To quote a very book called "Why Boys Fail" by Richard Whitemire..
"The boy problems in Australia aren't any worse than the boy problems in the United States. They appear quite similar, as do the other boy problems in western countries. What makes the United States unique is its relative indifference to the issue. Here, the US Department of Education has yet to launch a single probe into the problem."
He goes on to say that anyone who has taken an interest about boys falling behind in the US has been branded a "sexist" by feminists in the education department. And most are afraid to touch the issue because in fear of being called misogynistic.
Feminists have also found a way to make the areas of education where males do better to be more "female compatible". However, this has led to boys failing in subjects that have historically been areas that males excel in (but of course, feminists don't care).. Since math has become so important in state wide testing, college placement, and SAT's feminists incorporated verbal skills into it (a subject where girls are clearly better) and cut out the math part of math (?)..
"When a University of Maryland math professor examined the Maryland Algebra Exam, he found the text setting up the problem more challenging then the actual problem. Students could know the math but flunk the exam -- yet another player in boys falling behind... the area where boys once excelled, crunching math calculations, has faded from view in most schools, replaced with word problems. Many state math assessments contain nothing but word problems, as do the SAT and ACT college admissions tests What has gone unnoticed is that many boys can't wade thought the puzzling words and long sentences to get to the actual math calculations."
Anyone have any doubt that feminists are ruining the futures of young men for there own gain? Please answer..
@Cosmic Catastrphe, are you kidding me? They've replaced what males are good at, with what females are good at. They've done this through looking at studies and when they find boys are failing these types of problems and girls are excelling *clap* job well done!
But, I'm talking to someone who looks at the world through her jaded lenses so I don't expect much from you
@Rachel Louise, we're not talking about Britain.. US study... London isn't in the US.
@Anara, are you just playing stupid or are you actually stupid? There's a difference between knowing how to read and being talented at solving word problems.. a very large difference. They require a set of verbal skills completely unrelated to simply reading words. But nice try, sweetie
@Bee, thanks for pointing that out.. but as someone who isn't from America originally and lives in a section of NY that speaks where everyone speaks Italian. And as someone who speaks 5 other languages and finds English the most challenging.. I would say my proficiency is quite good.
"The boy problems in Australia aren't any worse than the boy problems in the United States. They appear quite similar, as do the other boy problems in western countries. What makes the United States unique is its relative indifference to the issue. Here, the US Department of Education has yet to launch a single probe into the problem."
He goes on to say that anyone who has taken an interest about boys falling behind in the US has been branded a "sexist" by feminists in the education department. And most are afraid to touch the issue because in fear of being called misogynistic.
Feminists have also found a way to make the areas of education where males do better to be more "female compatible". However, this has led to boys failing in subjects that have historically been areas that males excel in (but of course, feminists don't care).. Since math has become so important in state wide testing, college placement, and SAT's feminists incorporated verbal skills into it (a subject where girls are clearly better) and cut out the math part of math (?)..
"When a University of Maryland math professor examined the Maryland Algebra Exam, he found the text setting up the problem more challenging then the actual problem. Students could know the math but flunk the exam -- yet another player in boys falling behind... the area where boys once excelled, crunching math calculations, has faded from view in most schools, replaced with word problems. Many state math assessments contain nothing but word problems, as do the SAT and ACT college admissions tests What has gone unnoticed is that many boys can't wade thought the puzzling words and long sentences to get to the actual math calculations."
Anyone have any doubt that feminists are ruining the futures of young men for there own gain? Please answer..
@Cosmic Catastrphe, are you kidding me? They've replaced what males are good at, with what females are good at. They've done this through looking at studies and when they find boys are failing these types of problems and girls are excelling *clap* job well done!
But, I'm talking to someone who looks at the world through her jaded lenses so I don't expect much from you
@Rachel Louise, we're not talking about Britain.. US study... London isn't in the US.
@Anara, are you just playing stupid or are you actually stupid? There's a difference between knowing how to read and being talented at solving word problems.. a very large difference. They require a set of verbal skills completely unrelated to simply reading words. But nice try, sweetie
@Bee, thanks for pointing that out.. but as someone who isn't from America originally and lives in a section of NY that speaks where everyone speaks Italian. And as someone who speaks 5 other languages and finds English the most challenging.. I would say my proficiency is quite good.