The teachers unknowing pass the ideas that they learned as a child onto their students, who also do not realize that it is being done to them. <br> Peggy Orenstein very effectively tackles the question "are boys and girls treated differently in school?" (Italicized paragraphs 7). She concluded from her field studies in junior high schools that the teacher sometimes treats boys and girls differently in the classroom. She also admits that boys and girls do have many differences, which cause them to behave differently.
But William M. Bukowski, one of the researchers in the girls-school study and the director for the Center of Research in Human Development at Concordia University in Montreal, argues that boys aren’t imposing stereotypes on girls — girls are imposing stereotypes on each other. “It’s called the social-dosage hypothesis,” Bukowski says. “When girls are together without the presence of boys, they’re going to get an extra-strong dose of what it is to be female.” Hence, girls at the same-sex school feel more pressure to be “girly.” Why those same girls might value their social competence over their academic competence Bukowski couldn’t
Payne stated that students should learn the “hidden rules” of the middle class from their educators so that they have another set of rules to use if they choose to do so. Impoverished students, compared to students of middle or upper class, often have a lack of proper funding, thus, a lack of appropriate resources to use in their education. Due to this, they are often unprepared for school, not having the money to purchase books and other educational tools. Both authors realize this, but argue that the responsibility lies on different shoulders. Payne states that impoverished students face inequality at school, insinuating that the school should be responsible for helping to provide for these students so that they can have a better education.
Gender Bias in our School System Myra and David Sadker, experts in the field of education and sexism in schools published the opinionated article “Hidden Lessons” as an excerpt from their book “Failing at Fairness: How Our Schools Cheat Girls”. Their work brings to light an omnipresent gender bias problem in education. Is gender bias an issue that violates the laws of ethos, pathos, and logos or does this article embellish the issue found in modern day society? The Sadker’s use “Hidden Lessons” as a launch board to illustrate gender biasing in schools by stating examples of unfair teacher interaction where girls are given less opportunities than boys via unfair activities. The Sadker’s open their “Hidden Lessons” work by stating that “it is difficult to detect sexism unless you know precisely how to observe it” (Sadker, and Sadker 55).
It's easy to see why Rich believes that when she was a student, what she was taught "in no way prepared [female students] to survive as . . .wom[e]n in a world organized by men" (211). In my opinion, not a lot of women around this age would have been brave enough to write an article about taking women students serious for fear of oppression. Many women probably did not even know how to write because their were neglected from their studies or were probably always to busy doing what ever their husbands wanted them to do.
If the teachers didn’t care about their education, how would you expect students to stay in school when the teachers don’t care whether they attend or not. However, Sam was lucky to have Carla, the counselor at Seton Hall, who did more things than she should have to motivate the doctors to succeed in college. “She feared that if one of us dropped out of the program, she risked losing all three of us. She vowed not to allow that to happen, and she became our angel, guiding, protecting, and pushing us as we traveled
The point, of course, was that housewives were expected to do all these things, but no one ever expected a man to be capable of these tasks. The underlying question of the essay was “Why?” She is not serious in the story. She doesn’t want a wife literally. The main examples given in the story highlight the author’s sarcasm. Brady says that she wants a wife who will work and send her to school so that she would not have to work as hard while working to become more economically independent.
While they were given some rights as time progressed, equality among all men and women had not been achieved. Even with affirmative action it did not seem as if the individuals were receiving the chance to better their education or obtain a better job because they belonged to a minority group. This unequal treatment is they key argument for the affirmative action. The argument against affirmative action is reverse discrimination. A school that requires its attendants to pass a test is charged with discrimination when it does not meet the quota for its admittance.
He seldom comes to class and when he does he is not prepared. The other Hispanic kids seem to be struggling too.” “Thunder’s performance is inconsistent. He makes a D as easily as he makes an A. His projects are excellent when he feels motivated, but he does poorly on tests and he seems lazy and uncooperative.” The told and untold stories of many culturally diverse students have not been positive when it comes to education. The above comments come in
Hence, the extent of the problem as to why parents prevent their children, especially girls, from attending school are because of their opposition to change, strong ethnic identity, high economic costs and low economic returns, and poor mistreatment in schools. It is because of these reasons that these children are prevented from receiving education. Thus, indigenous boys in such communities are more likely to be educated compared to indigenous girls because of the better “market opportunities.” Girls, on the other hand, are going to be “married away” so there are no economic incentives of sending them to school. The article’s empirical analysis is demonstrated in four charts. In Chart 1, most girls who are not enrolled in schools are from excluded groups.