Fifteen years ago, at the height of the focus on the alleged gender bias against girls in our educational system, I wrote an article for a professional newsletter that argued it was actually the other way around. Boys were at least equally disadvantaged in the classroom, if not more so. The key difference was outside the classroom where girls grew up in a society that didn’t value their achievements and opportunities in the marketplace and on the athletic field. I took some flack for my point of view back then. Now, in 2008, it’s still a critical and misunderstood issue.

It is essential to put this issue of how boys perform in school into a historical perspective. Since the first public school opened in Boston in 1635 until the middle of the 20th century, the abundance of boys who did not fit the necessary mix of academic intelligence (learning best in a language-based environment) and who lacked a “successful-student-personality” (calm, organized, eager to please) were not a problem. Those boys generally left school by the eighth grade to go to work on their father’s farm, learn his trade/ business, or, as unions became dominant, took on apprentice roles and went on to good jobs. After WWII, everything began to change. Fathers began commuting to work, farms disappeared, unions gradually diminished, and all boys were now expected to be successful students.

Since this didn’t work for many boys, terms like “minimally brain damaged” and “hyperkinetic” became the labels to explain their failures (currently replaced by a multitude of labels such as Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Sensory Integration Disorder, Non-Verbal Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, and Spectrum Disorders). For decades, many of these boys still managed to get through the system and find reasonable jobs waiting for them. But now they face the information revolution, where jobs are increasingly language-based. This has caused schools and parents to put even more pressure on all boys to succeed in school. Thus, the marked increase in concern about the many boys who still don’t fit our school system, which has never adapted its model to accommodate the varied learning styles not only associated with gender but across all children.

Many of you may be familiar with some of the many statistics that back up these concerns. It begins early. In elementary school boys are twice as likely to be identified with learning disabilities, emotional and behavioral problems, and to end up in special education. Young boys are 60% more likely to repeat a grade. By middle school, it’s not just the appearance of test score gaps that concern us. It’s data that shows boys skip school more often, get injured in fights much more often (though I do realize that girls hurt other girls in non-physical ways that can be even more devastating) and suicide rates, though small, are three times as likely in boys.

Then we get to high school. Boys are a third more likely to drop out and to be doing heavy drugs. Test scores and participation in advanced classes now significantly favor girls. These gaps are even more pronounced in our urban schools but be clear, they are not limited to poor, inner city children. Teenage boys dominate special classes and have significantly higher suicide rates. (The girls show their distress through high rates of eating disorders and rising rates of smoking.)

The pattern continues beyond high school. 58% of undergraduate students are now female and the higher ratio of women continues right on into graduate school. It won’t take more than another generation before boys and men can’t find a male to be their primary care physician.

Of course some will argue this matters little since women allegedly still have their glass ceiling and there is still a lack of equal pay for equal jobs. But within a decade or two, the shortage of reasonably educated men will change this. Some women note that females have suffered for centuries. They suggest males in our society will need to face up to this “new” problem and do something about it just the way women did in the latter part of the 20th century.

Well, part of the problem was, and still is, that both genders face issues and to remain a healthy productive society, a better understanding of boys and girls and the similarities and differences in how they develop needs to be better understood and addressed. From where I have been watching for the past forty years or so, our educational system is harmful to most children regardless of gender. So it is not my intention to slight the needs of girls in our schools or women in the work world by pausing to focus on some very significant issues facing males in our schools as well as society in general.

It has been well documented that boys develop more slowly in certain aspects of their neurology. In general, (there are always exceptions to stereotypes) young girls are more verbal, more able to sit still, and learn to read more quickly. This substantially increases their likelihood of immediate success in a school system that places early emphasis on all these skills. Given the heightened anxiety of today’s parents about their children’s early academic success determining life success, preschools have become increasingly skills oriented, starting the frustration for boys at even earlier ages. Meanwhile, as teachers are increasingly forced to teach to statewide tests, they lose the flexibility to teach in more creative ways that would benefit both genders. But it especially increases the challenges boys have to face.

While more research is needed and new teaching strategies need to evolve, I think there are a couple of additional factors that play a key role in making the life of boys particularly disadvantaged at this time in our society. Boys lack male role models for academic learning and developing a strong, positive sense of their masculinity. In addition, young boys have dramatically lost their opportunity to be physically active and to use social play as a way to explore and understand the world they live in.

