Still working on my lesson about gender-similarities/difference for tomorrow... Here's another question for you...

I'd like to end my lesson with a small gender fight, each time getting two boys and two girls in front of the classroom and giving them the same thing to do.

For example : tapping your head with one hand and circling with your other hand on your belly They've told me girls are better in doing this.

Or: crossing one leg behind the other, I've seen with my own eyes that also here, girls are the strongest sex.

Now my question is...could you think of small tasks like that that are appropriate to do in classroom? I need at least one that will be easier for the boys !

Throwing a football...

Byron said:

Girls can through footballs

Nothing
Women can do anything men can do except have penises!!!

unlucky7 said:

Not as well as guys can, tho...it's the way a man's shoulder is constructed as opposed to a woman's shoulder. Something about it causes a man to be able to make the circular throwing motion unhindered, while females' shoulders are unable to do so...their shoulders cause their throwing motion to go off on a tangent a bit. Hence the phrase, "You throw like a girl"...no lie.

jayaredee said:

that's right....they can get one of those too, surgery

Byron said:

Byron said:

blablabla we're able to do so many things multiple unlike men

(my fav smiley right now )

Byron said:

Very interesting theory Byron, but I don't think the teacher would be very pleased if I'd let the pupils throw balls in classroom.

unlucky7 said:

I remember seeing a film/video of this a looong time ago, explaining it...showing the proper throwing movement for throwing a football and having a man do it...then showing women attempting the exact same throwing motion, and each and everytime their throwing motion went off-tangent and became more of a side-arm throw. The way our shoulders are put together is physically different, apparently...

Big whoop, so we can throw footballs better..lol...it's ok for a man to be able to do something better than a women. The world won't end.

MarieLouise said:

Yeah, I thought of that...lol...hold the class outside.

programming a VCR

driving

PANDURITO said:

Maybe a man would use his intelligence and logic to prepare his lessons at the library, with a encyclopedia or even searching the web.

You go to prince.org .Now, i think that's the clever thing to do

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PANDURITO said:

Do you think my only activity is surfing on prince.org? I just want to reinforce my prejudices about men's stupidity here, in fact.

MarieLouise said:

Who? Me? Naa...

What springs to mind when I say...

To all the people from U.K./British Isles/Ireland/...

come on boys (and girls), what are you good at?

cartoon... please comment

today and tomorrow's gender-fight

P.S.I didn't mean surfing. I meant researching

Byron said:

Sounds like a bunch of bs to me. The shoulder joint in men and women is identical.

I agree with the last paragraph of your post though.

PANDURITO said:

Ok, ok, but I do quote my sources ! And the pupils really enjoy it.
But I do admit this is a very agreeable way of testing my plans and getting new ideas.

Last time I had to teach I stayed at my sister's place, who is 17 years old. I tested every new idea on her. After three days she was like 'Oh no Marie, not again'.

Checking and researching on a website is more fun, you people don't have to react if they don't want to. And the reactions are pretty diverse I must say.

Byron said:

I think Byron's right! That would be cool. You could try basketball with balls of paper and the trash can too.

Btw what age group do you teach? I've got 3rd grade this year.

Byron said:

That's why I said basketball with paper balls

I can walk and chew gum at the same time

amorbella said:

me too!!!

Sweeny79 said:

Tomorrow's group is a fifth grade. So they're about 16-17 year old. The problem is that being a teacher is not my profession yet. There is another teacher sitting at the back watching me. She has to give me marks... She likes creativity, but told me to avoid driving them too wild. So throwing paper balls I would surely try this one if I could do whatever I wanted though.

Till now I have three assignements
1) the one with the crossed legs
2) the one with your two hands (tapping and circling)
3) Finding your way in a labyrinth (thanks Isadora for the idea!) They also say men are better at this. We'll see.

MarieLouise said:

Sounds good...I didnt realize you were a student teacher ( that's what we call it in the USA) ... yeah, throwing ANYTHING is not such a great idea....

With the older kids a math problem might work too, boys at that age are statistically better with numbers than the girls.

what you have sounds great! Good luck!

Sweeny79 said:

Thanks lady !


Maths...erm...this teacher has to be able to do her own exercises I guess.

MarieLouise said:

I suck at math too

Sweeny79 said:

I know a few people that cant.....

amorbella said:

I know lots.... almost all the teachers I know really stink at math!

Write my name with my pee!!!!

animal said:

Do you know that as fact, though??...