Girl Power!

Dadguy
Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:43:37 +0000

HS girls are more likely to follow rules and jump through the hoops to get good grades. Boys are a little more rebellious and won’t necessarily put up with all of that. How often have you heard of an underachieving HS girl?

Now think of all the successful people you know or have heard about. Nearly every successful woman was a very good student, maybe even near the top of their class. But a considerable proportion of the men weren’t good in school. They got to where they were by being innovators.

Innovation takes a certain disregard for the rules. It leads to the discoveries and the progress that wins the Nobel prizes.

Don’t get me wrong. You have to be smart to get good grades. But you also have to conform.