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Burleson Star. ThursHay Auai|gt 11.13S4JA
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Times have changed but inequities still there
All things being equal,
there's not a whole lot of
difference in the potential
of boys and girls in their
pursuit of education. But
are all things really equal Y
By ELIZABETH SOMMER
Burleson Star Staff Writer
In their college textbook! an-
titled Mathematics: People, Prob-
lems, Results, Douglas M. Campbell
and John C. Higgins tell of a woman
in nineteenth century Europe who
Gender Equity
in the
Schools?
B. False
elementary analysis, and 100 percent
of the physics awards. Of the awards
convinced a university to alloft- bar to given at the end of the 93-94 school
audit a math class. Math and achucO year for the top five percent of each
at that time were viewed as too <Sfl-
cultfor women, and even datrimeoud
to a woman's ability to bear offspring.
Upon finding a woman in his class-
room, the professor made h cleat tfi*
she was not welcome. He begiElt
strenuous lecture series, causing the
four men to drop the course, one by
one. When he one day walked into
the classroom and realized that every
male had dropped the comae, the
only person enduring Iris rjgnr being
the woman, the professor said/Since
there are no students here, I will not
give a lecture," and walked out of tbs
room. '
Contributions by women 111 An
class, three-fourths went to females.
According to Principal Bob Small,
the girls have the natural ability to
excel.
Yet, 1994 valedictorian Jennifer
Craig said she had noticed some dis-
criminatii
Many girls in America arc dis-
couraged from studying higher
math or science, mechanics,
computers, or pursuing athletic
scholarships.
ion against females in die
school.
"I played sports; cross country,
basketball, and track," said Craig.
"The football guys got most of the
money, new uniforms mote fre-
quently, and at the field house girls
bad to work around the guys' sched-
ule for the weightroom. Some people
»iy Putt guys sports draw more of a
crowd, but sometimes we had more
dim them."
Nancy James, a student and ath-
hrteat Keene High School, confirmed
what Craig said.
"Guys sports get more attention,"
said James. "They are usually more
fun to watch, because we're not as
aggressive and can't be as mem.”
"I’ve always felt boys sports get
more attention than girls,” said
Stephanie Legion, who graduated
fourth in the JHS class of 1994.
Legion pointed out anothersubtle
discriminatory practice. "I needed an
elective. My counselor suggested 1
trim home ec. I didn't want to take
hotbuec. They steer boys towards ag.
However, Pat Findley, Crowley
High School alternative school ad-
ministrator, said there are more boys
than girls in the alternative school.
"Boys want to get out on their
own, and tend to quit school earlier
than girls," said Findley. A study
completed by the American Associa-
tion of University Women (AAUW)
found that while boys are more likely
to drop out of high school than girls,
they are also more likely to drop back
in.
According to Duane York, math
teacher and former computer teacher
at Keene High School, girls do not
normally surpass boys in computer
class because computers do not hold
interestforgirls. "Fellows have more
of a curiosity on computers. They
think it's a challenge; like hackers,
trying to get into a program." York
did not know why female students
seemed to be disinterested in com-
puters.
The AAUW claims to know the
answer to York's querry. The differ-
ences between boys and girls in the
classroom are not a local phenome-
non, but a national fact, the organiza-
tion maintains.
A study done by the AAUW at-
While teachers might not know
they are encourageing boys and
discouraging girls, the study
concluded that teachers give
boys more attention than girls.
tributes the difference in test scores
to gender descrimination in the class-
room. While teachers mightnotknow
they are encouraging boys and dis-
couraging girls, the study, titled
Shortchanging Girls, Shortchanging
America, concluded that teachers give
boys more attention than girls. Teach-
ers caB on boys more than girls, rep-
rimand boys more than girls, have
higher expections in math and sci-
ence classes of boys than of girls, and
ask boys more complex, abstract and
open-ended questions than girls. Boys
are given more chances for active
learning than girls, the AAUW study
found.
Jennifer Craig said her teachers
directed questions towards boys who
were not paying attention in class, to
get them to participate in the class-
The Burleson Star and its sister business—in this case newspaper pub-room activity,
newspapers, the Joshua Tribune, lishing—can help reduce our depen- "A little boy will tend to get up
Crowley Review, and Keene Re- dence on virgin materials," said John wd wave his hand, and want to an-
porter, are among Texas newspapen Hall, TNRCC chairman. "This in turn iwer quickly," said Gwen Kelly,
helps create markets for recycled prod- contact person for the AAUW
nets." Speaker's Bureau program. "A teacher
By establishing a scries of goals for vdl call on the child to get him to sit
the use of recycled-contcnt newsprint, town and be quiet This tells a girl,
the 1991 challenged newspaper publish- She doesn't care whether I'm paying
ers to ensure that at least 10 percent of ittention.' Boys demand more atten-
all newsprint purchased in the state con- km and more space than girls."
