The troubles of modern men
Morales opens a discussion of “what it means to be a man” (108) and gives an essay “The
Problem with Boys” by Tom Chiarella, as a view from both a father and educator. Mr. Chiarella is an established sports and fiction writer as well as a professor at DePauw University (108). Tom Chiarella addresses the basic differences of boys and girls in contrast and how this differences for boys can carry into adulthood as men. His initial comparison is with his own boys and how they’re different yet the same “One likes shooting baskets; the other likes watching anime. One goes to summer camp the other doesn’t,” “They want their laundry done for them. They never clean their dishes or make their beds.”
(109). Tom discusses …show more content…
These are critical years up to the age of 5, where motor skills and senses such as sight, hearing, taste, and sensation are developed; the primary development of our brains is limited and it isn’t until we enter elementary school does that
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development go beyond basic needs and actually initiate stimulated learning growth (The Psychological
Development of the Child). At the elementary school age of 6-10 years, we are all on a basic level playing field, Tom
Chiarella briefly addresses this with his own recollection of school before Junior High School where he felt a certain ownership of place and belonging, Chiarella leads into a discussion with Joel Klein who he introduces as “the chancellor of New York City Schools” (112). Prior to Klein’s involvement with the city schools he was a properties attorney with the Clinton administration were his business meetings now differ from a world over populated with men, to PTA meeting where there is an involvement of two men at best. Klein talks about a problem of graduation percentages between male and female
Morales opens a discussion of “what it means to be a man” (108) and gives an essay “The
Problem with Boys” by Tom Chiarella, as a view from both a father and educator. Mr. Chiarella is an established sports and fiction writer as well as a professor at DePauw University (108). Tom Chiarella addresses the basic differences of boys and girls in contrast and how this differences for boys can carry into adulthood as men. His initial comparison is with his own boys and how they’re different yet the same “One likes shooting baskets; the other likes watching anime. One goes to summer camp the other doesn’t,” “They want their laundry done for them. They never clean their dishes or make their beds.”
(109). Tom discusses …show more content…
These are critical years up to the age of 5, where motor skills and senses such as sight, hearing, taste, and sensation are developed; the primary development of our brains is limited and it isn’t until we enter elementary school does that
Commented [D1]: This is my thesis statement. I believe it addresses the point made in the paper
Casian2
development go beyond basic needs and actually initiate stimulated learning growth (The Psychological
Development of the Child). At the elementary school age of 6-10 years, we are all on a basic level playing field, Tom
Chiarella briefly addresses this with his own recollection of school before Junior High School where he felt a certain ownership of place and belonging, Chiarella leads into a discussion with Joel Klein who he introduces as “the chancellor of New York City Schools” (112). Prior to Klein’s involvement with the city schools he was a properties attorney with the Clinton administration were his business meetings now differ from a world over populated with men, to PTA meeting where there is an involvement of two men at best. Klein talks about a problem of graduation percentages between male and female