Mothers, and other women, are the primary caretakers of young children. Boys are then handed off to female teachers for the next several years. Rarely do boys have the opportunity to observe and model their academic behavior after a same sex adult. But it also works the other way. Female teachers have less tolerance for a bit of chaos and roughhousing. I recall from my early days as a psychologist when I was in charge of a number of inner city preschools. When I would visit the classes, it would turn in to king of the hill battles and kids climbing all over me. My female teachers understood the importance of this and didn’t mind it one bit.

But, over the years, when I have consulted with preschools and elementary schools, teachers are more concerned with the possibility of someone getting hurt (some of which reflects our increasing litigious society) and the sense of things getting out of control than recognizing the importance of this high energy activity for boys (and many girls as well). I have watched too many female teachers reprimanding boys for behavior that should be considered normal, slightly aggressive, overactive male behavior. It should be built in to the program, not frowned upon. Meanwhile, recess and phys ed classes are being decreased so teachers have more time to raise those classroom test scores, making it even worse for boys. It doesn’t do anything for the epidemic of obesity either!

Boys (and many girls) need to be allowed to run free, ride their bikes around town, play for hours outside, wander into the woods and climb trees, bring home turtles, frogs, and bugs. Frightened parents, even in more advantaged communities, allow fear of the unlikely (stranger abduction, pedophiles) to keep boys inside. Girls, too. Now parents are paying the price of children who explore the world via the internet and are realizing this may be more risky than letting them actually leave the house!

Meanwhile, we need more male teachers. We need more men coming in to visit the elementary classrooms. We also need more Big Brothers. The problem is not just the lack of men in the school life of our boys. Between high rates of divorce and of young, poor fathers abandoning their children, it is estimated that an astonishing 40% of our boys are growing up without a father in their lives. Being a minority male in our inner cities means you are more likely to end up in jail or dead by 21 than graduating high school, no less going to college.

We need to offer boys and girls an education that addresses the total child, not just the academic skill part. We need to design middle schools and high schools that offer many pathways to earning a reasonable living and have more men involved right from the beginning. We need longer school days if a significant part of that time can be spent playing and exercising. We need to identify each child’s strengths, regardless of gender, and allow that child to use those strengths to be productive in school in a variety of acceptable ways, not just a few narrow ways that relegate most children to feeling inadequate.

Parents have an important role in addressing this problem. One thing is to err on the side of safety and regardless of how mature your son seems to be, don’t make him one of the youngest in his class. Second, too often parents will present to me a picture of a son whom they describe as lovable and caring, sensitive, having good friends and being terrific with young children. But they are distressed because he is very inconsistent in his school performance, only seems to work at what interests him, and resists doing homework because he would rather play. This is a great young boy with the kind of values and spirit that we hope he’ll continue to demonstrate when he’s a man. He might make a great teacher some day! We need parents to focus more on their child’s successes and less on their perceived shortcomings, especially with their sons. Parents must be more conscious of their own gender bias.

In addition, the very behaviors and attitudes which cause many boys to under perform in school serve them well in the real world. High energy, totally absorbed by only what strongly interests them, challenging the rules, and having strong leadership skills often are the foundation for successful entrepreneurs and great innovators in many spheres of life. Parents and educators need to be able to identify that potential and not destroy the drive and self-confidence of these “academically underachieving” boys before they get a chance to prove themselves in the real world.

And just for emphasis, I want to state again, we need boys to have meaningful relationships with men from birth on.

Dr. Heller is a clinical psychologist, now retired, who specialized in providing services to children, families, and couples since 1968. He has written over 170 columns about parenting and marriage which are available on his website, http://www.drheller.com.

Did you know that many college admissions boards Google prospective students these days? It’s true and what they find there may work for you or against you. Too many potential students these days are posting photos and stories of themselves in compromising situations bragging about illicit activities and bad behavior. This doesn’t sit well with college boards or future potential employers, for that matter. If you have posted any free photo stories online that cast you in a bad light it would be wise to remove them and give yourself a more positive image.

