The Treat Girls Differently, Don't They?.
The article, They Treat Girls Differently, Don't They? By Timothy Harper is about how some teachers still favor boys in the classroom. Even though girls are advancing further in education that they did previously, girls are treated differently in the classroom by their teachers, on the job, in the family and by society and how this prevents girls from gaining confidence and competence. .
The article, They Treat Girls Differently, Don't They? By Timothy Harper includes how boys get more attention than girls in the classroom. The teachers call them more often to make demonstrations in front of their classes; they get more constructive criticism and asked more challenging questions. Some researches show that girls are being shortchanged by American education. This article includes important points to keep in mind like the facts that gender bias does not start in school, it show that it is a reflection of society for the most. The article also includes how teachers are not aware of the ways they show their own bias against girls. The article includes facts that boys are more often found at the extremes of all types of performances, good or bad. On the other hand, girls get better grades, are less likely to drop out of high school and are more likely to go to college and get a better degree. Boys and girls learn differently. The article also includes information of researches that shows the negative impact of the classroom genders bias. Classroom gender bias hurts girls in very real ways. It lowers girls" self-esteems. A list of recommendations for parents and teachers is to be concerned about gender bias in the classroom and in life all together.
What the author Timothy Harper of the article "They treat the girls differently, Don't they?" believes that parents can help their daughters in the home as well as in the classrooms. The author of the article believes on a total celebration among parents, boys and girls teachers as well as all society should be involved in order to change gender bias in the classrooms and out of the classrooms.