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[quote=Anonymous]OP— why should the rules be different for white males than everyone else on college admissions?  I have yet to see any concrete explanation except video game addiction, which is the least compelling excuse ever for academic underperformance.

If you want to argue something like males having poor executive functioning skills, then the answer is clearly to make executive functioning skills classes and tutoring more widely available. But, I haven’t even seen that argued. And mommy doing it for them is not the solution.

Besides arguing video game addiction, some parents on here want to argue that their boys are not allowed to participate in class discussions or don’t feel welcome doing so. Given that girls, especially bright girls, are significantly likely to have anxiety issues than boys this is BS.

I’ve also seen the “but school is an all female environment” argument. And I agree many kids will get through ES with only women classroom teachers. But, my FCPS senior has 4 of 7 teachers who are male this year (AP Econ, AP CompGov, AP Calc and Orchestra), and 5 of 8 if you count advisory. Last year it was 3 of 7 male and 4 of 8 if you count advisory. In fact, across 2 kids and 8 years of FCPS high school, the number has been at least 3 of 7 male, except freshman year for one kid when it was 2 of 8. My son had one year where 5 of 7 teachers were men. Also, their principal has been male, and one kid’s assigned AP was male.  So clearly not female dominated at the HS level when kids are applying for college.

Teach you kids that when the going gets rough, they need to dig deep and step up. Teach your sons that life doesn’t owe them a free pass. How long are you going to make excuses and blame everyone else because your kid has never faced adversity and you jump in every time they are challenged.

Being a white male with no real trauma or adversity in your life and giving up is pathetic. [/quote]

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