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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have girls at a coed Catholic high school with tough exams and grading.  They tell me that honors classes at their high school have a lot more girls than boys in them. (The school general population is 50% girls and 50% boys.) I once asked why and their take on it was that boys spend a lot more time playing sports than studying. [/quote]

Interesting.

I wonder if our kids are at the same school?

FWIW, my son commented that the girls tend to have the highest grades in all the classes. But some/many of these girls are also athletes or heavily involved in extracurriculars. And I know some boys who are athletes and they have excellent grades. (My kid is an A/B student and an athlete.)

PS - I believe at least 2 of the teachers are subpar and aren’t adequately teaching, and most kids aren’t equipped to teach themselves certain content. [/quote]

I'm the PP you are responding to.

My girls are in all honors course, A students, and play sports.  School comes first for them though and they've been known to skip practice to study for a test. Their female friends who are athletes and honor students also largely get As. However, their academic friends who are also serious athletes often stay up well past midnight every night doing homework to do well at sports plus get good grades. Girl culture seems to encourage a lot of studying. Does boy culture? I'm not sure because I don't have boys.

As far as bad teachers goes, my kids school has a lot of tutoring/academic support options available.  We've generally been pleased with my kids' teachers, but when they don't understand what their teacher is teaching, my girls go to the academic suppport centers.  (Kids have to be encouraged to do this.  Most would rather try to teach themselves, but usually doesn't work.)[/quote]

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