If your boys hate school it might be because America’s schools have been designed to tear down young men | Leonard Sax, New York Post Ms. Jefferson, the kindergarten teacher, held up wooden skewers, cotton balls, and craft glue. “Today we’re each going to make a pussywillow,” she told the children. “I don’t wanna make a pussywillow,” Jason said. “I wanna make a lightsaber.” Ms. Jefferson ignored him. Jason glued a cotton ball to the end of his wooden skewer. “I find your lack of faith – disturbing!” he said to her, channeling his inner Darth Vader, brandishing the skewer. She sent him to the principal. Jason was sent to the principal’s office four times in the first two weeks. At the end of the second week, he came home in tears. He told his mom, “School is stupid. I hate school.” Deborah Stipek, former dean of education at Stanford, has found that kids form attitudes toward school early. Those attitudes, once formed, are stable and non-contingent. That’s a fancy way of saying that once a boy decides that he hates school, he’s not likely to change his mind. And he doesn’t think there’s anything he can do that’s going to make a difference. Over the past 25 years, I have visited more than 500 schools. I have seen first-hand how schools have become unfriendly to boys. Boys doing things that boys have always done – pointing fingers at each other, saying “bang bang you’re dead.” Drawing pictures of weapons. Throwing snowballs. All that now gets a boy in trouble. When I graduated from my public high school in Ohio in 1977, boys outnumbered girls among the highest achievers — not only in my high school, but nationwide. Thirty years ago, Myra and David Sadker published their book “Failing at Fairness: How our Schools Cheat Girls,” documenting that achievement gap and showing how schools were keeping girls down. That was then. Times have changed. Girls now outperform boys by wide margins in every content area K-12, including math and science. Girls now outnumber boys by more than 2-to-1 among high-school valedictorians. Young women are now much more likely than their brothers to attend college. We all applaud girls’ achievement. But why didn’t we level off around 50-50? Why are boys now doing so much worse in school than their sisters? It doesn’t have to be this way. You can make a school friendly to boys without making it unfriendly to girls. I lead workshops for schools, sharing zero-cost strategies that boost achievement for both boys and girls by deploying gender-aware instructional strategies. The best way to get boys excited about Emily Dickinson is different from the best way to get girls excited about Emily Dickinson. The best way to get girls excited about computer coding is different from the best way to get boys excited about computer coding. Many teachers don’t know this, because at Harvard and Columbia and many other “leading” schools of education, the professors endorse Judith Butler’s claim that gender is just a social construct. How can you tell if your son’s school is friendly to boys? Here are some tips: - First, check the honor rolls. They should be roughly 50-50. If girls vastly outnumbers boys, then something is going wrong. - Second, ask whether teachers are allowed to use the phrase “boys and girls.” At many schools today, teachers are officially prohibited from using these words. They’re supposed to say “purple penguins” instead, or some similar nonsense. Such silliness indicates an allegiance to a dogma that is unfriendly to boys — and to girls, I might add. - Third, ask about the top athletes at the school. At boy-friendly schools, the top male athletes are also scholars, as a rule. At the schools unfriendly to boys, young men have to choose: They can be scholars or they can be athletes, but they cannot be both. I just published a new edition of my book “Boys Adrift,” documenting a growing gender gap in achievement. As I show in the book: the achievement gap is getting bigger not because girls are doing better — they’re not — but because boys are doing worse. You don’t want your son to be one of those boys adrift. The first step is to make sure that he’s attending a boy-friendly school. nypost.com/2026/08/30/opinio…

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Every woman who wants a successful relationship needs to understand male nature. Men and women are not equal. Men will: • Stay silent when hurt. • Think deeply but show less. • Test loyalty through actions. • Observe more than they speak. • Lose interest when unappreciated. • Avoid vulnerability as it’s high-risk. • Stop explaining when misunderstood. • Value peace of mind over attention. • Distance themselves when disrespected. Accept men as they are, not as you wish them to be ladies.

How did so many Christian men become effeminate? It’s going to piss you off.

When a Marine gets a Dear John letter, it doesn’t go quite as Becky planned. 😂

SBC Megachurch 'Church by the Glades' plays Led Zepplin's 'Stairway to Heaven' during their Palm Sunday service last week.

🔥🚨BREAKING: A new Bible analysis has uncovered thousands of clues that suggest scripture was written by God. A vast network of more than 63,000 connections woven throughout the Bible is drawing renewed attention from believers, with some arguing the intricate links point to divine authorship. The connections, identified by a computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University and a Lutheran pastor in Germany, stretch across all 66 books of scripture, linking people, events and themes scattered throughout the Old and New Testaments. Thousands of curved lines stretch between books to link related passages, with darker lines highlighting verses that share the greatest number of connections. The arcs form a rainbow-like pattern that visually reveals how extensively the Bible is woven together from beginning to end. One example ties Genesis 2:9, which describes the Tree of Life in Eden, to Revelation 22:2, where the symbol reappears in the Bible's final vision of paradise.  Another connects Exodus 12, describing the Passover lamb, to John 1:29, where Jesus is referred to as the 'Lamb of God.'  Prophetic passages in Isaiah 7:14 are also linked to Matthew 1:23, which connects the verse to the birth of Jesus centuries later.  The network spans books believed to have been written by more than 40 authors over roughly 1,500 years. It also bridges three continents, Asia, Africa and Europe, and three languages, Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek.

Met with a financial advisor today My wife set it up She wants "a professional opinion" on our retirement Nice office Glass desk Diploma on the wall from a school I've never heard of The advisor was 23 Maybe 24 He had a pullover vest and a rehearsed handshake He handed me a pitch book It had someone else's name on it I chose not to mention that He said "based on your risk profile I'd recommend a 60/40 portfolio" I said "what's the fee?" He said "1% annually" I ran the compound drag over 25 years in my head Said the number out loud Then I said it again slower His smile went away I said "what's the tax strategy?" He said "we review that annually" I said "what's the Roth conversion ladder? The asset location framework? The blended expense ratio on the underlying funds? Why wouldn't I just buy VOO for free and do this from my phone?" He opened his mouth Closed it Excused himself Came back with his boss Same vest Bigger watch The boss said "I hear you have some concerns" I said "not concerns. Questions. Your 23-year-old couldn't answer them. That's my concern." My wife kicked me under the table I kept going The boss said "the value is in the relationship" I said "that's what my therapist says too. She charges $250 an hour. You're charging more and doing less." The boss looked at my wife My wife looked at the ceiling I've now been to a therapist, a realtor, a car dealership, and a financial advisor this month My wife has walked out of every single one I asked her in the car what she thinks the common denominator is She said "you" I said "interesting. Not sure how to model that." Plz fix. Thx. Sent from my iPhone

The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort underscore the gravity of this moment. This has never happened before in our history. We shouldn't pretend it's normal. More reason for us to hold the line and demand a DHS budget that stops funding lawlessness.

The Titans, a professional football organization, fired Mike Vrabel to hire Brian Callahan.

They will do this nationally as soon as they gain power and democracy will end