Our society values boys and their experience more than it values girls, and this is【C1】______ in the education system. But education is not responsible for this and it is necessary to【C2】______ the point that it isn't the teachers'【C3】______that schools are【C4】______ for the interests of boys. I thought that if I could show that every【C5】______ of society believes that boys are more important -- and【C6】______ more attention -- then I would have 'set the【C7】______'for the discussion about sexism【C8】______ it appears in education. I had absolutely no doubt【C9】______ I could go into the classroom and find evidence that teachers operate on the【C10】______ that boys were more important. (This does not mean that hey 【C11】______ this. It was not【C12】______ conscious thing on their 【C13】______ )If I sked teachers to tell me about the students they taught, they would always begin 【C14】______ the names of the boys. If I interviewed them they would probably tell me that they thought the boys were【C15】______ , and that boys were more enjoyable although more【C16】______ to teach. Most of them said they planned their【C17】______ with the interests of the boys【C18】______ because if they didn't, there would be【C19】______ in the classroom. When they taught something the girls were interested in, there was always a【C20】______ . 【C1】