Learning isn't easy, even if we are bright, intelligent, capable and come from West Virginia. Perhaps the better question would be, "Why do we not learn?"

Well, there is another question that is debatable, "Why do young men not learn until they get too old to care?"

A study at UCLA, the California branch of Marshall U., my old alma mater, tells us that most boys spend more time partying, playing video games and exercising while girls are studying, volunteering and helping out their families. But there is more! Here is where the controversy and debate get heated. Scientists – a pot full or at least a plethora – strongly suggest that there are biological differences that cannot be ignored. 

Girls learn to read and write earlier than boys and can sit still in class while the boys are squirming all over the place and being hit with rulers – that's what my teachers did to me, or sent to the principal's office – also done to me. However, in my particular case, I spent a lot of my spare time in the clothes closet or dusting erasers. I still believe that my short attention span, especially during the playoffs, is the result of too much chalk dust. I digress a tad.

Anyway, a writer for Business Week says that the average young man is two years behind girls in reading and writing development. Biologically, boys need about four recesses a day and the odds are more than 20 percent will be forced to take Ritalin-like drugs. The bottom line is, "Girls are better able to meet the requirements of today's society: paying attention, obeying rules, being verbally competent and dealing with relationships."

Hope is on the way. Educators know this: Better educated men on the average are much happier, more supportive of their family, pay more taxes and have a brighter future.

I'm thinking out loud here, but as a young lad, I always knew that girls were prettier, smelled better and were brighter than us guys. I also guessed that I just didn't learn the way that they did.

Women have seen the light and are now claiming and taking -- much to the chagrin of a few die-hard patriarchs -- their rightful place in society. Way to go!

I am also concerned about us men – or is it we men? – who could be doomed to wander around wondering what happened, where did it go and whose fault was it in the first place?

Business writer Michelle Conlin tells us, "Boys can learn math by counting pine cones, learn to read by diving into Harry Potter and writing about aliens attacking a hospital. They should leave the classroom and build useful things." Another great help would have them attend a kindergarten school that focuses on social and emotional skills.

I want both sexes to  succeed and always have the same chance!

God created us equal. Let's change our world for the better.

Thanks, God!