> What made them like a student over another? Behavior? Ability? Between my experience and the data I would say it comes down to class and gender, but maybe in

> What made them like a student over another? Behavior? Ability? Between my experience and the data I would say it comes down to class and gender, but maybe in the reverse order. In my primary school education, both public and private, there was a pervasive and often oppressive favoritism towards the girls in just about all situations. We've been starting to see the results of this in the data for the last couple of decades where men have worse education outcomes by a sizable percentage.