And there's the problem of the gap in mental and physical development between girls and boys at this age. In the first two years of junior high, girls earn most of the top marks, but by the third year many boys surpass them. The truth is that grades don't mean that much.
何況，國中階段男女生的智力、體能發育差別相當大，國一國二常是女生學業成績名列前茅，到了國三很多男生就一路超前，學業成績其實意義不大。