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Great article about the context of boys failing in education

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BasilBabyEater · 09/07/2012 20:02

www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/soraya-chemaly/boy-crisis-in-education_b_1655282.html

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messyisthenewtidy · 10/07/2012 20:04

Eclectic, I agree. It annoys me how the genders are pitted against each other, and this starts with the intense labelling of everything as either "boy" or "girl", from toys and clothes to hobbies, from personal traits to jobs.

I think that is the point that the article is making: that the lack of male teachers is down to a segregated workforce in general and this comes from the intense channelling of boys and girls into different occupations, as well as a lack of family friendly work practices.

Once that problem is sorted and women are integrated into the workforce AND primary school teaching is appreciated for the bloody hard job that is then we will have lovely happy harmonious inclusive workplaces, both in the educational and non-ed sectors.

And then I'll be able to stop moaning and have a cuppa Smile

EclecticShock · 10/07/2012 19:53

And before Internet porn was around? :)

TheCrackFox · 10/07/2012 19:32

Teenage boys would do so much better at school if they laid off the Internet porn.

EclecticShock · 10/07/2012 19:28

Thanks for the link. My take on it is that both education and the wider society shouldn't fail male or female. Pitting one against the other is unhelpful IMO.

Lio · 10/07/2012 13:38

Thanks for the link, Basil.

tourdefrance · 10/07/2012 11:25

Thanks Basil. Really interesting article. There's a really good book called Learned Optimism which also talks about how girls are more prone to depression because of the messages they get in school. Boys are told they need to try harder next time and results are blamed on 'typical boy' short term things like mucking about, but as girls aren't doing this they are given the message that they just aren't very good at maths / spelling / whatever.

messyisthenewtidy · 09/07/2012 20:23

Brilliant article. Thanks for the link Basil.