Friday, March 5, 2010

“Men and Women Approach Academic Study”

Some people argue that there are no fundamental differences between the way men and women approach academic study. Others insist that there are big differences in areas such as organization, attitude, and ambition, and that these differences inevitably have an impact on student life. What are your opinions on this? (Write minimum 250 words)
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I opine that there are definite fundamental gender based differences in approach of males and females to their academic studies. It is generally seen that compared to majority of male high school students, female students drop out of school at lower rates, they do well and attend college in proportionately greater numbers. At college, women earn better grades, exhibit higher retention and graduation rates, and earn the majority of baccalaureate and master’s degrees. There is a basic gender differences in the academic abilities of college bound students.

However males hold a slight advantage over females on English and reading portions of the college entrance test. Males do well in English, math, social studies, natural sciences, and overall. At the same time female students also might perform better in English. But some female graduates also report superior grades in two academic areas; math and natural sciences. Nevertheless the successful transition between high school and college is measured by the college-going rate. The college-going rate is an important indicator of participation and educational attainment.

In general females have a greater sense of responsibility than males. They perform the job a homemaker and that is one of the toughest jobs. A male bread earner has to satisfy one boss whereas the housewife has to satisfy many masters. It is my observation that even in schools and colleges in India female students do overall far better than the male counterparts. Ladies are generally soft and sweet spoken with very mild temperament because of this quality they get good jobs in service industries like healthcare, hospitality etc and male members get high paying jobs in engineering and construction etc because of their sturdy built.

(280 Words)