Creating free online photo stories that illustrate what is unique and good about you is a much better idea. You could post photos of yourself winning an award or playing in your favorite sport. You might also consider posting photo stories that feature you doing a service project for a local charity. Anything that makes you look like a responsible person that is looking to achieve great things in life will make you more desirable to potential college admissions officials. This makes a great compliment to your college application and the photo stories you post should reflect and support the information you give there. If you volunteered at the local animal shelter to gain experience for a future career in veterinary medicine, post a photo story of you working closely with the animals, for instance.

And you don’t have to wait and see whether the college admission reps are going to Google you or not, just include a link to the photo sharing site right in your college application letter. This will show great initiative on your part and let the college know that you are creative and comfortable with a computer as well as sending whatever message and image you have created with your free online photo sharing stories. Image is everything and while it won’t compensate for lousy grades or low SAT scores, it may just give you the edge you need to outshine the competition and make it into your college of choice.

You may not get a chance to meet with the college admissions board in person until after they have made their decision so the only chance you have to make a good impression is with your application and online photo story. Adding compelling pictures and stories to your site will help the board feel as though they know you and like you. You become a real person to them instead of just another paper application they have to choose from. It is much harder to say “no” to a real person than to a piece of paper.

You only have one chance to make a first impression and your free online photo sharing stories can make whatever impression you want to make. Let yours tell people that you are intelligent, honorable, active and a real go-getter. You never know what opportunities may lie ahead until you give it a chance. In today’s world it takes every possible advantage to succeed and your online photo stories are just one more way to create an advantage.

MJ Johnston writes for a variety of websites, including Hoorray, a photo sharing site that offers the quickest and easiest way to build a free online photo album, as well as free online photo storage.

To total it up in a elementary sentence, the study of the human anatomy is the scientific study of the human body. At present this is where the word casual stops. Once you start your studies, there is no uncertainty that once you study the first few lines of the foundation you are going to ask ,what did I put myself into . Don’t scared.

The knowledge you are starting to have from the study of the human anatomy, with join and associate into a coordinated style just as the human body does.

You will shortly learn that you study a set of facts it will take you onto a new set of facts. If you study in blocks of facts, before you recognise it you are starting to have a very particular base in the study of medication. It Is very much like operating on a jig saw puzzle. You do all the frames then start taking in the pieces. it’s the corresponding with your studies.

The fundamental principles are your margins, then all the systems and functions are the pieces. Thinking about it this way maybe takes away some of the panic and doubts you are now experiencing. You will get frustrated along the way. You have probably often been told take one day at a time, now I am suggesting that you take one body section at time. Before you know it you will standing in front of a group of people proudly accepting your diploma.

Its fascinating to notice that when a scholar is reading the human anatomy and someone asks what are they studying. That individual will say, oh I am going to be a Doctor or nurse,etc . They will distinguish the profession as matched to the study. Very rarely will you see them say I am analysing the human anatomy.

Starting on with your studies will most likely begin with your foundation. Right from the start you are going to study a entire different language, being medical terminology. There is no escaping from it. If you are going to be entering the medical world then you need to know how to talk in the medical world. If you do not, you will get all lost, and will more than probably fail your course. Once again this is not so challenging if you set up numerous learning patterns. Let me give you an instance.

You will read the scientific study of the morphology of the human body.

Great the starting sentence and the first medical word morphology. So now what do you do. No question you will have numerous medical resources that has a terminology division. Set Out there, look up the word morphology. Does it say in reasonably casual terms that it is the study of external visual aspect. Like the shape ,structure, color, pattern of an organism.

Ok now rewrite the introductory sentence in easier terms, like this, The scientific study of the (morphology) which is the external appearance of an organism, such as the shape ,structure, color, and pattern. Congratulations you just clear your 1st medical term. Instantly how do you remember? Write this sentence on a study paper, both ways, just as we did here. Highlighting the medical word with a yellow marker. At Present when it gets time to study you have your block. Remember as we previously wrote, learn in cubes? This is a perfect illustration.

