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To: Lane3 who wrote (6174)	12/5/2005 3:39:32 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) of 542233

I have found everything in that article to be true- where the author is speaking about boys learning styles, and what happens to boys in "traditional" classrooms. I've taught k-12- and been in every grade except the middle school grades (6,7,8), and 11th. I have seen boys take over a class, when their skills are played to (in which case a teacher then has to allow some room for the girls), and I have seen boys absolutely squashed (especially in elementary, where it is quite clear boys absolutely MUST have more physical breaks than they are given- and this won't be a bad thing for girls either.) We really need to do more hands on learning, but with the new emphasis on teaching to tests, my kids (my own personal kids) are learning more and more (at school) from test prep materials. I would never teach my own kids that way. It's stupid, and it's boring, and it's a sure fire way to turn a lot of kids off of school permanently.

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