Above is a picture I found online and I couldn't help but smirk because I find this very true. I'm not sure about the rest of my fellow classmates, but I am always stressed and overwhelmed with a combination of school, work, and personal family obligations. I thankfully do not have a husband or child to look after... Only myself, but that seems to be enough on my plate as of lately.
I try not to, but I can be one to complain about all of the stress I am experiencing that has me on edge and overly emotional. However, I can't say the same for when it comes to my guy friends. They never seemed stressed when it comes to any school curriculum, assignments, or exams. While I'm over here pulling all nighters, visiting tutorial centers, and practically tugging my hair out until I understand each concept and lesson. I never hear my guy friends complain about school, let alone about money, work, or family.
We learned this week in our book Women and the Law: Stories how in the late 1990's it was discovered that boys weren't responding to school and education as well as the girls were. The author, Elizabeth Schneider reported that boys were showing educational disadvantages, school disciplinary measures, higher truancy/explosion, and lower academic performance. Overall boys had higher dropout rates than girls. Does this make sense to you? Boys were so fortunate enough to get admissions into school without any difficulties, whereas girls had to fight and protest their way through courts and acts just to get their voices heard.
Girls wanted so bad to have the education that boys were just handed. It's sad to me that some the boys didn't take it seriously and took it more as a joke than a blessing. Thankfully, this isn't exactly the case today, both girls and boys of all ages seem more focused on their academic courses and future career possibilities.
According to this graph I'm not the only one that feels this way! What do you think?
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