Link between demonization of men and masculinity in school and failing grades for boys?

BlackKnighter · 2012-12-24T15:57:09+00:00

Also read John Taylor Gatto's "Underground History of American Education."

Full text available at his website here: http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/chapters/index.htm

BlackKnighter · 2012-12-24T04:05:49+00:00

Apologies if this AVFM article has already been posted.

I wanted to highlight the link between this boy's (admittedly annecdotal) account and something I came across recently; the documentary 'A Class Divided'.

From the wikipedia entry above:

At first, there was resistance among the students in the minority group to the idea that blue-eyed children were better than brown-eyed children. To counter this, Elliott used pseudo-scientific explanations for her actions by stating that the melanin responsible for making blue-eyed children also was linked to their higher intelligence and learning ability. Shortly thereafter, this initial resistance fell away. Those who were deemed “superior” became arrogant, bossy and otherwise unpleasant to their “inferior” classmates. Their grades also improved, doing mathematical and reading tasks that seemed outside their ability before. The “inferior” classmates also transformed – into timid and subservient children, including those who had previously been dominant in the class. These children’s academic performance suffered, even with tasks that had been simple before.

Emphasis mine. Now compare this with some quotes from the AVFM article:

..Anyway, moving on to my transition into secondary school, this is where things changed, for the worse. Secondary school is 11-16 in England, not sure what it is in other countries.

Immediately it began. We were taught, at such a young age, all of the atrocities western men had committed against everyone else. We were literally, I’m not exaggerating here, taught to be ashamed of ourselves and of our gender culture.

...Now, after all this, I noticed something change in me. I became apathetic, lazy, unmotivated and my grades went from the top 5% in my country at age 11, to pretty much rock bottom. I remember at age 11 I was predicted straight A* and as for my GCSEs, well, I didn’t leave that school with a single GCSE. Not one.

It seems pretty clear cut to me when I piece it together this way. It wouldn't surprise me that if you destroyed someone's self esteem by telling them they were only capable of inflicting pain on others, that they would lose all motivation to better themselves.

Why bother trying to become some greater when you're just a monster programmed to destroy?

Title	Link between demonization of men and masculinity in school and failing grades for boys?
Author	BlackKnighter
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Date	December 24, 2012 3:55 AM UTC (13 years ago)
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