Someone suggest I x-post this from r/murderedbywords

Arizth · 2018-10-21T14:37:37+00:00

education system favors men

Ahh, so close to full marks...

Razvedka · 2018-10-21T14:46:46+00:00

Pretty sure I've seen lots of sources stating female learning patterns are reinforced and favored all throughout primary education.

Crusader_1096_2 · 2018-10-21T15:41:53+00:00

Our education system doesn't favor men. It's the opposite. Young boys are more likely to be seen as trouble makers (sometimes leading to a misdiagnosis of ADD/ADHD so they can be put on drugs for the purpose of sedation in the classroom). Feminist school teachers and professors are more likely to give boys and young men worse grades. Less men make it to college than women and when they do, they have less (if any) gender specific scholarships.

Blutarg · 2018-10-21T18:42:29+00:00

"Boys get punished more than girls" gets spun to "teachers interact with boys slightly more than girls." See how that works?

AnotherDAM · 2018-10-21T18:10:15+00:00

The link referenced by the girl appears to be https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-educationalpsychology/chapter/gender-differences-in-the-classroom/

Cited from within that open source textbook is the nonsensical contradictions:

On average, girls are more motivated than boys to perform well in school, at least during elementary school.

contrasted with:

In general, teachers interact with boys more often than with girls by a margin of 10 to 30 percent, depending on the grade level of the students and the personality of the teacher (Measor & Sykes, 1992)

and

Teachers have a tendency to talk to boys from a greater physical distance than when they talk to girls (Wilkinson & Marrett, 1985).

My sneaking suspicion is that this "teachers pay more attention to boys" trope is just that; a socially acceptable idea that masks pure fantasy.

goodmod · 2018-10-21T15:03:29+00:00

Although this is a good post, its title does not say enough about its subject. This forces people to click and read before they can decide whether they are interested. It also makes searching impossible.

If everyone did this, the subreddit would become unusable.

So please don't do it in future. Take the time to describe your link, and save the time of hundreds of other people.

When making a title, it's best to assume the reader doesn't know what you're talking about - but don't go overboard with every detail. Then check if there are any words you can cut out without losing any important information.

AnotherDAM · 2018-10-21T18:10:34+00:00