Anita Hill Is A Boy

By: Peggy Orenstein

Author's Argument:

This article is trying to dissect the "hidden curriculum", and the learning of girls in the classroom.  Ms. Logan's class teaches people about it.  The whole aspect of how males look through the window and girls look into a mirror.  They are self conscious about many issues.

Quotes:

1)  "My own gender journey ends where it began, in the classroom of one teacher who is trying not only to practice equity but to teach it, to change both boy's and girl's perspectives on the female self."

This is a great quote.  This is Johnson right in the middle of the classroom.  Ms. Logan wants to teach and change the ways of a classroom.  She is a firm believer of the "hidden curriculum".

2)  "...girls opted to take on either male or female personae, the boys chose only men.  It disturbed me that although girls were willing to see men as heroes, none of the boys would see women that way."

This quote is kind of crazy. When I was reading it I was surprised that such things actually happen.  It can be something that people joke about and guys make fun of girls for it but I didn't think it was something that girls actually believe.

3)  "It's different in those classes because we're focusing on the important people in history, who just happen to be men."

This quote is also crazy.  It makes you think and you're like wow its kind of true.  All of the people we learn about in math class are males, history class there are only a handful of females.  It is hard to turn away from it.  All of the "important" people in our schooling have been of the male figure.

Questions/Comments:

This was a really interesting article.  It made me thing about things that I have never noticed before.  After reading this article I actually noticed things like girls holding back when guys are around.  Or they let the males answer or volunteer first in public settings.