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

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11. I think there's another dynamic going on as well

Education wasn't always needed to support a family; in the traditional male-as-breadwinner sense, a young man no longer can to follow his father to be a dockworker, or a sanitation worker ( we used to call them garbage men-- my dad was one for a while) a truck driver or any number of jobs that required some skill but little or no education.

The push for education, the direct competition from people of color and women, have made jobs less available, but it seems as though we aren't teaching our boys that they have to excel. The free lunch of the entitled middle class white male is over (there never was one for the working class-- and now, there are barely jobs; at least not the sort that pays enough to help raise a family)

So boys are getting mixed messages. My oldest grandson wants to be a blues guitarist. I'm sure he will be, as I'm sure he won't make a living at it. My wise daughter has taught him to pursue education as a back up plan.

She's got 3 boys and every one will know the value of working for what you get, and not expecting because of race or gender or anything else