Improving education outcomes for boys

WeEatBabies · 2024-12-14T04:05:48+00:00

Feminists in charge of the schools have been unfair to boys, news at 11.

Also it's really hard to get men into teaching as the female students falsely accuse at the first minor thing they don't like, this is a major put off for men considering the field.

63daddy · 2024-12-14T04:05:07+00:00

It’s great to see someone acknowledging the unfairness, which is why I imagine progress is being made. (also great to hear!)

It frustrates me that here in the U.S., most people who address boys in education are completely unwilling to address the unfairness and discrimination against boys. I don’t see how meaningful, positive change can be made without first acknowledging the discrimination causing the problem.

RMU199 · 2024-12-14T14:53:17+00:00

Based on my limited research, basically what I have seen, is that boys are treated more harshly by their mostly female teachers.

Prior to getting my current position I was a substitute teacher for a number of years. Typically boys don’t encounter a male teacher until they are in upper elementary school or middle school.

In my role as an instructional support teacher I work with students who are “falling behind.” Most are boys, a few are girls. Many of these students have been behind for years.

It becomes my job to catch them up. It is interesting to hear from them what they like and dislike about their teachers. All my students have told me stories about how they feel that previous teachers were unfair to them.

We have a girls only club that is supervised by the guidance counselor and school nurse; both women. I’ve tried to start a boys only club with the social worker and myself, both men, and was told it wasn’t needed.

Something that is needed is to recognize that there is a problem and we are failing boys. Boys who become men.

SarcasticallyCandour · 2024-12-14T15:12:27+00:00

It somewhat backs up what Richard Reeves descrives as a school system that seesboys as a broken version of girls.

It also challenges the feminist talking point that boys are behind in school because they've just had their "male privilege" taken away.

Further; boys being punished more harshly thwn girls reinforces boys experiencing negative vibes from being in school. The psychology will be boys associating school with negativity so disconnection may happen. Especially if a boy struggling doesn't do homework bc he didnt understand it, but he is punished as if he didnt do it out of laziness.

jessi387 · 2024-12-14T19:07:45+00:00

“Not treating the boys fairly” …… that’s what this whole movement is about…. For f*cks sake

Legitimate_Fan_4977 · 2024-12-14T12:03:54+00:00

I live in Sweden. Last summer I got an advanced math course. My teacher was a white woman. We had on total 4 exams. I was expecting to get a C on my first exam. But I got E. Me and the girl who was sitting beside me had almost the same answers. But she got C as she expected. I asked the teacher to go through my paper, and it turns out, I actually got C. The second exam I was sure I was getting B, but I got D this time. I asked her to go through the paper again. She got so annoyed and almost refused. But it turns out I got B! I directly ran into rectors room and made a big scene about it. And I told him I want another teacher to grade my exams. My last two exams got graded by a male teacher and I got exactly the expected grades. The teacher eventually blamed it everything on her eyes not seeing well and being sensetive to light. So freaking sick of this system.

Title	Improving education outcomes for boys
Author	StripedFalafel
Upvotes	52
Comments	7
Date	December 14, 2024 3:36 AM UTC (1 year ago)
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