alt.education

Wide Eyed in Wonder wrote:
>> >I think the problem lies less in the interest of the boy
>> >student than in the book publishers' interest in boys.
>>
>> Book publishers publish what will sell. There are more than enough
>> books out there than boys are likely to read even if they wanted to.
>> You mentioned Hardy Boys. There are over 400 in the various Hardy
>> Boys series, and all of them were written specifically for boys/wiki/The_Hardy_Boys
>
>Your point would be, what.

Who said I had a point? I responded. If someone sees a point, then
all the better.

>You reject the boys-read-less stereotype since you read).

No, I don't reject it.

But I don't blame the publishers.

>You accept the stereotype, since your son lost
>interest (even though you are a man and read)? You, as a reader, are
>the exception to the rule?

I'm quite exceptional ^%)

>Do you think young reader books are equally balanced for both
>genders? What, exactly, is your objection to my post?

You are objectionable.

You think you can duck out of a thread, immediately start a new one,
and have no one comment, dodo?

But your post wasn't objectionable. It just lacked any sort of
insight. Your explanation for the phenomenon lacked any sort of
credibility. "Setting an example" makes sense, but it didn't work in
my kids' case.

>First, it seems like you are saying that young kids ARE interested in reading
>and books are out there for that.

Books are out there, whether they are interested in reading or not.

>Then, it seems you are saying publishers only sell books that sell

That is their goal.

If there were any shortage, in books on a topic, that would be why.

>as an excuse for not having more boy books out there.

Why do they need an excuse? As I said, there are a lot of boy books
out there.

>Which is it?

Why must I choose?

>I'm really at a loss with exactly what you find objectionable about
>saying there should be more boy-interest books out there to encourage
>reading.

There is no shortage of boy-interest books, and having more of them
would not encourage reading. 2 objections for the price of one.

lojbab