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Everyone loves to have the most for their cash. Its bad enough to save cash present with the high cost of living, thus we are becoming more conscious of what we are getting for our dollar. This is no different when it comes to our grocery shopping. We spend time looking for high quality foods at bargain prices. So if we are going to this much work then why not get the most out of what it has to offer. I mean we eat for two reasons, one because we have to in order to live, and the other because we like food.

Lets work on the corresponding travel as our solid food does, which is through the digestive system, and visualize where we re missing the better it has to provide us ,and what we can do to have the most for our cash.

In order for our body to utilise what we feed on it must be broken down into minor particles so the cells can use it to offer energy. This is the job of the digestive system. This starts the instant you put food in your mouth.

Do your part - by chewing your solid food thoroughly, you take those few excess seconds to grant the saliva do its business.

Next stop is the stomach after the solid food moves down through the throat. Three things are starting to happen here. 1st the solid food will be stashed away here while it goes through several procedures. Second the stomach will churn the food, liquids and digestive juices completely unitedly, And Then thirdly it will slowly empty these completely mixed contents into the small intestine.

Do your role - take your time eating so you are not overloading the stomach. Grant it some room to do its work.

There are elements that decide how the stomach empties, one being the sorts of foods it has to break down, and the 2nd being the degree of muscle action that is necessary. The pancreas, liver and intestine entirely provide juices to aid the process that is carried out in the digestive system.

Moving on from the stomach, once it has be broken down into nutrients that can be absorbed, it at present has attained the digestive point. Here the good stuff is absorbed up the intestines ,so it keeps on it’s way to do its task with the different organs. The leftover is the waste. This is forced down into the colon where it awaits to leave the body up bowel efforts. Do your part,nobody wishes waste riding around inside of them, so see your bowels are functioning properly.

This is just a very simplified explanation as to what goes on with all that good food you paid so much money for. By watching these uncomplicated guidelines you are to a greater extent apt to get the most for your cash.

As we were traveling along on our travel, we in short noted some different organs that have a big duty in the digestive system. By educating yourself in the fundamental principle of these organs and what supports them in perfect wellness only services to further enhance your general welfares.

We are referring to the pancreas, liver, and gallbladder. Remember even the muscles should be optimum health to do their job as well.

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Organising the body in your human anatomy class means assigning matters in reasonable order. It can get rather complex when it gets to the human body. because you are not rather certain what to begin with. The typical tendency is to begin with the skeletal system.

This is a good option when you are prepared to get into the subject of the systems, but your not quite there nonetheless. You need to go backwards one step further. and learn what is the skeletal system made of. This is easy, its simply made of cells like the entire body is. Once you have accomplished your learning of cells. you will then be happy to move forward.

When you get to the matter of the skeletal system you will learn that its what controls your body up. So what is the body? Yeah, its all the systems and organs that you are going to pick up about, but the body is made up of tissue.

Where the skeleton carries the body up, its the tissue that keeps everything in. Without tissue, the interior of the lungs would flow out. Without tissue, the inside of the kidneys would be open. This applies to every organ and built-in item with the body. The tissue is the case, or the blanket. You need to recognize what the tissue is made up of.

You are going to say its made up of cells and thats right. Nonetheless all these cells collectively bond together to make what? Tissue naturally. Thats not where this portion of the work ends. You require to now know the various structures of the tissue.

To get your notes for this portion of the topic recall that you will be learning the tissue in layers because it is made of levels. You must acquire and have a good understanding of what every layer plays and its procedure. Reason being, you are going to require to know this so you will under the structures of the organs ,when you reach to that portion of your Human Anatomy studies.

In your note book you will almost certainly have illustrations showing out the major fields of your notes. The easiest way you can acquire, is draw these every time you cover a point that has a photograph explaining it. Do your greatest to do your illustrations stepwise with mini box notes below every drawing. Color the drawing and check the edge of the font with the comparable color.

If you abide by these methods throughout your whole learning of the Human Anatomy, you will have your wisdom stored in a very precise methodical order. Then when it occurs time to write exams, you will automatically advance them in the identical well-kept path.

Its getting close to the time that you now need to draw a flow chart. Your flow chart should be a series of blocks. In every cube as you learn a different segment put the highlights in the block, then when you study the following topic do the same in the incoming cube. This will serve as a check sheet when you are studying, to make sure you dont forget out a step. With the amount of info you are ingesting it can well be done. Not as likely when you get into the superior systems, but it can take place when acquiring the fundamental principle.

