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

Ahahahahahahahahahahaha Gods no of course not. IQ or level of intellectual ability is not the issue. Well, sure it IS between individuals, but as a gender disparity, hell no. Frankly, the only reason why girls do better than boys at A levels is because they mature faster at that age. Or to be more blunt about it, at that age, all boys want is boobies. That's it. All their effort goes into getting a feel of the tit, a glance of the nork, a peak of sunrise over the misty mountains. And trust me, that doesn't change. Ever. We just learn to deal with it better. Which comes back to maturity, girls are more emotionally ...  Read the complete review

I guess the right word is 'better' not 'brighter'. Through experience, that was the case, but I would certainly not state it as, girls generally being more clever or 'brighter' than boys, though many saw it as that way, even teachers. But I knew my class, and the other class of the same year. In actual fact, I had known them for more than 6 years when we did our A-levels. I haven't seen the statistics so I cannot say, but are girls really brighter than boys around the age of 17-19? Is that why girls do better at A-levels than boys, if the statistics show that? This is what I saw, as I grew up. Initially, the boys were ahead of the ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review