[Lando Lincoln]

I did a search for this article....it has a ring of familiarity but did not see it anywhere. Good topic, nonetheless.

[Tribune7]

"What does it mean in the long run that we have females who are significantly more literate, significantly more educated than their male counterparts?

What it's going to mean is that college is going to become less and less significant in career success. It is becoming more and more true that going to college does not make one more literate and educated.

[A. Pole]

The problem is a complex one, but a fundamental reason behind the phenomena is that modern K-12 education is not suited to boys' needs and learning styles. Success in school is tightly correlated with the ability to sit still, be quiet, and complete work that is presented in a dull, assembly line fashion.

Another victory of feminazism.

[dennisw]

"This is a powerful issue we need to stop talking about in generalities and really dig into," says Michael L. Lomax, president of Dillard University in New Orleans. "We just can't figure out how to get more male applicants, and we're not going to turn students down on the basis on gender," Lomax says. "I don't understand what is happening in the male community that is making education seem less attractive and less compelling."

Male community? How brain dead is this? WTF is the male community? 

making education seem less attractive and less compelling."

Attractive and compelling? Bizarre words to describe education. This man is a feminized slob.

[Diva]

The problem is a complex one, but a fundamental reason behind the phenomena is that modern K-12 education is not suited to boys' needs and learning styles. Success in school is tightly correlated with the ability to sit still, be quiet, and complete work that is presented in a dull, assembly line fashion. There is little outlet for natural boyish energy and exuberance in schools, and as a result many boys-even those as young as five or six-- end up being given Ritalin or other drugs so they can sit still. At every step of the way those whose natures are least accommodating to this type of education--boys--fall by the wayside.

This is exactly what happened to both of my sons. I knew they were headed for failure if I left them in the hands of certain female teachers and so I started homeschooling in 1990. They are both in college and doing quite well.

[junta]

American colleges only do one thing really well and that is installing androgeny as the primary character trait of young men and women.

[redangus]

I suggest everyone read Christine Hoff-Sommer's book, "The War on Boys" it is a great book, very eye-opening.

[Jim Noble]

Paging Dr. Danger, paging Dr. Danger...

[proud American in Canada]

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