US Boys failing in the education system

[das_nut]

Come on, you want to make a joke about the Tea Party being mentally ill as well.

 

[Clueless Git]

It just reminds me of white Americans whining about reverse racism from blacks ...

The notion that racism is racism is racism is racism is a difficult one to grasp.

 

[ledboots]

Come on, you want to make a joke about the Tea Party being mentally ill as well.

No, I wanted to say that 18% of congress is female. But I figured it was too off-topic.

 

[Mischief]

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This thread is about about male school performance and graduation rates, and the economic impact it has on men.

If you wish to talk about female graduation rates/school performance and pay inequity, please start a new thread.

What are we comparing the males' school performance to if not to the females'?

The thread is called "Boys failing in the education system", not "high school educated men earnings vs college educated men's earnings." Maybe that could be a thread of its own, if we have to be so specific.

This.

The above fiat is ridiculous as far as logic is concerned, but it is an effective way of cutting off discussion.

 

[Envy]

Well, the thing that I would worry about is that caring about issues which affect men can be seen as a way to get back at feminists.

 

[Mischief]

Since no comparison is to be made between males and females, perhaps the OP should be deleted and replaced with a reference to something like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decreasing_graduation_completion_rates_in_the_United_States

The title of the thread should be also be corrected.

 

[Envy]

I found this one too.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ccap/2012/02/16/the-male-female-ratio-in-college/

 

[beancounter]

Since no comparison is to be made between males and females, perhaps the OP should be deleted and replaced with a reference to something like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decreasing_graduation_completion_rates_in_the_United_States

The title of the thread should be also be corrected.

You are free to create a new thread, with a new title, and set the foundation of the discussion.

 

[FortyTwo]

The notion that racism is racism is racism is racism is a difficult one to grasp.

If you are white and complain about "reverse racism" then you are either severely uneducated or the lowest of the low in terms of understanding basic history and morality.

Oh, sorry. We can't talk about ethnic minorities here, right? This is a boys thread. Unless the sentence contains the word "boys" then it is an entirely irrelevant subject matter.

 

[beancounter]

Oh, sorry. We can't talk about ethnic minorities here, right? This is a boys thread. Unless the sentence contains the word "boys" then it is an entirely irrelevant subject matter.

Passive-agressive attacks are not allowed.

 

[das_nut]

Well, the thing that I would worry about is that caring about issues which affect men can be seen as a way to get back at feminists.

Only if your definition of feminism excludes removing discrimination against any gender.

 

[Envy]

Only if your definition of feminism excludes removing discrimination against any gender.

Mine ain't.

But that was meant as in that the onlooker is mistaken, and that's a bad thing, because it's not a good thing to have your intentions vilified.

 

[Clueless Git]

If you are white and complain about "reverse racism" then you are either severely uneducated or the lowest of the low in terms of understanding basic history and morality.

Or you could be against racism.

As I said to Mischeif; "The notion that racism is racism is racism is racism is a difficult one to grasp."

 

[Clueless Git]

Well, the thing that I would worry about is that caring about issues which affect men can be seen as a way to get back at feminists.

Yes. This is in the same way that caring about issues that affect white people 'offends' a certain flavour of anti-racist.

I think the difference is that some want 'the boot' removed from the equation totaly. Others just want to see a different foot wearing it.

 

[das_nut]

Or you could be against racism.

As I said to Mischeif; "The notion that racism is racism is racism is racism is a difficult one to grasp."

Some people have never been in a position where they've had racial slurs used during a threatening situation.