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I haven't listened to this yet, but am wondering if the gender gap in teaching could be an issue? I work in tech where the gender disparity between men and wom

I haven't listened to this yet, but am wondering if the gender gap in teaching could be an issue? I work in tech where the gender disparity between men and women is discussed very often -- but I don't see these conversations taking place amongst teachers, most especially for earlier primary education which is more female than male. Maybe there is a bias here or maybe women teachers have teaching styles that resonate with female students more. It definitely needs more attention.

absolutelyrad 6y ago
Yeah, I had women math teachers that sucked. Made it boring. Then I got a math teacher who was a guy with deep voice. Dude talked too much political stuff but he taught too good, it was like he had my attention. I didn't even study for the exam except for the last 10 minutes and aced it, his lectures were enough, I got everything in a single class, no revision. We used to have internationally accredited exams and everyone taught by him used to do well for some reason. Before him I didn't care about math at all. I only learn when it's a guy teaching me for some reason. I can't focus on a woman if she's teaching, I get bored and started thinking about what to app to make. But not every guy teacher was the one I could focus on. He was the guy with the deepest voice, for some reason it didn't let my attention drift away. Before that, I sucked in Chemistry, until some guy taught me. I don't know how that worked but did. Then some guy taught me physics but his voice wasn't manly, and I started sucking at physics after that. So I'd say as a guy, I was almost always better taught by men. Women (young or middle aged) bored me away from the subject. And that used to reflect in the batch performance for almost every guy. Girls weren't impacted by it at all. They got good grades either ways man or woman. I realize now how horrible it all sounds, but trust me I tried.
- koop123 6y ago
  Either you are gay or you hate women.
rgblambda 6y ago
Also there's a recognised gender bias in how teachers grade assignments. Boys messier handwriting results in lower scores than girls tidier handwriting, even controlling for content and legibility. source: https://www.tes.com/news/could-handwriting-bias-write-exam-chances https://www.tes.com/news/could-handwriting-bias-write-exam-c... Women in general tend to be more compliant, which becomes an issue later in life when standing up for oneself in the workplace (e.g. getting promotions and pay raises), but it's an advantage in the classroom. Men need to be shown the value of something before they will learn it. This can be a problem as a lot of school lessons have no immediate practical value.
- AuryGlenz 6y ago
  There was a high school English teacher in our school that was known for sexism. I was in the “honors” version of her class along with a few other guys that apparently weren’t warned. We were all A students normally, but we all regularly got Cs in her class and it tanked my GPA. My favorite example is that we had to make a diorama based on the Iliad, and I did Polyphemus’ cave. I was marked down because it wasn’t colorful enough. There were girls in the class that clearly weren’t “honors” material that got As. Another teacher’s daughter actually went and complained to the principal on behalf of the boys to no effect. She finally retired this past year. I do senior photography and she’s been brought up by a lot of former students and they all talked about her sexism.
  - some_random 6y ago
    I never ran into anything quite that extreme, but I remember having a number of teachers that openly disliked boys. Mostly unrelated, but it's hard to convince boys in high school that women are discriminated against when their lived experience is authority figures telling them that girls are better than boys
apta 6y ago
> but I don't see these conversations taking place amongst teachers, most especially for earlier primary education which is more female than male. That's because it doesn't fit the SJW narrative.
apta_ 6y ago
> but I don't see these conversations taking place amongst teachers Because it doesn't fit the SJW narrative.
- koop123 6y ago
  Mayve there is something inherently wrong with the male brain?

absolutelyrad 6y ago

Yeah, I had women math teachers that sucked. Made it boring. Then I got a math teacher who was a guy with deep voice. Dude talked too much political stuff but he taught too good, it was like he had my attention. I didn't even study for the exam except for the last 10 minutes and aced it, his lectures were enough, I got everything in a single class, no revision. We used to have internationally accredited exams and everyone taught by him used to do well for some reason. Before him I didn't care about math at all. I only learn when it's a guy teaching me for some reason. I can't focus on a woman if she's teaching, I get bored and started thinking about what to app to make. But not every guy teacher was the one I could focus on. He was the guy with the deepest voice, for some reason it didn't let my attention drift away. Before that, I sucked in Chemistry, until some guy taught me. I don't know how that worked but did. Then some guy taught me physics but his voice wasn't manly, and I started sucking at physics after that. So I'd say as a guy, I was almost always better taught by men. Women (young or middle aged) bored me away from the subject. And that used to reflect in the batch performance for almost every guy. Girls weren't impacted by it at all. They got good grades either ways man or woman. I realize now how horrible it all sounds, but trust me I tried.

koop123 6y ago
Either you are gay or you hate women.

rgblambda 6y ago

Also there's a recognised gender bias in how teachers grade assignments. Boys messier handwriting results in lower scores than girls tidier handwriting, even controlling for content and legibility. source: https://www.tes.com/news/could-handwriting-bias-write-exam-chances https://www.tes.com/news/could-handwriting-bias-write-exam-c... Women in general tend to be more compliant, which becomes an issue later in life when standing up for oneself in the workplace (e.g. getting promotions and pay raises), but it's an advantage in the classroom. Men need to be shown the value of something before they will learn it. This can be a problem as a lot of school lessons have no immediate practical value.

AuryGlenz 6y ago
There was a high school English teacher in our school that was known for sexism. I was in the “honors” version of her class along with a few other guys that apparently weren’t warned. We were all A students normally, but we all regularly got Cs in her class and it tanked my GPA. My favorite example is that we had to make a diorama based on the Iliad, and I did Polyphemus’ cave. I was marked down because it wasn’t colorful enough. There were girls in the class that clearly weren’t “honors” material that got As. Another teacher’s daughter actually went and complained to the principal on behalf of the boys to no effect. She finally retired this past year. I do senior photography and she’s been brought up by a lot of former students and they all talked about her sexism.
- some_random 6y ago
  I never ran into anything quite that extreme, but I remember having a number of teachers that openly disliked boys. Mostly unrelated, but it's hard to convince boys in high school that women are discriminated against when their lived experience is authority figures telling them that girls are better than boys

apta 6y ago

> but I don't see these conversations taking place amongst teachers, most especially for earlier primary education which is more female than male. That's because it doesn't fit the SJW narrative.

apta_ 6y ago

> but I don't see these conversations taking place amongst teachers Because it doesn't fit the SJW narrative.

koop123 6y ago
Mayve there is something inherently wrong with the male brain?