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The Rhythym of a Language:

Speakers and learners of English are interested in improving their ACCENT. They quite properly give importance to their pronunciation. However, making the correct English sounds is only a part of a correct accent. A native accent also depends on proper links between parts of the expressions spoken, and also the proper intonation or stress on the parts of the words in the spoken utterance.

It is necessary to have the proper “music” or rhythm of the language that is spoken. You all know the following word game. What is a “zookee”? Ask this of a native born English speaker and they will not know what you mean. If you say, “It is used to open the gate to a place where animals are kept”. He or she will know that you are saying “zoo key”. You may have pronounced the sounds perfectly but your link between the two parts of the word caused your listener to not hear “zoo key”.

The same thing happens with word stress. A native speaker of English knows whether you mean the place where the president of the United States lives, or a house that is painted white when you say “white house”. Similarly when you say “dark room”, you mean either a room with no lights on, or the place where a photographer develops film. It is the word stress (which has certain rules that you will learn in other articles) that makes the difference.

This article will present an example of and the reasons for the importance of proper word stress.

A. Read the following sentences aloud timing how long each one takes to read. Then count the syllables in each sentence.

The beautiful Mountain appeared transfixed in the distance.

(How long did it take to read? ______ seconds.) (How many syllables does it have? ________)

He can come on Sundays as long as he doesn’t have to do any homework in the evening.

(How long did it take to read? (______ seconds.) (How many syllables does it have? ________)

· Notice that the first sentence actually takes about the same time to speak well!

· Even though the second sentence is approximately 30% longer than the first, the sentences take the same time to speak. This is because there are 5 stressed words in each sentence.

B. Learn the following facts concerning pronunciation.

· English is considered a stressed language while many other languages are considered syllabic.

· In other languages, such as French or Italian, each syllable receives equal importance (there is stress, but each syllable has its own length).

· English pronunciation focuses on specific stressed words while quickly gliding over the other, non-stressed, words.

· Stressed words are considered content words: Nouns e.g. kitchen, Peter - (most) principle verbs e.g. visit, construct - Adjectives e.g. beautiful, interesting - Adverbs e.g. often, carefully

· Non-stressed words are considered function words: Determiners e.g. the, a - Auxiliary verbs e.g. am, were - Prepositions e.g. before, of - Conjunctions e.g. but, and - Pronouns e.g. they, she

C. Practice and Keep it up

· Write down a few sentences, or take a few example sentences from a book or exercise.

· First underline the stressed words, then read aloud focusing on stressing the underlined words and gliding over the non-stressed words.

· Be surprised at how quickly your pronunciation improves! By focusing on stressed words, non-stressed words and syllables take on their more muted nature.

· When listening to native speakers, focus on how those speakers stress certain words and begin to copy this.

· Now, do some listening comprehension or go speak to your native English speaking friends and listen to how they concentrate on the stressed words rather than giving importance to each syllableStressed words are the key to excellent pronunciation and understanding of English.

D. Tips:

· Remember that non-stressed words and syllables are often “swallowed” in English.

· Always focus on pronouncing stressed words well, non-stressed words can be glided over.

· Don’t focus on pronouncing each word. Focus on the stressed words in each sentence.

Adapted from esl.about.com

Frank Gerace Ph.D has a strong bilingual presence on the web. He extends guidance on accent reduction and the proper American English accent at http://www.GoodAccent.com . He offers resources for learners of Spanish at http://www.InglesParaLatinos.com/SpanishCourses.htm His blog is at http://www.InglesParaHispanos.blogspot.com .

When we recoil from the agnosticism of Kantianism “camouflaged” by the substitution of experience-in-general for the structure and demands of the consciousness of individual knowers and the identification of the physical world with constructs within this blanket experience, and return to a critical development of the leadings within common sense, we soon see that we humans do possess information about the physical existents we affirm.

Within consciousness, we are acquainted only with contents; but what is to prevent us from regarding these contents as material for the knowledge about the physical existents which we continue to affirm? What necessity is there for holding that all knowledge terminates on sensory contents? That is a sophisticated view which results from analysis and the abstraction from the meanings and attitudes of common sense.

