is that girls tend to be ahead of boys in literacy skills which gives them an advantage when it comes to university admission.What makes girls high achievers? And why are boys falling behind? Can there be true equality in achievement?This debate is now closed. Read a selection of your comments below.The following comments reflect the balance of views we have received: | SUGGEST A DEBATEThis topic was suggested by Richard P‚ UK Why are girls doing better than boys in education everywhere in the developed
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Paul Franks ENGL 1123 Essay #3 Topic #4 COL Toland 26 Feb. 2014 Let Right be Done “Let Right be done” (Rattigan 47) is one of the central phrases in The Winslow Boy by Terrance Rattigan. This play is about a small boy named Ronnie‚ who is expelled from the Osborne Naval Academy for stealing a postal order‚ although he says he did not do it. So his father hires the best lawyer around‚ Sir Robert‚ to prove his innocence. In the end Ronnie is proven innocent and Sir Robert cries in court. He
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"In "The Lost Boy‚" the story describes the period in which the bewildered child‚ haunted by the fear of being returned to his mad and alcoholic mother‚ is passed between foster care homes. For six years‚ David Pelzer was sent to over ten different foster homes; sometimes returning to the same home twice. David’s desperate attempts to be accepted by his peers led him into a life of petty crime‚ which‚ including cruel tricks his "friends" played on him‚ included stealing‚ and ending up going to "The
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confidante boy Arliss‚a kind boy named Travis‚ and a brave dog called Old Yeller. Little Arliss’s hobby was to hunt small bugs and animals. But when a big yellow dog appeared in Arliss’s house they had planned to keep him home. Arliss didn’t like dogs so he called the dog Old Yeller. Arliss and Old Yeller had many exciting and dangerous adventures. In this story there were many main characters. They were Travis‚ Little Arliss‚ their mother‚ and Old Yeller the dog. Old Yeller was a big old yellow dog
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are more affected by the media than boys‚ in fact the pressure on both ends are all the same. The weighted expectations of how the media display society’s standards impacts on boys are just as equivalent as it is to girls –what differentiate between the two sexes are the different stereotypes that face. In contrast to what the general public presume girls to be‚ vulnerable and delicate; a porcelain dolls or better yet damsel in distress‚ the perception of boys are quite the opposite. The media
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Claire Kiolbasa October 9‚ 2012 Marketing Tommy Boy Essay After seven years of college Tommy Callahan finally graduates from Marquette University‚ and returns home to Ohio. His dad who owns an automotive part company‚ gives him an executive job at the family company. When Tommy returns home his dad has some big surprises for him including his engagement to Beverly Burns‚ his personal trainer and the introduction to her son Tommy’s step brother. But‚ during the wedding reception tommy’s dad dies
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IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE MOST BENEFICIENT THE MOST MERCIFUL BOYS ARE BETTER STUDENTS THAN GIRLS 1 MR. PRESIDENT TODAY’S TOPIC IS REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO COMPARE THE QUALITIES OF BOYS AND GIRLS. ANYHOW MY ARGUMENTS ARE IN FAVOUR OF GIRLS. MR. PRESIDENT WE SHOULD ACCEPT THE REALITY WITH OPEN HEART THAT GIRLS IN FACT ARE MORE CAPABLE THAN BOYS AND WE SHOULD ADMIRE THEIR QUALITIES. WHO IS SMARTLY RUNNING OUR PIPS GIRLS WING? A FEMALE. WHO ARE PERFORMING DUTIES AS JUDGES? MR. PRESIDENT
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Why Girls are Smarter than Boys By Tyler Bradford It seems like girls have always been smarter than boys. Throughout the years girls have proven to excel with their brains. For example‚ a woman was the one to discover DNA instead of a boy. Girls are hard workers‚ mature individuals‚ and more aware than any boy has dreamed of being. Being hard working is just something most females are. They work hard to keep themselves organized. For example‚ my mom has always been the one to scold me for
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Who has it worse in life‚ boys or girls? There are several advantages of being a girl and there are several advantages of being a boy. For example‚ there are double standards like a girl can get away with less punishment than if she were a boy and a boy can get paid more than a girl that has the same job. Also‚ girls have to give birth‚ what do guys have that is worse than that? In the end‚ I think neither boys nor girls have it better in life and that it really just comes down to the situation
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Little Boy Crying & Rising Five Essay Little Boy Crying by Mervyn Morris and Rising Five written by Norman Nicholson are both about young boys growing up and describing their world to us. They both do this through the use of metaphors‚ similes‚ repetition and allusion. They both portray the idea differently but the meanings are the same‚ the fact that we must learn life lessons. The theme of growing up is also portrayed throughout the poems. In the poem "Rising Five" written by Norman Nicholson
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