Summary of Leonard Sax's Boys Adrift

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#1 I spoke to a parents’ group in Calgary, Alberta, in March 2004. The presentation was about the differences between how girls and boys learn, play, and are motivated. The questions afterward were difficult.

#2 I’ve spoken at more than 260 venues around the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, England, and Scotland about why boys are having problems connecting with school. Some parents blame the school, video games, or society.

#3 The problem of boys disengaging from school and the American dream is widespread. It affects every variety of community: urban, suburban, and rural; white, black, Asian, and Hispanic. The end result is that more young men are not going to college, and those who do aren’t getting very far.

#4 The hostility many boys have toward school is new. It is not just limited to low-income black and Latino boys, but also white and Asian boys in affluent suburbs. They see school as a bore, a waste of time, and a prison sentence.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822540460

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I spoke to a parents’ group in Calgary, Alberta, in March 2004. The presentation was about the differences between how girls and boys learn, play, and are motivated. The questions afterward were difficult.

#2

I’ve spoken at more than 260 venues around the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, England, and Scotland about why boys are having problems connecting with school. Some parents blame the school, video games, or society.

#3

The problem of boys disengaging from school and the American dream is widespread. It affects every variety of community: urban, suburban, and rural; white, black, Asian, and Hispanic. The end result is that more young men are not going to college, and those who do aren’t getting very far.

#4

The hostility many boys have toward school is new. It is not just limited to low-income black and Latino boys, but also white and Asian boys in affluent suburbs. They see school as a bore, a waste of time, and a prison sentence.

#5

The student body at the average university in the United States is 58 percent female, 42 percent male. And going to college doesn’t guarantee any positive result, particularly for boys.

#6

I’ve spent the past seven years studying this issue. I’ve identified five factors that are driving this phenomenon. I’ve also developed some tested strategies to decrease the likelihood that your son will become apathetic.

#7

The book begins with a discussion of how the theory and practice of education have changed over the past forty years, and how those changes have disengaged a growing proportion of boys from school.

#8

The problems the girls face are different from the boys’, and are no less important. They