The assembly was called "No Girl Left Behind", and it was scheduled for third and fourth periods. I took roll, and the girls all left.
Leaving me with four boys.
Well, it was AP English...
Fourth period was considerably larger. (Third period had 13 students enrolled. Fourth period's total was more like 34.) I had just over a dozen boys.
They were not happy to be missing out on the assembly.
"They're having a rave."
Apparently, the girls were posting to social media, and the boys were following along.
"They're having a concert."
The classroom was steps from the gym, and we could hear it when things got loud, but it wasn't loud at that moment. I said something about the presenters needing to get the girls interested, so it probably wasn't all fun and games.
"I don't know why girls need an assembly anyway. Girls already have full equality."
I'll just let that comment sit there. I didn't at the time. He would not be dissuaded. But he and I have had political conversations in the past. He clings to certain beliefs.
The girls returned half way into fourth period. And their review was that the assembly wasn't all that. Too much marketing happening, they said. The singer was too full of herself. The actors were promoting their stuff too much.
Still, the boys didn't like missing out. The girls didn't like missing class. So, success. No one was happy.
(They're teens. There's always going to be that attitude. If the girls got something out of the assembly, they're probably going to keep it to themselves.)
Hi Liz - can see the way it panned out for both 'sides' ... cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteThat's so true about the girls keeping it to themselves if they did get something out of it. Interesting how they got the concept of marketing too. I'm surprised some boy didn't raise more of a ruckus and demand equality with a boy's only assembly.
ReplyDeletebetty
Assemblies was never seperated in high school but that was way back when God of a boy. Just kidding.
ReplyDeleteI have to wonder if they will have a special assembly just for the boys.
Coffee is on
I despised assemblies and pep rallies, in particular. Heh...
ReplyDeleteI didn't mind them so much when I was in school, but now, as a sub, I despise them.
DeleteHa that is so funny and the girls will go far, they have already worked out that missing class is not a good thing and winding the boys up by telling them it was brilliant is not a good idea either. I wonder if on reflection they felt differently. Interesting that they can use social media at school.
ReplyDeleteWren x
They are technically not supposed to, but they're teens. They are on their phones.
DeleteSmart girls ...
ReplyDeleteMany of them are.
DeleteMy g-daughters have told me that boys have three traits: Boys break things, boys jump on any item more than 2 ft. high, and boys are stupid.
ReplyDeleteYup.
Yup.
Deletelol. "Success" in that no one was happy?
ReplyDeleteBut that comment.
Oh yeah. We won't get into that. Boy-o and I have a serious difference of opinion, and he's convinced he's right.
DeleteSee, that's why I couldn't be a teacher. You're not allowed to hit the kids.
ReplyDeleteI was a student teacher in a suburban high school govt. class in 1979. One of the students argued that we didn't need any further civil rights laws or equal opportunity programs because the 1960s laws already resolved the inequities. I wonder how life evolved for him.
ReplyDeleteDidn't want to miss class, or just didn't want to miss out?
ReplyDeleteRead Oneil's comment. Teachers don't have to hit a child for discipling (or any reason)
ReplyDeleteMy favourite teacher in school was our class teacher in seventh std and I have never seen her raising her hand.
Everyone's miserable - now that's equality!
ReplyDeleteLOL
DeleteYou're right about the girls keeping any positives to themselves. I hope they got something out of it.
ReplyDeleteMe too.
DeleteOh brother...Boys just grow up to be bigger pains in the ass.
ReplyDeleteYup.
Delete"Girls already have full equality." I don't know what I would have done with that info. :S
ReplyDeleteOh, he wouldn't have listened to you anyway. He has his View of Life, and he has the hubris of youth confirming his biases.
DeleteI never minded assemblies and getting out of class when I was in school.
ReplyDeleteI didn't hate them, either. Then.
DeleteThat boy sounds like an absolute idiot. He probably has a future in politics, making idiotic statements about women's bodies.
ReplyDeleteUh huh.
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