Ted Dintersmith

You know, you can go to Manhattan, and parents are paying for Weschler test tutors so they can get their kid in the right pre-K school.

You know, it's nuts, right?

But you'll start to get this message early where...

The boys aren't doing as well on the drills and worksheets.

They get this sort of sense of like, you know, you're not as gifted as the girl on the desk next to you.

And that just ripples on through the system.

That said, I think that nobody wins in this, right?

I think girls are more responsible.

They're more vigilant about their assignments.

They do far better in school.

You know, all this angst about diversity and equity in colleges.

You know, if you ask a college admissions officer, if you were gender blind in your admissions, what would your entering class look like?

Nobody's willing to say, but they tell me 75% female.

So we may go after race or ethnicity or something, but that gender difference is enormous.

But I'd also say that boys have different ways to react.

And some just peel out and they are in a world of hurt going forward.

But others just say, screw it, right?

They go rogue.

And they don't take school that seriously.

And they sort of dodge things.