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[quote=Anonymous][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]

People say this all the time, but this is the school system that was designed by men, for boys. Nothing has changed: the length of recess, the age of kids when they start high school. Are we suggesting that boys have had some sort of gene shift in the past 30 years? [/quote]

This!!! Education today is actually MORE in line with what boys need. Schools were extremely strict decades ago when boys were killing it. When FINALLY given the opportunity for equality, girls surpassed them. It has nothing to do with the curriculum, which is more liberal/open than ever. Boys have always been less mature and slower to develop exec functioning. That is not why they're falling behind. It does no good to keep making excuses. 
 
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