Dale Mccoun: Because higher education is largely a waste of time these days.It doesn't matter whether you have 18 degrees, or two GCSE's, there are no jobs out there anyway.I have a BSc. Hons from Cambridge, amongst many other qualifications and will never work again because I'm 59.I have been refused jobs both for being too old, and being over-qualified.If I were younger, I would set up my own business. And if I were 17 again, I would not even bother thinking about University....Show more
Woodrow Neyman: After coming perilously close to becoming a teacher and feminist excuses aside I'll tell you the cold hard reality of the situation. The schools were feminized to "help" girls who were being "held back" in public school and they have continued to do so for decades even after "catching up" to and surpassing the boys. This combined with the constant media message that any man who wants to be around kids must have a van full of candy parked outside is a recipe for m! aking sure that kids are around nothing but females in school during their early formative years. Teachers, particularly young teachers go to college and learn how to teach in a fashion that benefits girls primarily and boys as an afterthought. That many of them also get their heads filled with nonsense in gender studies also doesn't help not that they necessarily have to step foot into a gender studies classroom to learn that boys are bad (if a public education in the last 20 years at the least hadn't already left them with that impression) the obligatory rants "one in four of you will be raped, five out of four of you will be beaten, all of you will be encouraged away from math and science because this campus is still trying to drag itself into the 21st century blah blah blah." Female teachers are being pumped out of these misandry factories who then go to teach. These same egalitarian feminist leaning young women then proceed to put every boy in their class who "! acts out" in their view anyway into special ed or sends him to! the counselor or the office or whatever means they have to make sure he gets some Ritalin in him if nothing else because obviously there is something wrong with an active young boy who won't sit still and behave like all the young girls... It's never that the entire teaching style is geared towards girls now, or even simply because expecting him to sit still for six hours a day now that PE and other physical activities in primary school are a lot fewer and far between than they used to be either. I'll posit a simple question. Who is more likely to want to be active learners (active participation and questioning if nothing else) with exceptions the answer is boys. Who is more likely to be willing to sit there and listen to a lecture and do piles of coursework, no tests if at all possible, boys (used to at least) do well when tested to see what they know rather than given reams of paper to fill out to see what they know the answer with exceptions is girls. I'll give you ! three guesses what the overwhelming base teaching methodology across the board in public schools is today. If those answering are male and need more than one to answer the question then odds are you were educated since 1990. In reality feminists (or sexists if you will since that's what these particular ones are) will look at the increase in overall numbers of girls seeking higher education and call it a victory. When asked about the corresponding drop in the number of boys seeking higher education they'll switch to percentages to try and hide it (isn't statistics fun!) or if they are particularly brazen they'll just blame the boys themselves. Of course proponents of the current status quo will deny that this is the case, also going out of their way to ignore the corresponding increase in "special ed" students that are mostly boys, the corresponding massive increase in medicated (for their ADHD etc) boys in classrooms, and the staggering decrease in the number of boys g! raduating high school at all let alone going into University. All of t! hese things point to a systemic problem with schooling in this country but acknowledging that schools have become in many cases borderline hostile environment for boys isn't PC so we won't be doing that. If you want to know the beginning of this trend, look for the "study" put forth by the A.A.U.W (American Association of University Women) in 1990 (I would have been partway through primary school at this time thankfully) I believe it was (it was 3 or 4 years before the "Gender Equality Act" which established that girls were being held back like minorities etc) and the "findings" from which they determined that the schools were actively harming girls in favor of boys. After you look at their "findings" I would then tell you to look for their published study, or their raw data at least....I'll save you some time, you'll find Jimmy Hoffa first....Show more
Indira Wassell: Its the other way around the trend is changing despite of that boys hold the upper hand
Dav! id Boehler: Uhh...okay. I'm already in college and I'm about to transfer to one of the top 20 schools in the country. Oh yeah I'm also a guy. But you do make a valid point. many people can be socialized into thinking that men have more options than women in what career path to pursue and how to go about pursuing it. But here's my argument... the way I see it is that those who can do. So if a man really wanted to get one of those jobs that requires a degree and further education then he would pursue it regardless of whatever other opportunities presented them self to him. Unless he wins the lottery that is ^_^ Who knows, I don't have that much wisdom or enough life experience to say...Show more
Delmy Varano: You are absolutely right in pointing out why fewer men choose college nowadays: men don't need college to make a good living the way women do.Typically, men make as much as women with one degree more than them. So, for example, men with a high school diploma ! make more than women with AAs, men with AAs make more than women with B! As, men with BAs earn more than women with graduate degrees, and so on....Show more
Ervin Overbee: Who cares, the lesser education you have, they less the conditioning by those who have control over education. Moreover, feminists demonize Boys in school. So you might as well groom your son to be the next Cesc Fabregas or Steven Gerrard by sending him to sports school. Girls don't have that kind of opportunity too bad.
