Boys are falling behind in class

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It is said that boys are falling behind girls in our generation. It may still be a man's world. But it is no longer a boy's. From his first days in school, an average boy is already develpmently behind girls in reading and writing. Yet he's often expected to learn the same things in the same way in the same amount of time. Conseder this: The nerves on boy's fingers develop later than those on girls', making it hard to hold a pencil and push out perfect cursives. Meanwhile, though a boy's body tells him to run, he must sit still for almost seven hours a day. It is reported that in a high school class of N.Y.: The senior class president? A firl. The vice president? Girl. Head of student goverment? Girl. Captain of the math team? Editor of the yearbook? Girls. Do you find this kind of things?