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----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Pollard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Keith Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Ed Weick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 12:22 PM Subject: Re: Feminization of education? > Keith, > > A clash of cultures! > > Football here consists of huge armored males colliding with each other for > 60 minutes. One can get hurt playing soccer, one can get killed playing > American football. > > Although, there is a very occasional example of a girl trying to > quarterback - I don't think she lasts long. Perhaps not after the males > forget their built in reflexes and proceed to cream her. (shudder) > > Harry > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- > Keith wrote: > > >Ed, > > > >Just for now: > > > >At 14:13 21/10/02 -0400, you wrote: > ><<<< > >What can men still do that women can't? Well, they can still play football. > > >>>> > > > >Don't you believe it! > > > >It's my triplet grand-daughters' 9th birthday in a few days. I had no idea > >what to give them as presents, of course, but under advice from my > >daughter, I have now bought them (a) a dressing gown for Julia; (b) a set > >of "How to Draw" books for Kate; (c) a football and a pair of football > >boots for Helen. > > > >(They are, needless to say, non-identical twins with entirely different > >sets of genes -- otherwise it might easily have been three pairs of boots.) > > > >Keith > > > > > > > > >As a male member of the species, I must admit that I've felt myself to be in > > >a long retreat during the past half century. When I attended university in > > >the 1950s, there were plenty of women there, but almost all of them were > > >taking home ec or nursing. There were a few oddballs. A few were taking > > >law, and one was actually taking engineering! From what I've read about > > >universities recently, there may indeed be more women taking professional > > >courses than men. Ads for business schools offering MBAs typically show a > > >bright and shiny young woman who is obviously going to make it. > > > > > >I attend the odd meeting at the local high school because I have a 17 year > > >old daughter who is about to graduate. I'm one of the few males there. > > >School council is about 90% female, and student council, this year, is all > > >young women. The Principal is a woman, as is one of the two VPs and most of > > >the teachers. Before high school, my daughter attended an "alternative" > > >school which encouraged parental participation in school policy and the > > >classroom. About 90% of parents who participated were women. > > > > > >Women have become at least equal if not dominant in fields other than > > >education. During the course of my career as civil servant, I saw them move > > >out of the steno pool and into some really high-powered executive offices, > > >including those of Deputy and Assistant Deputy Minister. A few months ago, > > >I attended a mining conference in Canada's high Arctic. Some of the most > > >formidable mining executives and bureaucrats in attendance were women. > > > > > >What can men still do that women can't? Well, they can still play football. > > >And there are some crazy channels on TV that feature things like riding a > > >bicycle up a ramp and doing several loops on it before it hits the ground. > > >I don't think I've seen a woman do that yet. But, maybe soon? > > > > > >Is there a message in all of this? Perhaps we were meant to be matriarchal, > > >but got it wrong to begin with. Some societies may have got it right. > > >Northern Athapaskan (Dene) Indians are matriarchal. To quote a Dene woman I > > >once talked to in the Mackenzie Valley: "We let men be boys till they're > > >forty. Then we make them get serious!" That may be the natural order of > > >things. > > > > > >Ed > > > > > >PS: I've only been to Japan once, but I remember seeing a lot of students in > > >dark uniforms. Above their feet, they all looked alike. But their feet > > >were something else. Every colour of running shoe imaginable! Ah...., self > > >expression! > > > > > >Ed Weick > > > ****************************** > Harry Pollard > Henry George School of LA > Box 655 > Tujunga CA 91042 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: (818) 352-4141 > Fax: (818) 353-2242 > ******************************* > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.404 / Virus Database: 228 - Release Date: 10/15/2002 >
