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Boys falling behind in education (www.thepost.co.nz)
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This is something close to home for me, I have 3 boys, the education system doesn't seem to cater to a lot of boys.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Sounds about right. Most people I (used to) know are feminist at least as an adjective, and want equality and/or equitable outcomes for all.

That post you saw had an outlook that's pretty weird/radicalized imo. None of us have been alive for centuries (unless we're counting the undead).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the reply.

I am quite passionate about education, I also have 3 young boys so I'm biased toward quality education for boys, that we seem to be failing at.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I can understand that. There's a young boy in my family and I really don't want him to be disadvantaged by the system.

Not sure what it's like now, but when I was working I got the impression that the secondary system was setting up some people to fail. We really needed more equitable teaching across deciles.