[Jake.]

Originally Posted by the truth

firstly that's difficult to prove...secondly theres tens of millions of kids, your own experience cannot be applied to them all. clearly the boys are falling ever further behind and the education overall is also falling further behind.
clearly we need more male teachers, especially primary. 12% is a disgrace and if it was women at 12% the government and the media would be al over it. dangerous double standards.

And so is the point of boys 'failing' because a lower percentage of males are teaching in Primary education. Just like your own experience cannot be applied, male and female pupils are going to fail and thrive no matter what the sex of the teacher is. If the curriculum is taught and carried out properly, the sex of the teacher doesn't play a part. They say the same general words. They write the same general stuff on the board. They teach in the same general way. Because they have to.