Comments on: Bored boys http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/11/bored-boys/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:20:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lori http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/11/bored-boys/#comment-41237 Lori Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:15:53 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=6337#comment-41237 what? it’s not statistically significant that 43% of girls think school is boring? considering the percentage of girls who thought it was impolite or wrong to say school is boring, the percentages are probably equal. the salient point seems to be that school bores roughly half of our students regardless of gender. what? it’s not statistically significant that 43% of girls think school is boring?

considering the percentage of girls who thought it was impolite or wrong to say school is boring, the percentages are probably equal.

the salient point seems to be that school bores roughly half of our students regardless of gender.

]]> By: BadaBing http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/11/bored-boys/#comment-41236 BadaBing Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:51:49 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=6337#comment-41236 If you're a white male and not gay, why would you want to go to an institution in which you've been demonized as being the oppressor of anyone who is not a white male heterosexual and the only person capable of being racist? If you’re a white male and not gay, why would you want to go to an institution in which you’ve been demonized as being the oppressor of anyone who is not a white male heterosexual and the only person capable of being racist?

]]> By: Miller T. Smith http://www.joannejacobs.com/2008/11/bored-boys/#comment-41235 Miller T. Smith Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:46:10 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/?p=6337#comment-41235 Highly observant and wise boys...? I'm still reading about colleges becoming 'pink ghettos'. More and more of my boys are entering tech schools of some type and avoiding college. They are making money almost as big as I make now after 20 years in less than two years. Highly observant and wise boys…?

I’m still reading about colleges becoming ‘pink ghettos’. More and more of my boys are entering tech schools of some type and avoiding college. They are making money almost as big as I make now after 20 years in less than two years.

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