&gt; academic excellence as a good thing.<p>That&#x27;s not all that is required. By the time you get to where &quot;real&quot; academic excellence matters (college) you have already made a choice based on what you have been exposed to. I&#x27;m talking about exposing children to as many professions as possible with no pressure from their childhood peers to fit into the more archaic gender role.<p>However, that is a brilliant way to curb the really damaging bullying.