My uncle's views on girls outperforming boys in school: A public high school teacher's perspective

[Flatulo]

8. I wonder if the old male stereotypes don't play into this in some way...

You know, boys are supposed to play sports and be more into goofing around.

My son and his friends (including a few girls) considered themselves nerds in middle school through high school. They eschewed sports, and instead preferred to engage in board games and discussion at our house every Friday evening. I'd drop in on them and they'd be chatting away about politics and current events. I was delighted to see them using their brains instead of bashing each other at football, or trying to sneak alchohol.

I disliked sports myself as a kid, and maybe my values rubbed off on him, or maybe there's a genetic component, but whenever I'd throw a ball at him he'd run the other way. We had our best times chatting about everything under the sun

All these kids turned out great. One of them came out as gay and the others were quite accepting. They've all gone to college and have scored B+ or better grades. They've not all gotten good jobs yet, but that's another story.