Which Year 7 were you quoting with "English is Gay"? It is sad to see that what you have highlighted in your article is becoming the culture in our schools. What's more, many people accept this, and think that it is just the way it is, it can't be changed.
How come things such as football are deemed more important than academic subjects? Some boys submit to the peer group pressure, so as not to be seen as a nerd, or an outsider. To quote you: "That's the whole footy mindset [...] You either play football or you're weak or you're gay or you're a girl." (Round and Round, Chap. 4, pg 36)
I don't have anything against sport: it's good exercise, and it can be fun. The point I am making is that there is a cultural mindset that some things are for boys, some things are for girls, and that there is no middle ground. Can't some subjects help you in others? To know how to read or interpret a text, could it help you with Science? Could Maths teach you the best trajectory for throwing a rugby ball?
Our society needs to rid itself of such set ideas. At the end of the day, it is not entirely the fault of the boys but the people who influence them; people such as parents, family, friends, teachers, celebrities and sports stars and whatever else has an influence on a boy's mind, and girl's for that matter, too. Girls are to blame too, in a way. There is the preconceived idea that women will only go out with muscular, tall sports players, or the 'cool' kid who always rebels against the teachers and skips class. When it comes to it, many girls think that too.
Let's face it, if we got past all this it would already be a lot easier to educate the male populace of high schools and colleges. It would be easier to be educated, if you are in the standpoint of an adolescent male.
Everyone has a right to education, and we need to facilitate it. (Also, maybe this way we wouldn't have so many bogans...)
It is sad to see that what you have highlighted in your article is becoming the culture in our schools. What's more, many people accept this, and think that it is just the way it is, it can't be changed.
How come things such as football are deemed more important than academic subjects? Some boys submit to the peer group pressure, so as not to be seen as a nerd, or an outsider. To quote you:
"That's the whole footy mindset [...] You either play football or you're weak or you're gay or you're a girl."
(Round and Round, Chap. 4, pg 36)
I don't have anything against sport: it's good exercise, and it can be fun. The point I am making is that there is a cultural mindset that some things are for boys, some things are for girls, and that there is no middle ground. Can't some subjects help you in others? To know how to read or interpret a text, could it help you with Science? Could Maths teach you the best trajectory for throwing a rugby ball?
Our society needs to rid itself of such set ideas. At the end of the day, it is not entirely the fault of the boys but the people who influence them; people such as parents, family, friends, teachers, celebrities and sports stars and whatever else has an influence on a boy's mind, and girl's for that matter, too.
Girls are to blame too, in a way. There is the preconceived idea that women will only go out with muscular, tall sports players, or the 'cool' kid who always rebels against the teachers and skips class. When it comes to it, many girls think that too.
Let's face it, if we got past all this it would already be a lot easier to educate the male populace of high schools and colleges. It would be easier to be educated, if you are in the standpoint of an adolescent male.
Everyone has a right to education, and we need to facilitate it.
(Also, maybe this way we wouldn't have so many bogans...)
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