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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ok, I have 3 daughters and the reason boys fail at American schools has been very clear to me - because curricula are dumbed down and academic competition is suppressed. Classes are taught by overwhelmingly female teachers who know very little and prioritize discipline and busywork.

We are immigrants but moved back to our old country mainly because schools are much better. And boy, do boys thrive here. They are so much better academically (about equal with girls) and more confident. Society needs both men and women, and men and women need each other. [/quote]

Teachers have been overwhelmingly female in the US for more than a century.

I do agree the curriculum has been dumbed down, but I don't see that as a reason boys in particular are generally less successful or less prepared.[/quote]

The schools say that the boys are not less successful or less prepared. However, as the mother of a boy that is an excellent student, I have observed time and again that most teachers are women, and they reward things that girls are good at — sitting quietly, producing neat, tidy work, etc. This was a common topic of conversation among fellow boy parents, especially in the upper grades of elementary and middle school. If I had it to do over again, I would send my DC to an all-boys’ school, at least for the lower grades. [/quote]

+1.  It is built into the system.  It’s fine to have a high school specializing in the Arts or STEM or engineering but the lower grades have cut recess and MCPS repeatedly ends any consideration of a Sports Academy.  Schools are designed and built for girls/women.[/quote]

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