Where do boys fit in

Christina Hoff Sommers uses plenty of statistical data in her paper to approach the issue that boys are recently falling behind girls in the areas of academics. She looks at various studies performed that show that girls are outperforming most guys in most school courses and that girls are becoming increasingly more active and engaged in school. The writer is using information to bring attention to an issue that some people easily disregard because of common beliefs. Christina Hoff Sommers even mentions that some teachers that witness this continuing trend don’t take the proof that girls are surpassing boys in a serious manner, but as the trend persists more people are coming to the realization that girls are indeed rising above boys. The writer quotes the president of the Board of Education of Atlanta as saying that girls are doing better than boys in nearly all areas of school. Through her writing the author clearly develops this idea that the concern for girls being “shortchanged” needs to come to a stop as it is now the boys that are falling behind of the girls. The writer’s objection to this idea that women are still in need of “indemnifying consideration” represents her courage to speak out against an issue that many still consider to be true.

As much as facts and figures can help to answer a question, it becomes nearly impossible to apply some to such an area as religious beliefs. There is no data on how to gain faith or where to find and strengthen it. Personal experiences are the defining aspect in religious education or growth. Though I cannot use statistical data as Christina Hoff Sommers did, but I can use quotes from individuals to describe what they have seen and experienced in the same way that Christina Hoff Sommers used quotes to show how certain individuals agreed with her concern. Though after each section of data that Christina Hoff Sommers represents she goes into the condition these facts represent and that is a well structured method of representing her view on each part of the issue that would be good to follow.