Do Teachers Dislike Boys?

[maxpowr9]

It depends on the teacher honestly. In general though, alot of teachers (especially in primary schools) are female and people tend to have a bias towards the same sex.

Just an observation

 

[RobinGoodfellow]

In the UK, we have a lot of same-sex schools, especially at what we call secondary level i.e. ages 11-18. The arguments here are that girls perform better in single sex girl schools and that boys fair far bettter in co-ed schools than they do in all-boys schools.

In order to address this issue, there have been suggestions of 'streaming' boys into single-sex lessons within co-ed schools. Might this be the solution to poor behaviour and under-achieving boys?

Some have suggested sort of the opposite: Co-ed for both by 11-13, same sex until then. Other changes have been suggested more for the boys' side than the girls' (mostly longer recesses, more of a "TV quiz" atmosphere, and more couches and bean bags than traditional desks) as the girls are doing pretty good now.

The problem that has been observed is that the classrooms have become more girl-friendly and less friendly for boys; recesses have become more like breaks than periods in order to relieve some of the pent-up energy, and girls seem to do better when there is little risk of humiliation (such as when a teacher asks for kids to raise their hands to answer questions). Boys also do better when the classroom itself is less structured (ie no desks); they are already pretty structured due to their established social hierarchy, with the teacher as alpha (girls don't do so well with the same social structure).

Basically, they're trying new things in order to get boys doing as well as the girls, who usually do better than boys, even if it's just slightly....

RG

 

[LilBit]

I'm sorry that some people here have had experiences that equated feminism with anti-male sexism. I work with several openly feminist faculty members here, and they all appreciate the fact that there are both men and women who are interested in issues of gender and sexuality. A true feminist should be concerned with equity amongst the sexes, rather than promoting one sex above the others.

In my own syllabi, I have to admit that I demonstrate a slight preference for women writers and filmmakers, but that certainly doesn't translate into a preference for female students. I've had excellent students who were noth male and female, and I've had some absolutely atrocious students from both sexes. (AFAIK, I've never had a trans or intersex student.)

Though I'm certainly not gender-blind, I find myself judging students by their contributions to the classroom, rather than their sex, gender, race, religion, ethnicity, age, etc. To the best of my knowledge, this is true for the majority of my colleagues as well. I have heard tales of a woman at a neighboring institution, though, who absolutely despises women and puts male students on a pedestal. And she claims to be a feminist.

 

[godson112]

Obviously some teachers don't like boys, but obviously some do.
I used to get on really well with most of my teachers in secondary school. My Italian teacher loved me, I was one of his favourites. Me and my science teacher had a love hate relationship. We loved to annoy eachother. I had a bit of a crush on him.

In college currently, I am by far my drama teachers favourite student. I make him laugh constantly and we get on really well. We always joke around and stuff and he's quite cute and I feel quite attracted to him.
Although my Media Studies teacher is an ass and I despise him. I got my results yesterday and I failed the coursework section because of his lack of help and constant rushing the class. I hate him. Now I'm having to pay £40 to retake it.

My English teacher is the cutest man ever. He is really young, really sexy and really sweet. He knows I have a bit of a crush on him and he's really friendly with me. He's just gorgeous.

And that's my history with teachers. I'm a good student

 

[bankside]

I think the whole thing is a failure if you start with the stupid assumption that all boys are like all girls. The only thing stupider is to assume that all boys are like all other boys and all girls are like all other girls.

Schools need to teach the person, not the gender. I would never have done better in school if I had a segregated school where boys were supposed to be boisterous jackasses instead of being expected to sit and behave like everyone in the class.

 

[sunoftheskye]

Oh God, what a bunch of bull. Parents need to learn how to discipline their damn sons and stop chocking their behavior up to that "boys will be boys" idiocy.

And if you need "interactive tasks", that's your personality and learning style, not your gender.