tain at least 25 percent post-consumer A" issue brief published by the
Texas Press Association (TRA), • materials by the end of 1993. VAUWtnAtic&EquitableTreatment
All newspapers in the Star Cam- The Act also stipulated that publish- f Girls and Boys in the Classroom
ily are TPA members and all are ers use at least 20 percent recycled-con- tated,"Wher both boys and girls are
printed on recycled newsprint. tent newsprint by the end of 1997 and nisbehaving, teachers are three times
Survey results show at leaat 22 iacrease that to 30 percent by the end of 4 tikely to discipline the boys; this
percent of all newsprint bought In the year 2000. onveys that boys are more impor-
Texas contained a minimum amount The expanding market for recycled- mt even though the context is
of recycled material. This means that content newsprint has also affected the legative....teachers believe that the
rate of recycling newspapers in Texas: deal pupil is orderly, conforming
the recovery rate for old newsprint in md dependent, traits that are also
the state has increased from 19 percent dentified with the feminine' gender
in 1993 to 35 percent—the equivalent ole. At first glance, this would seem
of330,000 metric tons of newsprint kept o work to the advantage of female
out of Texas landfills.
areas of math and science have bMB
minimal, and we are past the pofatof
contributing this to a lack of fault
brain power. There is a reason for the
fact that boys, on average, scare SO
points higher than girls oa the math
section of the SAT. There is a reasOB
that only 15 percent of engfaMring
degrees go to women in this country,
and those degrees earn for Ian An They think girls aren't interested in
degrees that go to main. mechanics and ag."
Women are now welcomed koto Burleson High School econom-
the classroom and many times pursue let teacher Brad Allard said it is the
careers in the maths and sciences, but students' families and society that
subtle inequities still persist. Many staer them toward gender stereotypic
girls in America are discouraged by courses and convince females that
peers, teachers, counselors and tiwir higher level courses are not for diem,
families from studying high* flush "Girls are not encouraged as
or science, mechanics, shop, com-
puters, or pursuing athletic scholar-
ships.
A look at Joshua High School's
list of award recipients proves Ari
JHS is ahead of many schools hi Ae
area of gender equity. Sixty-six per-
cent of the calculus awards last ye*
went to girts, as did 80perontorShe
much," said Allard. "A lot of girls,
particularly in the South, are not
pushed as hard. They are expected to
get married and have children. Some
gbb ftel like they don't have to take
education seriously. There is a big
difference in the 'regular' students,
hut not so much in the advanced stu-
Star, other Texas newspapers
have doubled recycling goal
closing the recycling loop by using
significant amounts of recycled
newsprint. That's according to results
of the 1993 Newsprint Survey con-
ducted by the Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission (TNRCC)
in cooperation with the Texas Daily
Newspaper Association and the
Texas newspaper publishers have
more than doubled the amount nec-
essary to meet the 10 percent goal set
by the State Legislature in the 1991
Omnibus Recycling Act.
"This is a great example of how
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students. In fact, it works against
them because teachers tend to give
less attention to those they think are
ideal pupils. Also, teachers' positive
reinforcement of this identification
discourages girls from more active,
assertive learning styles that tend to
get students farther in the long tun.”
The AAUW study also found
that math ability and self-esteem are
closely linked. As girls go through
junior high and high school their self-
esteem dips lower than boys'. Stu-
dents who do well in math have higher
self-esteem than those who do not do
well in math, and students who have
a high self-esteem usually excel in
math.
Many girls in math and science
classes do not feel they can do the
work. When girls ask their peers
questions in a math class, they are
answered by other girls. When boys
ask questions of their peers, they are
answered by both boys and girls.
Boys many times assert themselves
during group projects in science class,
working more with the equipment
and demanding more active learning
experiences.
Carol Gilligan observed many
of these differences in her book/n a
Different Voice. According to Gilli-
gan, boys are usually more assertive
than girls. Females place greater
importance on relationships than
boys. This becomes evident in the
classroom when girls must choose
between asserting their opinion in a
discussion, possibly breaking rela-
tionships with a member of the class
in disagreement, or remaining silent
and not jeopardizing any friendship.
Boys do nor normally see class rela-
tionships as involving such a choice.
If aboy disagrees with his male friend
in a discussion, their relationship
probably will not be broken.
Leann Findley, a student at
Burleson High School, said that she
is outspoken in class, but her peers
often discourage her from doing so.
"Sometimes people don't agree,
or they themselves are too embaras-
sed to say what they think, and envy
the person who is able to do so," said
Findley.
Nancy James said she sometimes
is offended when teachers joke with
her, whereas the boys seem to take
such joking in stride. Unwelcomed
joking, even when it is not intended
to be offensive, makes for an uncom-
fortable classroom experience.
Teachers like Kimberly Linow
at Keene High School, and Carol Fin-
dley at Burleson High School, report
that they have seen differences in the
learning styles of students on an indi-
vidual basis. Deanna Stack, a teacher
at Joshua Middle School, has recog-
Burleson High School Teacher
Pam Lea is planning an in ser-
vice program to bring subtle
gender discriminations to the
attention of BHS teachers.
nized differences in the ways boys
and girls learn. Teachers often take
into account such differences as they
plan their lesson, by teaching a con-
cept several different ways, from
verbally to hands-on learning. Yet,
psychological and social differences
between girls and boys, and the leant-
ing implications of such differences, |
are all too often ignored.
Fortunately, this too is chang- ,
ing. Teacher Pam Lea at Burleson (
High School is planning an inservice |
program for BHS teachers to bring i
these subtle gender discriminations l
and female discouragement in the >
classroom to the attention of the BHS 1
staff.
While Lea is in agreement with j
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