Are girls really brighter at 'A' level than boys?

I am a girl, studying in an incredibly male-orientated subject - IT (in fact, I'm the only female in my class!) I'm also an adult who actually left education for a while and went back to study in a different subject, so maybe looking at a class of kids younger than my little sister I have a different view of things. Now, I've seen how girls get stressed over things when I was younger. Now that my brain doesn't go as stressy and angry when people muck about, I'm understanding for the first time how boys stress over things. Here's the thing; girls get upset. They cry, they look miserable, they give off a lot of signs that they aren't coping well that set off ...

I am currently doing my A-Levels and so I feel I may be qualified to answer this, and even though I am a boy, my honest answer is, yes, girls in general are brighter at A-Level. Of course with every generalisation there are exceptions, and there will be male A-Level students whom are just as competent are possibly better at this level. The most obvious reason for why I believe this, is the stats, and statistically girls do better in A-Levels and also in University, although this has not always been the case, a relatively recent development, only in the last 20 to 30 years have girls begun to out perform boys in higher education. A popular explanation for ...

Just to remind all raters: This is nothing more than a paragraph giving my opinion on the topic. I am kindly asking you to remember this whilst rating. A levels are something I am currently stressing over. I couldn't guarantee girls are brighter than boys or boys are brighter than girls. I found this topic yesterday, and I was already dying to write a review on it. It seems, with personal experience, that there are still people today, who believe a woman's place is in the kitchen. Myself and several people from my tutor form (girls & boys) recently sent an on-line survey to the school e-mail address of all the lower school. Year S1-S4. The ...