After reading many articles on this subject i came to realzie that there are many expectations set between girls in boys in school. many say that there are some places where boys are stronger and osme where girls are here are some things i found out.
*In fact, upon entering school, girls perform equal to or better than boys on nearly every measure of achievement, but by the time they graduate high school or college, they have fallen behind.
*Across the country, boys have never been in more trouble: They earn 70 percent of the D's and F's that teachers dole out. They make up two thirds of students labeled "learning disabled." They are the culprits in a whopping 9 of 10 alcohol and drug violations and the suspected perpetrators in 4 out of 5 crimes that end up in juvenile court. They account for 80 percent of high school dropouts and attention deficit disorder diagnoses.
*Teachers socialize girls towards a feminine ideal. Girls are praised for being neat, quiet, and calm, whereas boys are encouraged to think independently, be active and speak up
It is safe to say that both genders have there strengths and weakness and are expectated of different things when in a school enviorment. i find it hard to believe these facts because truthfully i think that every student has there own strengths and weakness and you cant sterotype because of gender. Everyone is good in one thing and awful in another and its hard to fully say what subjects girls and boys do better on unless you know the student.
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I agree that every individual is different. I have known plenty of girls that are good in math and science, even though its often labeled as a more masculine subject. But I also think that men and women are different and therefore its possible that there could be trends. I would be really interested in seeing some actual statistical data about the strengths or girls and boys all across American schools. If it turns out that the percentage of boys that are better at math and science is higher than that of the girls, I think there is nothing wrong with that. It would be a trend, not an evil stereotype. But again, I would really love to see some hard data.
ReplyDeleteI really like the information and opinions that you posted and it really got me thinking about the different types of inequality. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI really liked your last paragraph. Gender discrimination plays a major role in the topic of 'gender and education.' Everyone should be looked at as an individual, not as part of a ratio, and should be judged upon their mentality, not their physicality.
ReplyDeleteI really liked your last paragraph. Gender discrimination plays a major role in the topic of 'gender and education.' Everyone should be looked at as an individual, not as part of a ratio, and should be judged upon their mentality, not their physicality.
ReplyDeleteI liked all the points you made and I agree with you that everyone has different strengths and weaknesses.
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