Is School Designed More For Girls Than Boys? - Anita

• We have commonly seen that girls develop critical skills quickly and before boys of their same age develop identical ones. Overall, girls seem to mature quicker, which is actually a large advantage on their part and continued into their higher grades and college life and even professional life. Here, we are mainly discussing how as the school periods become longer, teachers demand more attention from their students to sit still and quiet and understand their academic lessons. While this is easier for the female population to do because they are able to both easily grasp information and are patient, the male population struggles when they are asked for their listening skills. While this is a trait they must develop, if they do not grab on to it soon, the consequence for not paying attention and sitting still is suffering lower grades and others.
• If we compare test score, boys do have the capability of matching or even exceeding the intelligence of girls because they are usually naturally capable of doing so. While this may be an extreme advantage when these tests are considered either for a grade or a placement type notification, girls nowadays have gained the upper hand. You may be imaging that this is unfair and that girls do not deserve this, but certainly the teachers look rather upon behavior than your personal grade to determine your placement more often than never. As a result, girls who have the average mental capacity are being placed in more advanced groups whereas intelligent boys are being held back and remain in their basic, simple skilled classes. A study shows that this inequality begins as early as kindergarten, where all grades only depend on the behavior.
• The study was successful to prove that this dilemma occurs for all boys, across all ages, across all racial groups, and across all schools. Boys seem to struggle to behave properly, but may excel with their academics in these low grades. This is an may not be an unfair advantage for the girls, though. The study had asked about 5,800 students from kindergarten through fifth grade about their experiences, over an extremely broad variety of people, and they received answers that were very identical to one another. While one may argue that this system of grading based on behavior is unfair and biased, this is the type of pressure we will need as adults. In our professional worlds, we must act seriously and put forth the appropriate behavior when attempting and a job through a sincere interview or convince clients.
• The scholars who conducted this study aligned it with the natural personality that a boy possess. They are hyper, and do not have the patience to sit quietly to learn and absorb the information thrown at them. Their attentiveness and attention levels were not as high and satisfactory as the teachers would have liked. They did not have the persistence to try again and accept failure. They did not have the eagerness to sit for a short amount of time or a long amount of time and find the information that they were given any bit useful or appreciative. Lastly, they enjoy companionship, and therefore find it difficult to perform independently, such as on tests and other individualistic curricular activities. In this area, teachers, parents, and even other students are realizing that girls possess the ability that boys lack as "cognitive" and "misalignment."
• Overall, this study proves that boys may lack the appropriate behavioral skill that girls possess and may be the reason that they are being pulled back and held against their possible skills and talents. No previous study, to our knowledge, has provided these exact same results. We have not realized majorly that the difference between the genders is what is causing the drastic difference between both the academic performance and the grades of the students. Actually, by delving deeper, we realize that there might be existing bias in the teachers themselves. The information collected on test scores has proven that boys perform just as exemplary in mathematics, science, and reading as girls do. If the teachers did not purposefully involve behavior as a separate but equally powerful grade, then boys could be matched with girls.