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DR. WALLACE: We have homework four days a week in world history. I do all my homework by myself, but my best friend's mother helps her with hers. I average a B on my homework, but my friend averages an A. I don't believe this is fair. Both of us are …Read more.
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The Improvement in Female Athletics is IncredibleDR. WALLACE: I know that I am not a teenager yet, but I do read your column. Sometimes I agree with you and sometimes I don't. You always say that girls are not as good as boys in sports. You are wrong. Every Friday in physical education, the girls play the boys in softball, and so far the girls have won every game. Sometimes we beat them by big scores, like 25 to 10. So, the next time you write about boys being better than girls in sports, remember my letter. — Mitzi, San Antonio. MITZI: I think you mistook my comparison of girl and boy athletes. Girl athletes are highly skilled and competitive. The improvement in girls' athletics over the past two decades is incredible. Watching females from around the world compete in the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, proves that females have the same athletic skills as the male athletes. But if females were to compete with men in all sports, the men would totally dominate. That's because males are bigger, stronger and faster than females. That's why females compete against female athletes. Simply stated, I seriously doubt you will ever see a female playing in Major League Baseball, the National Football League or the National Basketball Association. As a former athlete and coach, I'm a fan of both female and male athletes.
WHY ARE OUR STUDENTS LOW IN MATH? DR. WALLACE: I read in a teen magazine that high-school students in the United States were below average in math compared to other countries. Why are we so low in math? It must be that we have incompetent math teachers. — Nameless, Montgomery, Ala. NAMELESS: The magazine must be referring to an announcement by the Program for International Student Assessment that American 15-year-olds tested below other industrialized nations in overall math literacy. The reason for this low math score is that we work hard to educate all of our students and do not overlook the needs of those who speak English as a second language or have other issues that demand special attention. Our top math students score at the same level as the brightest students in other countries, thanks to our outstanding, dedicated math teachers. Dr. Robert Wallace welcomes questions from readers. Although he is unable to reply to all of them individually, he will answer as many as possible in this column. E-mail him at rwallace@galesburg.net. To find out more about Dr. Robert Wallace and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2010 CREATORS.COM
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