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To: Teacher317
Yes, men are being discriminated against, but discrimination stops being an excuse when you're in high school at the very lastest.

I'm disabled and the teachers fought to put me in a special ed class (they didn't succeed) and they hated to have to teach me. My parents taught me to fight no matter what people think of you, to work 100 times harder than anyone else if that's what it takes to succeed. I got elected student council president in my senior year, despite several teachers telling me outright to not to run, and then graduated college in 3 years. Now I'm presenting my first scientific peer-published paper next week while most of my high school friends are still in college.

Sooner or later you have to take responsibility for your work even if the "system" wants to lock all imperfect kids up & give all the males Ritalin.

I have a lot of male friends, and all of them are stunningly poor students. One of them has a 0.66 GPA and he is lazing by on SSI despite the fact that he is the smartest person I know. My impression is that males just don't take schoolwork seriously, they think a lot of classes are "BS" and don't matter later in life. That's true, unless you're planning on applying to grad school...
38 posted on 09/16/2003 9:04:22 AM PDT by Nataku X (1 John 2:19)
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To: Nakatu X
My impression is that males just don't take schoolwork seriously, they think a lot of classes are "BS" and don't matter later in life

Like I said, Women are apt to put up with more BS than men.

That may be to women's advantage, but It'll make for a society full of BS.......oops were already there....

39 posted on 09/16/2003 9:18:05 AM PDT by Outer Limits
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