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re: How to raise sons to be confident and successful today in a big city?
Posted on 4/20/24 at 7:24 am to pelicanpride
Posted on 4/20/24 at 7:24 am to pelicanpride
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The school system is hard on boys. They cut out all the recess and then wonder why the boys are climbing the walls. There are fewer and fewer male teachers who would better understand how to deal with high strung boys. Rather than giving them textbooks, they give them 16 different apps to keep up. Guess who is less likely on average to have the organizational skills to handle that? There is a reason that girls are absolutely whipping boys asses in school, and it’s not because they are more intelligent.
As a father of boys: this is 100% correct. We had 50 minutes for recess when I was that age. Now, they get 20 or 30 and they spend 10 minutes of that time making the kids line up to go outside then back in.
And to add to your point: I never had a teacher under 30 years old until high school. The older men & women knew how to control the classroom. In contrast, my youngest didn’t have a teacher over 25 or so until high school. So they have bright-eyed girls fresh out of college, speaking to the kids like they are friends and they just don't have the understanding or experience necessary.
I was warned about the school counselor. She fancied herself as a on-the-spot psychiatrist. In her view, all the (normal) boys had some form of ADHD. As predicted, of course she thought mine did as well. I had it out with her and the principal and his 22 year old 2nd grade teacher. I decided to have him tested via the traditional route (with required input from his teacher) and guess what? No ADD or ADHD. The root problem was as pelicanpride described: with regard to boys, the curriculum implementation is a square peg / round hole situation.
That counselor was gone the next year. We called her “Lady Adderall”
This post was edited on 4/20/24 at 7:33 am
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