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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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. 
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Now change "white male" to "POC" and the rules will be different.

The article stated that this is a problem for males of all races, not just white males. So do we just throw our hands up and say "They play too many video games! They are all working in the trades!" because some of those affected are white males?

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Sure— kids who are FARMs, 1st Gen, products of broken homes, growing up in single parent families, etc need special supports.  But, I highly doubt that applies to anyone on this thread. If your kid has more parental support and financial advantage than 95% of Hs kids, as most kids whose parents are on DCUM do, then the boys/ POC argument is a straw man. Your white UMC DMV kid doesn’t face the same headwinds as a Black boy being raised below the poverty line by a single mom because dad is in jail. And trying to place your pampered little loser on equal footing with a poor Black kid being raosed without a dad in the projects  is gross. [/quote]
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The education system has been encouraging more girls to get into STEM fields because those are the high paying jobs, and there aren't many girls in those fields.

But, in general, I am not seeing the system discouraging boys from getting college degrees.

The whole argument about how boys are expected to sit down in class and pay attention is a strawman argument.  50 years ago, schools were even more disciplined about sitting quietly and behaving in class.   Regardless, though, we are talking about HS boys, not 7 yr olds.

Not that long ago, there were more men than women in college.  Were HS boys more disciplined back then? Or did college admissions just get a lot more challenging because so many girls now apply?[/quote]

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