And same-sex schools are bad for boys.
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Parents decide on which type of classroom their child will study. It could be exclusive for the child’s gender or co-ed. People will have their own sentiment regarding the benefits of one over the other, but we don’t really until a new study came along to testify.
A study shows that single-sex schools are, apparently, detrimental to the academic performance and social health of boys but not for girls. In fact, it is good for girls.
Boys find girls puzzling, which they really are. But Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, claimed that boys learn better around girls. The classroom setting seems to need the presence of girls. A co-ed classroom with more girls than boys benefit all students, says Prof. Analia Schlosser of Tel Aviv University.
Schools are supposed to prepare students for the real world upon reaching the age of independence. Same-sex schools do not resemble nor emulate a real-life setting. Reality is that there are two sexes, male and female. You cannot condition students that the other sex is nonexistent. You cannot also teach students valuable interaction skills by secluding them.
It is rather disturbing that the study’s findings indicate that boys from single-sex schools are more likely end up divorced or separated by their early 40s. The research argues, at best, that these boys find it difficult to handle girls.
Do you agree that boys need girls in classroom?
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Well, and on top of just adjusting to girls/guys after that, that age (highschool) is when social skills are really developed. & you are going to be behind in college, & that’s hard enough to adjust to.
Personally, I think they should have single-sex classrooms, but have the school be co-ed. (so lunch, recess, halls, etc… are all coed), I do see how it can be distracting to learning. But school is not just about books, it’s also learning life skills, which are just as important, if not more important, than all the science & trig courses you take.