Chapter 5 reaction

In this Chapter, my interest is in masculinity and femininity in education. We can see the different in classroom behavior. In masculine cultures, students try to make themselves visible in class and compete openly with each other. In feminine countries, assertive behavior and attempts at excelling are easily ridiculed. Excellence is something one keeps to oneself; it easily leads to jealousy. Failing in school is a disaster in a masculine culture. 

There are some new things I can't believe is that in strongly masculine countries such as Japan and Germany, the newspapers carry reports each year about students who killed themselves after failing an examination. On the contrary, Failure in school with a feminine culture is a relatively minor incident. When young people in these culture take their lives, it tends to be for reasons unrelated to performance.