Boys WILL be boys

There are, of course, exceptions to the rule, but I know I've read somewhere that the most significant influence in a young child's life is the same-sex parent. That makes perfect sense to me. As a general rule, boys model themselves on their father, as do girls on their mother.

So it's no huge surprise, to me anyway, that if kids are separated by gender, they tend to do better at academics.

TRAIL, B.C. — Grade 7 boys and girls appear to do better in elementary school if they're separated by gender, an elementary school principal says. Girls and boys in Grade 7 at Glenmerry elementary have been separated for three years.

The students' Foundation Skills Assessment scores have been rising and exceed district and provincial levels, said principal Kere MacGregor.

This will no doubt upset the applecart of rabid Andrea Dworkin disciples, but anyone who's had children knows that boys and girls are hardwired differently, right from the get-go.

It's hard to imagine, in oh-so politically correct Canada, that anything will be done to take advantage of this finding.

And it's our children who will suffer.

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