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flexibeastWhy Johnny Can't Read: Schools Favor Girls
Blah blah blah. There's one thing that all these people who complain about boys falling behind in our education systems never seem to mention: male culture.
When i was at school, learning seemed to be basically regarded as being incompatible with masculinity - not by teachers, but by students. Only real wusses were more interested in staying indoors and reading than in going outside and playing footy and roughing each other up. Put simply, young males who are interested in reading and learning are often ostracised by their male peers. (And i wonder how many young males who are interested in reading and learning are ostracised by their fathers for being so.) Of course, this isn't necessarily the case throughout the entirety of the educational journey of males - those who get to the level of tertiary education often seem to themselves engage in alpha-male, i-can't-admit-i-don't-know-something, must-be-better-than-all-other-males bullshittery as well.
But natureally, it's not possible that male culture plays a part in the educational problems of young males - it has to be TEH FEMINISM and its REVERSE SEXISM, which means that no-one pays attention to the poor boys anymore! :-P
*sigh* . . . .
Blah blah blah. There's one thing that all these people who complain about boys falling behind in our education systems never seem to mention: male culture.
When i was at school, learning seemed to be basically regarded as being incompatible with masculinity - not by teachers, but by students. Only real wusses were more interested in staying indoors and reading than in going outside and playing footy and roughing each other up. Put simply, young males who are interested in reading and learning are often ostracised by their male peers. (And i wonder how many young males who are interested in reading and learning are ostracised by their fathers for being so.) Of course, this isn't necessarily the case throughout the entirety of the educational journey of males - those who get to the level of tertiary education often seem to themselves engage in alpha-male, i-can't-admit-i-don't-know-something, must-be-better-than-all-other-males bullshittery as well.
But natureally, it's not possible that male culture plays a part in the educational problems of young males - it has to be TEH FEMINISM and its REVERSE SEXISM, which means that no-one pays attention to the poor boys anymore! :-P
*sigh* . . . .
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Date: 2006-08-21 06:48 (UTC)