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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting discussion. I’m a teacher also also a mother of sons. I’ve found that the ways boys misbehave in my classes are much more physical — pushing, hitting, grabbing things — than the ways girls misbehave — such as being off task, talking, relational aggression. I will definitely admit that I am more likely to send a student to the office for physical aggression. So it’s more often the boys. Maybe male teachers have more patience with boys’ hitting but I sure don’t. If you don’t want them to go to the office then teach them to keep their hands to themselves.[/quote]

Hitting is one thing but I don't believe that does justice to the problem. Thanks to Zoom, many of us sat and listened to teachers praise every half hearted effort of girls. Prop them up as examples of good work while simultaneously scolding boys for their work, for not speaking sweetly enough, etc.[/quote]

+1 that was definitely one of the few benefits of the in-person school closures: parents got an unprecedented look into their children's curriculum and classroom dynamics. That is why I now know how incredibly subpar things are.[/quote]

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