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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have made it culturally cool to be a smart girl now. [/quote]

We have not made it cool though to be a smart boy.

And our schools are failing boys generally. They are set up for girls to succeed and sit quietly in classrooms, but not for boys to jump around and learn, tactilely or experientially.[/quote]

This is such blatant goal-post moving. For the entire history of formal education until 25 years ago, boys did just fine in school. Girls were supposed to be ill-suited for academic rigor. Too delicate, too emotional, or whatever. Now that girls excel in the environment that was [i]built for boys[/i], it's unfair to boys? That's some bullshit. [/quote]

What do you mean built for boys?  They modified the environment to benefit the girls. What do you know, you can't serve both well at the same time.[/quote]

I'm a former teacher and I would love to hear about how school has been modified to meet girls' needs at the detriment to boys. And a warning to you (since I anticipate a non answer or a lie)...everyone here went to school K-12 and remembers what it was like. If anything, schooling had a much higher standard for discipline and rote memorization. Hence, the magnet options like Arlington Traditional School. But please, enlighten us all.[/quote]

I agree with you, but also, why did the girls start doing so much better at school and at starting at young ages, before their own motivations could play a role? It is surprising how quickly it happened though like you said school was much stricter and had higher expectations, and boys succeeded. [/quote]

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