Ladies First?

An amazing sight met my eyes the other day. I saw a group of middle school students returning from a field trip. The first thing that I thought was strange was that there was a boy's bus and a girl's bus. Okay, I get the fact that there is a problem with boys and girls being together around here, there's a problem with teen pregnancy, and the teachers are not even remotely effective at controlling the students.

As an aside, a while back I wrote about a fight during the college fair at the local high school. Apparently, it was broken up by the recruiter from Western Kentucky University, not any of the teachers or employees. Way to go Western. Facepalm for Clinton County High School. But I digress...

With this lack of leadership, it's not surprising that they keep the boys and girls separate. What was amazing was that the boys bus arrived first, but the boys were kept on the bus until the girls bus arrived and ALL of the girls got off. Ladies first I guess. I still don't know whether to be amused or appalled at this blatant display of sexism. It wouldn't be so bad, but many women here merge it with an, I am woman hear me roar attitude, that relegates men to second place, unless they're cute, or possess a trait they find social value in. I still remember a student in one of my classes telling me that she shouldn't have to listen to me because no man ever knew what he was talking about and if her high school math teacher (a woman) told her that I was wrong, then that was that.  Okay, that one was just plain amusing, anyone with a brain should have been able to see what was going to happen with that one, but at least she didn't have to listen to any man.

And then they wonder why the boys are doing so badly academically. If I always came last, except when I was playing on the football team, I'd give up too.