The Trouble with Boys
From NPR's series, " Men in America " Boys in American public schools are suspended from and drop out of school at higher rates than girls. Black and Latino boys are suspended the most. Boys make up half of the student population in American public schools. But among those who are suspended multiple times and expelled, 75 percent are boys. I once did a bad thing when I was teaching middle school. A black boy in my class came to school with these (really ridiculous) red and yellow athletic shoes. I'm sure he thought they were cooler than shit and he likely would have impressed all his friends that day. I'm sure his parents spent more than they needed on these shoes (Acres Home -- parents, especially black parents, spent too much money on what I -- as a white male -- thought was a waste of money, such as the $120 hair treatment for a 12 year old girl who was failing school because she needed reading tutoring but her mother didn't do anything about it. You...