the hole.
I got the same impression.
From the article:
the teaching style of men better corresponds to the more “active” learning style of boys.
So lets forego math, science, or any real cerebral exercises. Boys just need to learn a trade is what I got from this tripe.
It was discrimination when there were men only organizations.
But it is not discrimination when they want to separate the sexes.
BTW, I was reading at a college level by the time I was in third grade. I could out read anyone in school, be it boys or girls.
Then you misunderstood it. Boys have the same classes, they just get the lessons in a manner more conducive to male learning patterns. Probably more "hands-on" and interactive. (Not a teacher - just trying to interpret what "being more mobile" means.)
If the mentality is there, the segregated classes will only artificially suppress the ‘apathy is cool’ mindset.
Once upon a time, it was males who excelled at academics and females lagged.
There has been a shift over the last couple of decades to girl's learning styles instead of boy's learning styles, which had been the normative...and the guys suffered because of it.
Now women outnumber men in college.
And they ask, why are boys doing badly in school?
I personally believe both males and females benefit from sex segregated classes. Teenage courting behavior gets taken out of the equation and you can target your approach in ways that doesn't rob Peter to pay Pauline.
"So lets forego math, science, or any real cerebral exercises. Boys just need to learn a trade is what I got from this tripe.
Umm no. This program caters to the different learning style of boys. Boys also have a much more challenging time sitting still in a classroom for hours at a time.
I guess. However, I am very poor at "hands on" (even was as a kid). I excelled when I had a book in hand or was able to work a math problem.
Depends on the boy I guess. I spent hours in the library reading in lieu of gym class. (My school gave a choice, which I gleefully took)
To this day I love to read (have close to 10,000 books here) and solve problems.
We shouldn't be catering to them. We should be punishing them.
It is interesting that you write about reading as if you were very visual but you grew up to be a listener, if radio astronomer is an indication. Do you listen with your eyes?
BUMP FOR LATER.
“I wanted to do it so nosy boys will stay out of my business,” said Emma Jones, 13, a rising seventh-grader. “They stink like cologne.”
Oh yeah Emma! Well.. uh, uh... you have Cooties!
:-)
Actually, I "listen" with computers. :-)
I do relish my quiet time. Just sitting and thinking. (Usually about something I read) LOL!
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