I just went and read the article, and it sounds like the bulk of the complaints are that the boys are categorically doing less well in school because they tend to rebel, dislike following rules, not want to do extra work, might decide to punt the community service requirement because of a tendency to rebel and therefore not graduate, and so on.
I admit to being a girl, so perhaps my viewpoint is skewed, but how is it bias to have a system that says "do your schoolwork and follow the rules and you will do well, break the rules and skip your homework and you won't"? I admit to thinking it's absurd that teachers give extra credit for "decorating" notebooks by gluing on glitter and feathers, but that is my limited academic rigor speaking, for both boys and girls.
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Date: 2006-01-26 07:33 pm (UTC)tend to rebel, dislike following rules, not want to do extra work, might decide to punt the community service requirement because of a tendency to rebel and therefore not graduate, and so on.
I admit to being a girl, so perhaps my viewpoint is skewed, but how is it bias to have a system that says "do your schoolwork and follow the rules and you will do well, break the rules and skip your homework and you won't"?
I admit to thinking it's absurd that teachers give extra credit for "decorating" notebooks by gluing on glitter and feathers, but that is my limited academic rigor speaking, for both boys and girls.