Critical Evaluation of “The Gender Gap at School” In David Brook’s “The Gender Gap at School” he starts out by talking about the gender-segregated sections in the airport. In this idea he mentions that one of the gender-segregated section is the bookstore. He talks about the difference between the men and women’s section saying men’s books are about being triumphant against evil, while women focus on books about feelings. The essay then goes into as study about the favorite novels of the genders. When analyzing the study, he finds that “the men preferred novels written by men, often revolving around loneliness and alienation” (Brooks 390). While “The women leaned toward books written by women. The women’s books described relationships and
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Brooks conveys to his audience that girls and boys need to learn differently in order to learn the same material, because boys being in the same school as girls and being taught the same way is detrimental to them. His thought that if young men continue to stop reading, they will drop out of school and college. The ideas brought through in this story to some might seem drastic, due to the fact that Brook’s is not basing his statements on any facts and making it more about an opinion. It is effortless to argue with an opinion, but if Brooks had put hardcore facts in his essay he might be getting a different response. Saying that men and women need to be taught differently to many most definitely will be taken the wrong way, and to women especially, a sense of offense can be …show more content…
When talking about how men and women’s brains are different, Brooks breaks that statement down into ways that they are different. When talking about how boys differ from girls when it comes to reading and learning, he breaks it down into subtopics such as why this is so, how this is shown in the population, and how it can be resolved when mentions single-sex schools. By breaking down all of his main topics like this, Brooks is able to keep his work more organized and easier to read for the
Brooks conveys to his audience that girls and boys need to learn differently in order to learn the same material, because boys being in the same school as girls and being taught the same way is detrimental to them. His thought that if young men continue to stop reading, they will drop out of school and college. The ideas brought through in this story to some might seem drastic, due to the fact that Brook’s is not basing his statements on any facts and making it more about an opinion. It is effortless to argue with an opinion, but if Brooks had put hardcore facts in his essay he might be getting a different response. Saying that men and women need to be taught differently to many most definitely will be taken the wrong way, and to women especially, a sense of offense can be …show more content…
When talking about how men and women’s brains are different, Brooks breaks that statement down into ways that they are different. When talking about how boys differ from girls when it comes to reading and learning, he breaks it down into subtopics such as why this is so, how this is shown in the population, and how it can be resolved when mentions single-sex schools. By breaking down all of his main topics like this, Brooks is able to keep his work more organized and easier to read for the