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Description: MAN INTERRUPTED, Philip Zimbardo & Nikita Coulombe audible.com/pd/Man-Interrupted-Audiobook/B01BZ15CHI?qid=1629798204&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f&pf_rd_r=HK8V7HP5R6VJKRK9AC58 Twitter - twitter.com/Aust1nAust1n DISCLAIMER - The Content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Schools are failing both men and their teachers Because states fund schools based on test scores, teachers base their teaching structure on memorization and better test results, and not on stimulating curiosity or critical thinking. This form of teaching based on memorization can also lower the intellect of the teachers, who feel like they’re not being challenged enough. I can recall very clearly a few of my teachers simply regurgitating whatever was in the textbook for the first half of the lesson, and watching netflix for the second half. Kids who have better compounding teachers over their childhood are less likely to be teenage parents, and are more likely to go to university. Because teachers don’t have enough financial and social incentives to make their classes more engaging, kids end up being bogged down by memorization and boring homework, all to achieve school-funding-targeted results. Problems also lie in overworked parents who simply lose interest in their kids’ academic struggles and are only interested in the report card by the end of the semester. Many schools have also removed recess, leaving kids with nowhere to release their pent up energy, except for the classrooms. Combining this with lazy, and uninteresting lectures, kids will naturally be more tempted to browse their phone. Brains in boys and girls develop differently. Boys are more physically active, and girls are more verbally mature when they begin school, and with no recess, being given intense reading exercises while struggling to sit still with all this pent up energy, boys will naturally start developing resentment and resistance for school in general. Further-more, [DISCLAIMER] this bottled energy could be a main reason for why statistically more boys are placed on ritalin and adderall at an early age than girls. Studies show that exercise during recess helps improve the level of focus, memory, and academic abilities. When tests are graded anonymously, the gender gap decreases by a third. 98% of preschool teachers and the vast majority of elementary and middle school teachers are women. Both boys and girls do better with same sex teachers. There’s evidence that young men are more responsive to external rewards and get less gratification than young women for being a good student. Peer acceptance and a sense of independence usually mean more than school to both young men and young women. Unlike young men, however, young women still let eachother work hard at school. A young man might see the value in working hard at school, but he will downplay homework and formal achievement in order to gain acceptance among his other male classmates. SOLUTIONS If we want to teach kids practical skills that will come in use later in their careers, the most effective way is to establish high quality apprenticeships and programs. Programs that kids have suggested include different life skill classes. Personal finance, how to set up a budget, how to file taxes and potentially tax laws in other countries. Job interviews, etc. Race To Nowhere. Teachers should really learn from the video game industry, to make learning more enjoyable, curiosity-stimulating, and rewarding. Kids are too used to immediate feedback from devices, and WILL zone out in class if teachers remain ignorant about this fact. Tests also need to stay anonymous, because there’s a bias against boys. A few studies have shown that when teachers didn’t know who took a test, the boys scored better. Kids need to be taught how to study more effectively, and how to deal with procrastination. Kids need to see that smart hard work pays off. Kids shouldn’t be told that they’re special without earning it. If we heavily normalize giving out participation medals just for showing up, then the kids who receive those medals for not doing anything, can be unintentionally conditioned to think that they’re naturally gifted and shouldn’t work as hard, while the kids who actually did put in the work grow sceptical, and develop a sense of falseness in people’s praise, and if they would’ve gotten the reward anyway if they didn’t put as much effort in. Stock Footage References Video by Pavel Danilyuk from Pexels Video by Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels Video by Pressmaster from Pexels Video by Ivan Samkov from Pexels Video by RODNAE Productions from Pexels Video by Max Fischer from Pexels Video by cottonbro from Pexels Video by Denys Gromov from Pexels