Status Means Everything
I read an article on SFGate titled 'Girls Are Taking Over' -- Nerdiness and the New Gender Gap. I decided to review it.
At school, you can hear the boys talk about it all the time. Talking and boasting about how they failed. Meanwhile, us girls talk about the grades and leap for them as are goal. And when we reach it, that is what we boast about. But it used to be the opposite, as the article said. When girls were considered stupid and guys so smart. How did it change?
Well, I take my school as an example. A common middle school that shows the future of the people through how they act. Now, all boys talk and go ,"Heh heh, I got a D in science. I'm so wonderful, aren't I?"
All except one at my grade level. He 's nice, and he works hard for grades, and treats people with respect. But he is scorned as a "girly man" by the boys. Merely because he does his work and aspires to get A's. The guys know this and resent it, so they insult him.
And if the girl isn't good in school and is on the odd side, the boys are scared of her. They stray away. I saw a rumour come through that the jerk from the lower grade classes of 6th grade, had a crush on my friend known for her top grades.
Then the girls that don't keep up their grades like the looser guys. They disregard the nice guy, even though he has good grades and has a considerate attitude. Only because he has a bad haircut.
It is a sign of how are future might be, though I'm only 11. What would happen, I wonder, as more classes pass by? Would this mentality change or not?