Reply #55: Is consistent with my own experience

[AmericaInWonderland]

In high school, more than 70% of the top ranked students in my class were females. Also more than half of the nation merit finalists were females. Personally I think its great for the girls but sad for many guys -- especially those with a future in blue collar America. When you have a job where a robot or a cheap foreign worker can and will replace you, the only thing left to do is rebel.

I read some of your responses and I agree motivation and societal stereotypes portrayed on mass media are factors in this trend. Of course I also think that there are more dumbass boys than dumbass girls. Now before you guys get your briefs in a bunch, let me explain. Guys are stupid. Ok that let me explain further. Guys are less wise especially in their teenage years. In my own experience guys don't think about the consequences of their actions. More than 80% of the kids who disrupt class, get expelled, drop out, etc. in my high school and college were guys. Its not that they aren't smart. Many times they just are not wise and many times they make decisions which have negative consequences which are hard to reverse.

Also I noticed that guys tend to be more defiant towards authority than females. Perhaps its the macho media image or genetics or both. I remember one instance of a male student (smart junkie who took his SAT while high and still scored over 1500) who did not back down in a confrontation in a math class and ended up in a violent showdown with the teacher which resulted in suspension and summer school. The only reason he did not back down was dumb male pride (sounds like Bush don't it). And believe me I remember so many more of these instances in high school and college. Girls I remember were less confrontational and tended not to go out of the boundaries set by authority as often as boys. You may call those boys risk takers but I think that's just a euphemism for people who don't look before they leap.

Sometimes dropouts and failures get lucky and figure out the theory of relativity, found a chain selling old fashion hamburgers, or manage to appear on/control virtually every PC sold in the world. But I would venture to say that more often than not, these guys end up working in dissatisfying jobs and going postal, living on the streets/jail, committing suicide, and numerous other tragic and unproductive roles in society. Guys should learn a thing or two from girls. Cuz not everyone gets second chances or has a rich dad to bail them out everytime.

Edit: grammar and clarity