Nature plus nurture. Girls do better than boys in school and university. But both can still improve—sometimes for surprising reasons

ttnorac · 2015-03-09T19:24:19+00:00

"Indeed, elite American colleges are widely suspected of admitting male applicants with lower grades, to even up the numbers.

By who?

thrway_1000 · 2015-03-09T19:08:44+00:00

https://archive.today/xyyle

5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2015-03-10T12:30:39+00:00

Most of the world’s teachers are now women, who find it easier to spot ability when it appears in their own likeness. They give better marks, perhaps unconsciously, to the punctual, orderly and neat: fine qualities that society associates with girls, but which are not the same as reading and understanding a text.

If we were talking about white teachers being proven to give as much as a grade point lower to nonwhite students for the same quality work (as it happens with female teachers and boys) I don't think it would be phrased this way.

Title	Nature plus nurture. Girls do better than boys in school and university. But both can still improve—sometimes for surprising reasons
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Date	March 9, 2015 6:38 PM UTC (11 years ago)
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