Not Designed for Boys
I hope this boy and his parents prevail in their lawsuit. I agree with them, the public school system is not designed for boys. If he prevails, then things might be easier for my boy when he gets to school. My son is a bright boy, but if they treat him the way they treat his sister, he will rebel and may not do as well in school.
Girls are outperforming boys because the school system favors them, said Anglin, who has filed a federal civil rights complaint contending that his school discriminates against boys.
Our schools have been feminized too much.
Boys are discouraged from writing about what they know. They want to write about cops and robbers, cowboys and indians. Things that involve guns. They want to read books about sports, but all of this is discouraged by the PC crowd who want to make boys be kinder and gentler
It’s hard for boys to learn if they’re not allowed to burn off excess energy at recess. Even there, the boys are told they have to act more like girls. No cops and robbers because that involves guns. No tag because it makes the person who’s “it” feel bad. No dodge-ball because somebody could get hurt.
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January 27th, 2006
The more I think about this, the more I disagree with this argument. Political-correctness does not even come into play in his argument. Rather, he argues that males in general are indisposed to following rules and paying attention. Having been in high school just a few years ago, I can honestly say that schools aren’t as unisexually PC as you may think. We were encouraged to write about sports, if that was what we were interested in. We read Jane Eyre, but we also read Frankenstein. Calculus class never played out like an episode of Oprah.
Schools are not in any way discriminating against boys. There is no war on masculinity. What this boy is proposing ludicrous. Taking difficult classes and performing well is not indicative of femininity, but of strong work ethic, perserverence and an interest in education. And if The Duke were alive to see this, he’d slap him silly.
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