Boys falling further behind in American classrooms

Started by jimmy olsen, March 05, 2011, 10:02:18 PM

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jimmy olsen

March 05, 2011, 10:02:18 PM
Apparently the average 11th grade boy only writes as well as the average 8th grade girl.  :pinch:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/41925657#41925657
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CountDeMoney

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March 05, 2011, 10:07:36 PM
You've proven that for years, retard.

Admiral Yi

#2
March 05, 2011, 10:16:45 PM
Clearly a result of gender bias in the classroom.

jimmy olsen

#3
March 05, 2011, 10:19:07 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 05, 2011, 10:16:45 PM
Clearly a result of gender bias in the classroom.
Well yeah, students have to sit still, pay attention and follow the rules. Girls are suited to do those things at a younger age than boys are.
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Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Admiral Yi

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March 05, 2011, 10:24:11 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 05, 2011, 10:19:07 PM
Well yeah, students have to sit still, pay attention and follow the rules. Girls are suited to do those things at a younger age than boys are.
That would not be gender bias then, woud it. 

jimmy olsen

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March 05, 2011, 10:45:07 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 05, 2011, 10:24:11 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 05, 2011, 10:19:07 PM
Well yeah, students have to sit still, pay attention and follow the rules. Girls are suited to do those things at a younger age than boys are.
That would not be gender bias then, woud it.
Structured school is biased in favor of girls, how is that not gender bias?
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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HVC

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March 06, 2011, 01:16:25 AM
Weren't schools even more structured in the good old days when you could beat smart ass kids? Gotta be something else.
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

The Brain

#7
March 06, 2011, 02:47:05 AM
Boys will be boys.
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grumbler

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March 06, 2011, 06:03:01 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 05, 2011, 10:45:07 PM
Structured school is biased in favor of girls, how is that not gender bias?
:huh:
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jimmy olsen

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March 06, 2011, 06:15:05 AM
Quote from: HVC on March 06, 2011, 01:16:25 AM
Weren't schools even more structured in the good old days when you could beat smart ass kids? Gotta be something else.
There were different cultural factors at work that kept the girls down then.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Eddie Teach

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March 06, 2011, 09:34:39 AM
Quote from: HVC on March 06, 2011, 01:16:25 AM
Weren't schools even more structured in the good old days when you could beat smart ass kids? Gotta be something else.

Like the lack of beatings.
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HVC

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March 06, 2011, 02:10:34 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 06, 2011, 06:15:05 AM
Quote from: HVC on March 06, 2011, 01:16:25 AM
Weren't schools even more structured in the good old days when you could beat smart ass kids? Gotta be something else.
There were different cultural factors at work that kept the girls down then.
so girls got better, and boys stayed the same? i always here boys are doing worse in general (as well as worse then girls)
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

Neil

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March 06, 2011, 02:15:21 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on March 05, 2011, 10:45:07 PM
Structured school is biased in favor of girls
I'm going to apply Sagan's Statement to that.  Generations of men excelled in a school environment that was highly structured and encouraged responsibility.  They invented it, for heaven's sake.
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Ed Anger

#13
March 06, 2011, 02:47:10 PM
I'm going to put my kids into private schools. I have zero confidence in public schools these days.
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Jaron

#14
March 06, 2011, 03:14:52 PM
Averages are probably dragged down by minorities.
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