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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Girls have higher GPAs than boys on average. [/quote]

A lot more women teacher in high school. [/quote]
The girls have better ECs too. They mature quicker and are more organized. It’s no surprise that they do better than the boys.[/quote]

You’re both right.  The elementary and middle school years of sit still, be quiet and pay attention with, what, 30 minutes of recess, does not jibe well with male developmental timelines.  The boys come into high school with delayed executive functioning skills.  So teachers, especially female teachers, often treat boys like broken girls.  [/quote]

In general, American schools have pushed grade inappropriate curriculum down to younger and younger her kids. This artificial advancement doesn’t fit their developmental timeline. 10 APs. Why? Sure, plenty of “top performers” can do it, but at what cost?

Even in the last century I saw top students burn out by college. It’s worse now, and we have a generation of anxiety-ridden, unstable kids. Now they have sports perfectionism on top of academics. Not sports fun, not team spirit go school rah rah.

So yeah, it sucks for boys, and  it sucks for everyone.[/quote]

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