Gender Stereotypes Harmful To Children's Education

	posted by Nightmist on Monday October 01, @05:15AM from the education dept.
	This story on Excite News reports that a new study on gender and ethnic stereotypes in education prove that such stereotypes can influence a child's performance in class and on tests. Surprisingly, both boys and girls between 8-10 years of age performed better when they were told that their sex was "better" than the other. Researchers chalk this up to that specific age group, when each sex fears "cooties" from the other.

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News of the obvious by Anonymous User on Monday October 01, @12:34PM EST (#1) What upsets me about this is that our tax dollars went to fund such an unnecessary study. Wasn't this already blatantly obvious? Everyone with half a brain knows that if you tell a child he or she won't be good at something, it's unlikely they'll excel, and vice versa. Child shrinks have been saying this for years. Among many other things, we need our tax money used to put armed guards on planes, to make smallpox and anthrax vaccines, and to distribute those vaccines to the public. Not for useless social studies like this!

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