PSYC 320 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: High School Dropouts, Asian Americans, Sunnydale
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Headline: boy problems new york times magazine, april 3 2005 pg278. Boy problems have always been a problem in school, revolving around disciplinary problems created by boys behaviour, however the boy problems discussed in ann hulbert"s article resolve around boys lagging in academic achievement behind girls. Up until the 1980"s girls were the ones that lagged behind in school as a result during that decade programs were implemented to help girls get interested in subjects especially math and sciences. Boys still often excel in sports but may now lag behind in other areas. It has been argued that in order to better serve girls schools have shortchanged boys. Even before children start school boys and girls are treated differently; even if the child doesn"t conform to gender stereotypes they know what is expected of them by age 4 or 5.
