Reflections on Middle School Science Fair

Gourmetmom
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:39:40 +0000

Even if the parents didn’t actually work on the project, some girls are far more likely to engage their parents to help and offer assistance, where boys will often never even mention a project to parents. I realize that I’m hugely generalizing, but I’ve seen this time and time again. At my son’s eighth grade graduation, almost every award went to a girl - the only boy to receive awards was the son of a teacher - his mom knew how to make everything look just so. Education in the lower grades has become incredibly “feminized,” to the point of alienating boys so that many don’t like school.