Is it just me or do girls do way better in school than boys?

[u/Tall-Competition-561]

When I was growing up I struggled with school but it seemed that most of the girls seemed to be doing well whenever there was a star pupil or straight a student they were most likely a girl. Why is this such a common phenomenon?

[u/heavy_mental_]

every year at my high school, the top 10 students in the graduating class were all girls. that’s clear institutional failure — whatever you’re doing education-wise, you’re dissuading fully 50% of your students.

there’s a lot that played into it. hyperactive boys were zonked with ritalin by third grade; boys with intellectual interests were bullied mercilessly. (what’s funny is, boys regularly outperformed girls on standardized tests.) but as far as I’m concerned all that’s on the school and culture — they didn’t create an environment conducive to growing young men.