The lack of care for education is mainly because the system has shifted to help girls but completely forget about boys. Boys learn at a different pace, which makes men less successful. Conlin states, “Developmental differences often unfairly marginalize kids as slow or stupid, sowing distaste for school as early as first grade” (Conlin 177). Children grow up learning that perhaps school is not for them and even leads them to drop out or not enroll in college. Additionally, some might argue that pop culture suggests that it's not cool to be educated or go to college. Some argue that, biologically, boys learn to read and write much later than girls. According to McArdle, “Kids, already finding school difficult, fall behind, become discouraged, and give up” (McArdle 167). There are many things that can influence why kids don't seem to be interested in school. There is no clear understanding of why kids have so many problems, one can almost say that the reason why it is difficult to understand, is a problem in
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