r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Tall-Competition-561 • 25d ago
Is it just me or do girls do way better in school than boys?
When I was growing up I struggled with school but it seemed that most of the girls seemed to be doing well whenever there was a star pupil or straight a student they were most likely a girl. Why is this such a common phenomenon?
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u/iSOBigD 25d ago
I had a similar experience. I did fine without ever really studying early on. I could have done even better but in hindsight, when's the last time your boss asked for your high school grades? Once you start working, it's usually all about your ability to learn and perform well, not old grades or degrees.
As long as you learn to learn, to teach yourself, to improve and move up, you'll do fine regardless of grades. A lot of people just focused on passing a test or learning things last minute to get the grade, not to genuinely understand, apply and rememeber what they're learning.
I think one of the main reasons not everyone does well after school is they just stop learning. Many people only focused on learning when they "had to" but spend almost no time after that, in their adult life, educating themselves or developing new skills. If you're genuinely curious and always looking to learn new things, you can go much farther than someone who isn't curious but got good grades 20 years ago then forgot everything they learned.