Barrett Alosa: Yeah, men can easily find more jobs that don't require a college degree. Pretty much, if you know a lot about cars, or you can show you know the skills it takes to be an electrician, or a plumber, or construction worker, etc...you can easily find a job that will higher you. And even though women are now graduating with a majority of ever degree (bachelors, masters, doctorates, PhD's, etc...) we're still getting paid less....Show more
Charlotte Bryar: I don't know if trades like those are considered higher education even thoug! h they pay relatively well.
Randal Deyarmond: They're not encouraged to do so. Teachers these days are not worth their salt.
Darrel Stele: I work at a community college, and 2 year degrees are looked down upon by many, for both men and women, even though there are many 1-2 year degrees that have nearly guaranteed jobs with very nice wages (health and technology, especially). Parents, universities, colleges, guidance counselors, and advisers all do both men and women a disfavor by ignoring the huge opportunities available with a 2 year degree, for a pittance of the cost. But men especially, don't need a 4 year degree.To be honest, a 1-2 year degree is the best deal for men-women need to pick different 2 year and 4 year degrees if they want to make the wages men do. Many women go into teacher assistant and childhood education, which are barely paid minimum wage professions, while men are going into automotive technology, electrical/electronics, machining, hvac, we! lding, and renewable energy. Men can make a great living on a certifica! te, 1 or 2 year degree if they choose a "typical" male profession; women can make a living with some 1-2 year degrees, but the only "typical" ones paying well are nursing, dental lab and paralegal. Here's a ton of interesting data about how pay, work, and gender intersect: Earnings and Income: http://www.catalyst.org/publication/217/womens-ear...If I had a son and daughter, I'd tell them both to go get a skill at a community college, and later go to a 4 year school if there's a profession they want to get into. I went to a 4 year college (scholarships and loans), couldn't get a job, went to a 2 year college (while working full-time) and got an "atypical" degree in computers, and immediately got a job right out of college, in a recession. This doesn't happen to everyone, but it greatly improved my chances of employment.Here's an alternative point of view, which advocates 4 year education for men, which I think is great, if you can afford it :Manliness in Higher Education ht! tp://artofmanliness.com/2009/03/04/manliness-in-......Show more
Elbert Donatelli: School education systems have been biased towards females. I did an an exam only High School education and went to an all boys school with the majority of teachers being male. Most of my class mates are now Doctors, Lawyers, Pharmacists etc. The method of biasing education systems towards girls is well established and is probably used in your country/state. http://boyseducationaustralia.blogspot.com/The good news is that the few of my class mates that married, did so with non graduate women. Thus women may discriminate against us in education, but we deny them a stable family and children.You need to write to the media and politicians....Show more
Toby Women: I think we live in a very feminist society. A girl is considered a betrayer to her gender if she doesn't go to college nowadays. I am in college pursuing two bachelor's degrees, but I want to be a stay-at-home mom. I get verb! ally slapped for this all the time. People assume that I believe I'm no! t smart enough to do anything more or something ridiculous. It's just our new social norm.
Carmelina Enoch: Well, yes men are risk-takers and more often do something big than a woman. However having better education helps. Men and women should play on level field. No AAs for woman.
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