Laura Westlake English Composition I (33725) Dr. Brinda Roy
“Where The Boys Aren’t”
The article by Melana Zyla Vickers “Where The Boys Aren’t “The Gender Gap On College Campuses in The Weekly Standard on January 2nd –9th 2006. Reading Vickers’s article, you think this article going is about gender equality. How men are always outshining women, a true feminist look at college campuses. This isn’t the case in Vickers article. She does the complete opposite. Vickers’s states more men than women are dropping out or not pursuing college at all that “At colleges across the country 58 women will enroll as freshmen for every 42 men. As the class of 2010 proceeds toward graduation the male numbers dwindle. The ratio after four years of college will …show more content…
Vickers is effective in her argument, not only for the weekly readers of the Weekly Standards but college students, educators, teachers to change their views. ”. With Vickers’s audience in her character appeal, saying in two decades nothing has changed she’s really calling out The Department of Education, the teachers themselves, as well as admissions directors on college campuses saying “It’s alarming in the early 1970s, when the college demographics were roughly reversed at 43 percent female, 57 percent male, federal education laws reformed with the enactment in 1972 of Title IX, a provision that requires numerical parity for women in various areas of federally funded schools.” Vickers’s wonders why in two decades why the numbers are not equal. Why are our teachers not giving the boys more encouragement to go into science, mathematics and engineering as important, as their female counterparts? With The Department of Education, they are unlikely to take their heads out of the sand unless forced to. Vickers’s say’s sarcastically, a brightly colored chart isn’t going to change anything, but the numbers alone show that boys outnumber girls on college …show more content…
Vickers’s passionate in saying our society is stumbling at our core when it comes to boys, maybe teachers themselves being more touchy-feely with young girls and pushing the boys away. “With Schools not paying enough attention to the education of men. There's too little focus on the cognitive areas where boys do well. Boys have more disciplinary problems, up to 10 percent are medicated for Attention Deficit Disorder, and they thrive less in a school environment. These include the ability to pay attention in class, to work with others, to organize and keep track of homework, and to seek help from others. Where boys and girls score comparably on cognitive skills, boys get worse grades in the touchy--feely stuff. When talking to The Department of Education, they don’t see this as a problem or even recognize an
“Where The Boys Aren’t”
The article by Melana Zyla Vickers “Where The Boys Aren’t “The Gender Gap On College Campuses in The Weekly Standard on January 2nd –9th 2006. Reading Vickers’s article, you think this article going is about gender equality. How men are always outshining women, a true feminist look at college campuses. This isn’t the case in Vickers article. She does the complete opposite. Vickers’s states more men than women are dropping out or not pursuing college at all that “At colleges across the country 58 women will enroll as freshmen for every 42 men. As the class of 2010 proceeds toward graduation the male numbers dwindle. The ratio after four years of college will …show more content…
Vickers is effective in her argument, not only for the weekly readers of the Weekly Standards but college students, educators, teachers to change their views. ”. With Vickers’s audience in her character appeal, saying in two decades nothing has changed she’s really calling out The Department of Education, the teachers themselves, as well as admissions directors on college campuses saying “It’s alarming in the early 1970s, when the college demographics were roughly reversed at 43 percent female, 57 percent male, federal education laws reformed with the enactment in 1972 of Title IX, a provision that requires numerical parity for women in various areas of federally funded schools.” Vickers’s wonders why in two decades why the numbers are not equal. Why are our teachers not giving the boys more encouragement to go into science, mathematics and engineering as important, as their female counterparts? With The Department of Education, they are unlikely to take their heads out of the sand unless forced to. Vickers’s say’s sarcastically, a brightly colored chart isn’t going to change anything, but the numbers alone show that boys outnumber girls on college …show more content…
Vickers’s passionate in saying our society is stumbling at our core when it comes to boys, maybe teachers themselves being more touchy-feely with young girls and pushing the boys away. “With Schools not paying enough attention to the education of men. There's too little focus on the cognitive areas where boys do well. Boys have more disciplinary problems, up to 10 percent are medicated for Attention Deficit Disorder, and they thrive less in a school environment. These include the ability to pay attention in class, to work with others, to organize and keep track of homework, and to seek help from others. Where boys and girls score comparably on cognitive skills, boys get worse grades in the touchy--feely stuff. When talking to The Department of Education, they don’t see this as a problem or even recognize an