Re: Where Have All The Boys Gone (Again)

["Shapiro, Mark" <mshapiro@EXCHANGE.FULLERTON.EDU>]

This article from the Atlantic Monthly is available online.  Here is the URL

        http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/05/sommers.htm

Mark Shapiro
http://www.IrascibleProfessor.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Vic Decarlo [mailto:vdecarlo@DEPAUW.EDU]
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 1:29 PM
To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
Subject: Re: Where Have All The Boys Gone (Again)


    For those who don't have time to read the book (like me),
check out the May 2000 issue of The Atlantic Monthly and the
article by Sommers titled "The War Against Boys", which I assume
is a summary of most of the main points addressed in her book.

Vic DeCarlo


Jim Green wrote:

> Before we run out and buy this book and dedicate the time to study it,
> could we have an outline of the findings and conclusions?
>
> Jim Green
>
> At 16:54 09 08 2000 , you wrote:
> > Hi, Folks:
> >
> >     I have been off-list for the past three weeks, so I apologize if
> > this topic has been discussed in my absence.  However, I think
> > that this is important enough to take the risk,
> >
> >     I would urge all teachers and professors of physics to read the book
> > "The War Against Boys" by Christina Hoff Sommers before beginning the
> > Fall term.  This is a well-documented work that describes why we have the
> > current 60/40 ratio of females to males in higher education.  Sommers
> > takes to task those who make claims based on faulty or missing research
and
> > who have shaped our current educational environment to the detriment of
our
> > young boys.  This work should be of particular interest to teachers of
> > science
> > who teach their students to accept the results of "studies" with caution.
> >
> >     This book might change your philosophy of teaching.
> >
> >     Wes Davis
>
> Jim Green
> mailto:JMGreen@sisna.com
> http://users.sisna.com/jmgreen