However, the guidance counselor of All Saints Cathedral School, Mrs. Marie Oettinger, feels that children are raised in a culture where it is alright for girls to sit, learn, and obey, while boys are supposed to play games, wash their cars, and have fun. She said that in the Virgin Islands men have a very macho approach to life. Men believe they own their women. In such societies, many sociologists have observed that the men often date and marry much younger women who are easier to control than women of their own age. Jones and Oettinger agree that the school system does not really know how to deal with active boys.
Males like to play games.
They are very physical. Culture pressures males Oettinger says the culture pressures boys more than girls to have money and cars. This would force them to get jobs which eventually become more important than an education. However, The Statistical Summary for the 1991-92 school year reports that of the 916 public high school graduates, only 14.6 percent of them went into the workforce. Those who dropped out earlier, however, all entered the job pool, whether they got employed or not.