School GIrls-young women, self-esteem and the confidence gap.

When i think of Confidence i think of trusting yourself, not being afraid to talk infront of others, and generally being happy with your self. I lack confidence in some areas such as talking in front of others, but i have confidence in other areas, in balances out. The problem is that most girls in today worlds lack confdience wether it being they think their too fat, ugly, not good enough for others. Educators around the country are working to develop gender-fair curricla in all subjects and trying to learn how children learn best. I didnt really get when Orenstein was saying "looking through the gender class" only that they find most females taking over classrooms rather then the male gender. An example would be that when they said looking around in Ms. Logans classroom i find myself wondering, "where are the men", then it dawns this is a classroom that went through gender looking glass. It is a mirrior opposite of most classrooms that girls will enter, which are adorned with masculine role models, male heroes, with books by and about men. Education that includes us all talks about how the students ineract with each other and how they connect in the classroom. They say people always ask the teacher Ms. Logan how they can get boys to stop being so male-oriented. MOst females sometimes lack confdience in classrooms.