[mtbopfuyn]

Total bunk. Oh boo hoo, boys are losing ground and they don't have advocates. Just two days ago there was a thread here showing boys' SAT scores were higher than girls'. Throughout the years boys have consistantly done better in math and science than girls. Most literature is written with male characters. Almost all history centers around male leaders. Females have to contend with glass ceilings and earn less than males. Maybe if boys kept their pants up past their cracks they'd be able to keep their grades up as well.

[RoughDobermann]

Almost all history centers around male leaders.

Do you think that might be because the vast majority of leaders have been male?

Females have to contend with glass ceilings and earn less than males.

The last I heard, pay had been equalized?

Maybe if boys kept their pants up past their cracks they'd be able to keep their grades up as well.

Are you series? Every teenage girl I see has those stupid hip-hugger jeans on...

[luckystarmom]

Obviously you don't have kids in school. I have a son and girls. The schools teach the way girls learn. That's a fact.

All you have to do is to have a boy and girl and know the difference between the sexes. Then go sit in on a couple of elementary school classes. It's very obvious.

In 2nd grade, my son had a new young teacher at his Christian private school. She was the worst at teaching boys.

She wouldn't even let kids go to the bathroom, and my son had accidents. She said he had to go during lunch or recess. Well, how many boys are going to stop playing to go to the bathroom. The class should have a standard bathroom time. (That's how they did it when I was a kid.)

She also thought he was ADD. We pulled him out of the school and placed him in a public school. The public school tested him, and he is gifted.

The public school is not perfect, but it does have a hands on science program that is very good for boys. The math program is also great.

After the private Christian school, my son tested only 60% in math against the national average for his yearly testing. After only a year at public school he tested at 99% in math. Both years his reading scores were above 90%.

The schools also want kids to write a lot, and boys do not have as good of fine motor skill development as girls. The girls can write neater and faster, so they get the better grades in writing.

[meyer]

It is kind of interesting that boys SAT scores are higher, and yet the grades are lower. Sounds like discriminatory grading to me.