It seems that critical realism stands for the reality and fundamental significance of another kind of knowledge, a knowledge which presupposes this interpretative awareness of the data of observation as a foundation and yet goes beyond it in the reference of propositions, built upon these data, to affirmed physical existents, as knowledge about them.

The propositions are within consciousness, the reference is an act in consciousness; but the existent, which is the object of such knowledge, is not in consciousness, like a free petition. The object of knowledge is identical with the object of perception; but, whereas in perception we tend to clothe the object in the apprehended content, we now think of the content as material for obtaining knowledge about the object.(http://www.thepetitionsite.com/animal-welfare)

We use the content in the critical knowledge-claim—An Explanation of Terms—to get a suitable terminology to express the nature of our knowledge of the physical world is a rather difficult task. One way is to give a negative definition. Knowledge of the physical world is non-apprehensional; that is, we must give up, once for all, the ideal of intuiting the physical realm.

Let us now offer a positive notion. Knowledge of the physical world is a comprehension of the characteristics of things by means of subjective contents. An idea, or judgment, is said to be a case of knowledge when it makes a claim to reveal something about things, and its claim is granted.

This definition permits the usual belief that there are degrees in the completeness of our knowledge of things as we pass from ordinary perception to science. It is not that careful perception is wrong—for it is the right sort of response to the stimuli —but that the methods of science use perception that is observation to carry us further in our comprehension of things. The distinctive feature of our most finished knowledge of the physical world, scientific knowledge, is that it consists of understood propositions regarded as information about an independent realm of existence similar to a citizen petition.

Since this content is entirely empirical, its character can be studied. Factors of the following sort appear to me to be the characteristics of things which we comprehend : comparative size, texture, constituents, and relations to other things, the ways they affect other things and are affected, processes of change, functional capacities, and behavior.

This information about things involving these categories can clearly be mediated by sense-data when these are properly handled by the mind of the individual. To assert that all this is not knowledge is to possess some a priori concept of knowledge and to apply it dogmatically.

Sarah Martin is a freelance marketing writer based out of San Diego, CA. She specializes in philosophy, society, and culture. To file a free petition or a citizen petition, please visit http://www.thepetitionsite.com/

Are you currently taking a foreign language class in college? If you aren’t yet you most likely will need to take a few foreign language classes to get your major in college. There are many general education classes that are needed when in college, and foreign language is one of them. Foreign languages can be very difficult for some people to learn. When in college, it is even harder to learn a language because you learn the language at such a fast pace. Read below for some tips on how to pass your college foreign language class.

Professor - Your professors are supposed to be your friends so make sure you can ask them questions. If ever you have a question be sure to always ask until you understand. Whether you ask in class, or after class be sure you find out the answers.

Be there – College is expensive and if you don’t show up you’re going to only be wasting money. You want to make sure you go to every class when you have a foreign language. If you miss one day you will most likely be missing out on a lot. It’s like math you have to learn the basics before you can go any further.

Textbook – Any kind of book in college costs an arm and a leg these days so you want to make sure you read it. Go through the textbook and go page by page and chapter by chapter. If you keep up with reading the textbook you will go much further than you think.

Sounds – You want to make sure you get a feel for the sounds. When learning a foreign language we often get confused at first with the different sounds. Try to pick them up and speak with the accents. It will take some time but it will flow much nicer and make you feel a whole lot better.

Verbs – To create good sentences in a foreign language you need to make yourself aware of a lot of verbs. Take a few days a week and just study verbs for 20 minutes each time. The more verbs you know the better your speaking will get.

Tenses – Be sure that you familiarize all the tenses. You want to make sure you know the past, present and future tense. If you don’t learn these properly your sentences won’t make sense. Once you get the feel for the tenses you will be on a roll.

Conjunctions – Learn all the conjunctions of the foreign language. Be sure you understand the subordinating, coordinating, and verb conjunctions. Once you know these a foreign language will make much more sense to you.

There is a lot to know about learning a foreign language. The most important thing is to have patience, have fun with it and have motivation. Foreign languages can be very frustrating but once you get the gist of it you’ll be glad you took the time to learn it.

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