It may be that males, Lynch suggested, more often seek access to college through athletic scholarships. Looking at the larger picture, the issue extends beyond work habits and athletic inclinations. Despite the absence of definitive research explaining why males tend to slack off more in school, teachers who work with them on a daily basis say a string of experiences from a young age may be playing out when it comes to making the leap to college. She added that females' self-esteem issues with appearance and sexuality aren't as related to what they encounter in the classroom. I don't think they see school as a place where they can have an influence on the environment.
Girls are able to positively express control.
Boys see it as something that's done to them. In Texas, only 23 percent of public schoolteachers are men. By the time SAT and ACT registration deadlines roll around, few males have made it far enough to even consider taking the exams. So something happens between the time they have those aspirations and the time they graduate, that they change their minds about what they can do. A national concern To Thomas Mortenson, the issue is dead serious.