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Essay / Schools are unfair to boys - 1271
Many people have different ideas about what factors actually determine how boys and girls are. Some believe that the gender of boys and girls is defined by social construction. The social construction of gender means that boys and girls are indifferent: boys will like dolls and girls will like trucks if we instill that in them. On the other hand, some people believe that boys and girls are naturally different from birth: they prefer different things, such as boys like the truck and girls like the dolls. However, the idea of social construction is false. According to Chistina Hoff Sommers, author of “From The War Against Boys,” “But researchers have confirmed what parents experience all the time: Even without conditioning (in fact, even with counterconditions), both boys and girls display different preferences and gravitate toward different toys” (par 8). In other words, girls and boys like different toys, even if they are not told or taught to like a specific toy. Boys and girls are different. Boys are naturally a few years slower than girls in matters of education; what's more, they are always active: they like to move. This is why boys often have difficulty in school because many schools believe that the behavior of boys and girls can be determined by social rules. Schools use the same educational standards and regulations to control boys and girls. The idea of social construction used by the school harms the school life of boys. When boys act naturally like boys, schools think they are too hyperactive, so boys are prescribed Ritalin to control their behavior. In "The New Gender Gap," Michelle Conlin, a writer for Business Week, points out that many boys "are diagnosed with attention deficit disorder or its companion, attention deficit disorder... middle of paper ... ...be patient with the boys and teach them gradually. In conclusion, boys and girls are biologically different. Boys take longer to develop their educational skills than girls and they are more hyperactive than girls. Schools ignore gender differences by forcing boys to study at the same level as girls and they have the same level of regulation to control boys and girls. As a result, boys suffer from school regulations because they are forced to take drugs, do not meet enough male teachers, and are forced to study writing and reading in the same class with girls who are way ahead of themselves when they're not ready. Being unfair to boys could make them feel bad at school. They might eventually stop going to school. Social construction ideas should be banned from schools. Additionally, schools should stop blaming boys and try to find another way to organize the school system..