tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post113794745136467649..comments2023-08-12T09:27:36.998+01:00Comments on Mad Baggage: The Trouble With BoysCherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02646936995485109020noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1138040975361094892006-01-23T18:29:00.000+00:002006-01-23T18:29:00.000+00:00Thank you! I find this very interesting, I might u...Thank you! I find this very interesting, I might use it for school.Keine Stijlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741489905461160206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1138033001262111732006-01-23T16:16:00.000+00:002006-01-23T16:16:00.000+00:00Ella,I didn't put that very well. The article says...Ella,<BR/>I didn't put that very well. The article says that they fear derision if they admit they need help. Its not academic success so much as asking for directions or assistance that they see as shaming. Apparently. According to the study. What did you think of the feminist counter-argument?<BR/><BR/>Anonymous<BR/>I completely agree too.<BR/>No offence taken - go take a bite out of Newsweek, Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646936995485109020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1138032050156131132006-01-23T16:00:00.000+00:002006-01-23T16:00:00.000+00:00Go Ella M! Indeed, first male/female biological na...Go Ella M! <BR/><BR/>Indeed, first male/female biological nature was used (by men/society) to keep women out of school, now its being used to explain why boys are not doing well. No offence, but I do not want my son to be compared to a monkey. He is not a monkey, he is a human being and as such deserves the appropriate consideration of this issue by EVERYONE namely psychologists. When society is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1138029067406557772006-01-23T15:11:00.000+00:002006-01-23T15:11:00.000+00:00Personally it scares me more that we've constructe...Personally it scares me more that we've constructed male roles no narrowly that academic success or effort is considered "girly" by boys, and that male academic mentoring while successful in achieving the immediate goal at hand, will reinforce the idea(s) that creates part of the learning gap in the first place.ella m.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14766690625470031331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1137996906812340852006-01-23T06:15:00.000+00:002006-01-23T06:15:00.000+00:00“Boys need MEN to mature.” Yeah…this is probably t...“Boys need MEN to mature.” <BR/><BR/>Yeah…this is probably true, but it also means that the world is in a sad state of affairs. I don’t know that many fully mature men and the ones I do know, or have known, are, or were, too busy to really do any serious mentoring. In a day of broken marriages, and 60 hour work weeks, the MAN of the 21st century will either lack proper mentoring and thus never UglyAmericanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13828596134317565960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1137970217548572962006-01-22T22:50:00.000+00:002006-01-22T22:50:00.000+00:00"You may want to get him an alert collar, and if y...<I>"You may want to get him an alert collar, and if you're considering another child, perhaps you'd like to have genetic testing done first."</I><BR/><BR/>WHAT??!!<BR/><BR/>Omg do NOT let me near that teacher.<BR/>Grrrrrrr.<BR/><BR/>The only answer is - "OK lets test him for special needs, on the understanding that if none are found you will acknowledge it is your limited, linear, female orientedCherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646936995485109020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1137969799159080342006-01-22T22:43:00.000+00:002006-01-22T22:43:00.000+00:00(What's a statement in the UK?)Great comments abov...(What's a statement in the UK?)<BR/>Great comments above.<BR/><BR/>This sent a sword right through me.<BR/>I suspect you suspected it might.<BR/>Now I've got to pull that damn sword out and start waving it around.<BR/>My son bombed his first day of 4-year-old preschool. Did fine his 3-year-old preschool...until teachers quit, the format restructured. Then they became 'concerned' about him, Angeline Rose Larimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18058615711696995128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9020257.post-1137952962820473952006-01-22T18:02:00.000+00:002006-01-22T18:02:00.000+00:00As a mother of 3 boys, I am finding that schooling...As a mother of 3 boys, I am finding that schooling is increasingly tailored towards girls and the way they behave/learn.<BR/><BR/>Boisterous boys are becoming a thing of the past, sadly. Frustrating to say the least.Ms Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08363385142330348970noreply@blogger.com