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Date Posted: 20:42:03 07/27/06 Thu
Author: CW
Subject: ahh...not true
In reply to: BDM 's message, "Re: Women and science on TV" on 17:19:42 07/27/06 Thu

Good grades are not necessarily an accurate indicator of a person's success in the work place. My son is a Civil engineer and one of our last conversations was about the smart architect (a woman) who had no common sense and was clueless when it came to meeting deadlines. Just because someone is smart, regardless of gender, doesn't mean that they have common sense or good social skills.

There is a lot of concern with the overall change in boys math and science grades and there have been a few studies on that very thing. Something I read recently was that the class expectations of sitting still and behaving yourself--no wiggling, etc. is just not how boys learn. I have 3 sons and they were all active. Sitting still for any length of time just didn't happen easily. As a teacher I know that the boys in my classroom were more engaged in learning when classroom activities allowed them to move, do hands-on activities, discuss solutions or problems with a small group, etc. Girls generally did well sitting still and following the class rules. This may very well explain part of the difference in grades.

Something else that our kids don't do anymore is just play outside. We were never bored because we made forts, played sandlot baseball, rode our bikes, made up our own games, climbed trees, etc. If we said we were bored or had nothing to do, our parents put us to work. You and your friends learned rather quickly how to entertain yourself.

Practical, hands-on activities are great for applying math and science principles. There is a lot of math needed to build something or keep sports stats. Problem solving (which is math and science) is learned in a number of ways and practical ones like these are a good place to start. When well-intentioned parents schedule their children's lives for them with all sorts of activities, they are taking away valuable free play time. I find that sad.

As for neanderthals--I thought they were extinct. ;-) Actually it is helpful to have someone around who can do the heavy lifting or open up jar lids.

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