self recognition school trends

Reading the piece by Christina Hoff Sommers I realized to an extent how true the data she used as a source seemed. Through high school in my advanced math and science courses the girls often seemed to generally perform better than most of the guys. While the guys general were less attentive in class the girls came prepared and ready to engage with the instructor. In my senior year I took AP courses and looking back this realization becomes even clearer. There were more female students in both my AP calculus and chemistry class than male and in both cases then included mostly junior level students opposed to seniors. Some of these girls were two years ahead with their math courses. Though there were some guys in the same league as these girls they were a small portion of the ratio. Also thinking back to all the school organizations and clubs they were all nearly headed by girls if not completely. It’s interesting to think that now in the government men hold most positions but if the trend with girls’ increased action in academics and extracurricular activities continues it is easy to speculate that females may soon hold a major portion or even a majority of government positions. Though in the upper level courses the two genders are equally competitive with grades if it were up to numbers the girls would nearly always win. It’s interesting to think of why this trend is occurring. What has driven so many female students to start to perform at such high levels and way are so few male students matching the girls’ achievements. As the future comes it will be exciting to see if male students catch back up with the female students or if the girls move on even further ahead of their male peers.