Comments on: Boys won't be girls http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/boys-wont-be-girls/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:51:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dizzy's Ten Post Round-Up | Hypocrisy http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/boys-wont-be-girls/#comment-37747 Dizzy's Ten Post Round-Up | Hypocrisy Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:28:42 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=5651#comment-37747 [...] I couldn’t agree more… Joanne Jacobs: Boys won’t be girlsIn her forthcoming book, 21st Century Boys, Palmer calls for more opportunities for boys and girls [...] [...] I couldn’t agree more… Joanne Jacobs: Boys won’t be girlsIn her forthcoming book, 21st Century Boys, Palmer calls for more opportunities for boys and girls [...]

]]> By: Bob Diethrich http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/boys-wont-be-girls/#comment-37746 Bob Diethrich Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:55:24 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=5651#comment-37746 The article points out correctly that "there have always been much more female teachers in the teaching profession" and that is true. But these days so many of them are not married, nor do they have children of their own, and so they have almost no clue as to how boys' and girls' brains are wired differently, especially as their brains develop. Many of them don't have the empirical evidence of their own children to observe. Couple that with the decidedly "feminist slant" at most ed schools and you do have trouble for males in the classroom. The article points out correctly that “there have always been much more female teachers in the teaching profession” and that is true. But these days so many of them are not married, nor do they have children of their own, and so they have almost no clue as to how boys’ and girls’ brains are wired differently, especially as their brains develop. Many of them don’t have the empirical evidence of their own children to observe. Couple that with the decidedly “feminist slant” at most ed schools and you do have trouble for males in the classroom.

]]> By: Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up « The Dark Diva Diaries http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/boys-wont-be-girls/#comment-37745 Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up « The Dark Diva Diaries Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:47:05 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=5651#comment-37745 [...] I couldn’t agree more… Joanne Jacobs: Boys won’t be girls In her forthcoming book, 21st Century Boys, Palmer calls for more opportunities for boys and girls [...] [...] I couldn’t agree more… Joanne Jacobs: Boys won’t be girls In her forthcoming book, 21st Century Boys, Palmer calls for more opportunities for boys and girls [...]

]]> By: BadaBing http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/boys-wont-be-girls/#comment-37744 BadaBing Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:37:00 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=5651#comment-37744 I hate feminized classrooms and strive to be as masculine as possible in classroom decor, which is humorous, ironic and geared toward guys. At the end of last semester my female administrative overseer told me to take it all down on the grounds that it wasn't "appropriate." Funny thing is, one of the posters was a quote from <i>Of Mice and Men</i>, which she didn't know. I can't wait to ask her next semester if reading OMAM wouldn't be inappropriate and maybe should be taken off the sacred pacing guide by which all English teachers live and move and have their being. I hate feminized classrooms and strive to be as masculine as possible in classroom decor, which is humorous, ironic and geared toward guys. At the end of last semester my female administrative overseer told me to take it all down on the grounds that it wasn’t “appropriate.” Funny thing is, one of the posters was a quote from Of Mice and Men, which she didn’t know. I can’t wait to ask her next semester if reading OMAM wouldn’t be inappropriate and maybe should be taken off the sacred pacing guide by which all English teachers live and move and have their being.

]]> By: Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up :: The Sirens Chronicles http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/boys-wont-be-girls/#comment-37743 Dizzy’s Ten Post Round-Up :: The Sirens Chronicles Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:52:39 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=5651#comment-37743 [...] I couldn’t agree more… Joanne Jacobs: Boys won’t be girls In her forthcoming book, 21st Century Boys, Palmer calls for more opportunities for boys and girls [...] [...] I couldn’t agree more… Joanne Jacobs: Boys won’t be girls In her forthcoming book, 21st Century Boys, Palmer calls for more opportunities for boys and girls [...]

]]> By: Kelly A. Mezick http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/boys-wont-be-girls/#comment-37742 Kelly A. Mezick Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:34:51 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=5651#comment-37742 I never thought about that concept, but it makes complete sense. While girls usually do not mind if sports are taken away or cancelled and tend to not be as competitive as boys, boys are. While there is a time and place for competition and sports, I have seen a gradual resistance of such behavior within the school day since I was in elementary, junior, and high school. In my personal educational career, I would say 85% of my teachers/instructors have been female, leading to a more “feminized” classroom. Is this better or worse? Am I a better or worse female teacher because of all of my female teachers? Are my students going to have a better or worse education because I am a female teacher? It’s definitely something to think about. Kelly A. Mezick Auburn University Auburn, Alabama I never thought about that concept, but it makes complete sense. While girls usually do not mind if sports are taken away or cancelled and tend to not be as competitive as boys, boys are. While there is a time and place for competition and sports, I have seen a gradual resistance of such behavior within the school day since I was in elementary, junior, and high school.

In my personal educational career, I would say 85% of my teachers/instructors have been female, leading to a more “feminized” classroom. Is this better or worse? Am I a better or worse female teacher because of all of my female teachers? Are my students going to have a better or worse education because I am a female teacher? It’s definitely something to think about.

Kelly A. Mezick
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama

]]> By: McSwain http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/boys-wont-be-girls/#comment-37741 McSwain Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:34:16 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=5651#comment-37741 AMEN! As the mother of an almost-9-yr-old boy who is constantly in trouble for running ON THE PLAYGROUND (oh, the horrific sin of it all), and as a teacher of 4th graders, I wholeheartedly concur. AMEN! As the mother of an almost-9-yr-old boy who is constantly in trouble for running ON THE PLAYGROUND (oh, the horrific sin of it all), and as a teacher of 4th graders, I wholeheartedly concur.

]]> By: Barry Garelick http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/07/boys-wont-be-girls/#comment-37740 Barry Garelick Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:57:24 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=5651#comment-37740 Don't tell Sara Mead. Don’t tell Sara Mead.

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