The danger posed by Mens Rights Activists and similar groups

[davidn3600]

185. I think this goes much further than the gender of the teacher

The teaching methods in schools today are geared more towards girls. Boys tend to be spatial and kinesthetic learners. Girls tend to be auditory learners. That's why girls tend to take better notes in a lecture-style of teaching. In lectures, boys tend to struggle with this, get bored quickly, and start to zone out. This type of instruction is incredibly difficult to a student with a learning disability or has attention-deficit disorder. 70% of special ed and learning disabled students today are male. Also, the content favors girls. The literature in English classes for example are stories that girls find more interesting than boys. When boys are presented with stories that are more geared towards their interests, their reading comprehension scores increase.

Budget cuts also hurt boys more than girls. When districts cut the school budget, the first things that are usually cut are things that benefit boys (music and physical education specifically). And when districts get more money, everyone wants raises for teachers and new textbooks. They don't replace the money where it was cut.
A lot of people think sports in schools should not be a focus and money should be spent elsewhere. But the statistics show that boys that are active in sports or do music have higher grades and higher self-esteem. Coaches also serve as strong mentors.

Another problem is girls develop literacy skills earlier than boys. And schools today are teaching kids literature and writing at younger and younger levels than before. Girls are excelling with this. Boys are having trouble because they are a few years behind in that mental development. So while girls are on pace, the boys are playing catch-up all throughout elementary school. If the boy is not exceptionally smart, this can haunt him in middle and then high school. And they may never catch up.

The problem with feminism is they are ignoring the problem and twisting it. They claim that girls are now doing better. And that's why it only looks like boys are doing worse. Unfortunately, studies show the feminists are wrong. Yes, no question girls are doing much better in schools. But boys are doing worse and worse.

There needs to be far more emphasis and more resources spent on boys especially with reading and writing in the elementary grade levels. And don't push boys through the system. They need to learn the skills so they catch up to girls by the 4th and 5th grade. But we probably wont see any of this happen. Because it is politically incorrect to help boys over girls.