Single Gender School: Smart Or Just Plain Dumb? [Archive]

candyb3ar

10-10-2006, 08:02 PM

im not saying in every case you are lucky that you got switched to a what i call a "normal" school not to say that its not normal, everyone's choice, i just know what i see and it 7 very mis-directed guys....its also a relavent observation that majority of the girls i know here that belong to the all girls school are very well we will term them at "loose"...more so than normal, maybe its just a winnipeg thing i dunno i hope so that this isn't a wide spread problem...so i would luv top hear more about your views...

Baby-Pie

10-10-2006, 08:55 PM

i think it's dumb. kids need to have the chance to intermingle with the opposite sex and learn how to deal with or coupe with each other. I think it's very important to be able to go to school with differant people and not just the ones that are like you!

i totally agree with grieversangel...school is supposed to train the children how to socialise with everyone to help them in their future but they are doing the exact opposite of what they claim to be doing by separating the two sex's which only results in them being nervous around eachother and not knowing how to behave in the other's presence..it just complicates their lives 10 times more..

dragoneyes001

10-11-2006, 02:42 AM

neither really since single gender schools have existed for centuries they have produced far too many well adjusted graduates to be concidered a negative influence it would be a school to school issue since some will be better than others and it also depends on the staff at those schools.

Damier

10-13-2006, 04:45 AM

MasterX25

10-13-2006, 06:21 AM

Co-educational schools are much better in terms of sociality, but tend to be more caught up on impressions and appearance (give/take).

Tensions are much higher at single-sex schools, for lack of the opposite sex. But appearance and persona seem to be less of an issue (no hot crush to impress!).

All that is just personal opinion based on my experience, though. Having attended both single-sex and co-ed schools.
It really just depends on what type of person you are and what group you associate yourself with.
Your statement can be fixed, just make them where uniforms, they won't get the chance to impress each other:Domo . I go the New Zealand best school, Auckland Boy Grammar, and it is bound to be guys who are gay since there are som much guys around, the only chicks are the teachers and the tuck shop(buy food place) ladies.
Schools should have both sex because eaveryone is socialable, like being in a single sex school has made it difficult for me to talk to the opposite sex.

((stupid law:sad ))

toxxin

10-14-2006, 07:57 PM

In the real world, there are GUYS and GIRLS. School, which is supposed to prepare you for the real world should acknowledge this.

MasterX25

10-14-2006, 10:00 PM

I don't see it as really preparing, it's just making myself less socialable and make it more difficult to communicate to girls since they have the same problem.

darkthief

10-14-2006, 11:43 PM

I couldn't go to a co-ed school because my dad said girls will affect my studies...
So i ended up in an all-boys school. I still made some cool socialisation there.

Munky

10-14-2006, 11:59 PM

Ive seen many shows that incorporate the ignorance of the opposite sex. I mean, if for example an all-girl school. Wouldnt it make the students their crave for the opposite sex more? Its like, talking with men arent common for them and they'll look like ignoramus. I say its plain dumb.

Jack Van Burace

10-15-2006, 12:06 AM

I agree with the thread starter. As a school teacher myself, I say 'school' is supposed to prepare you for life. If it gets in the way of someone studies now, it will still get in the way of this person's work someday. And the school is (should be) the right place for figuring a way to deal with it in a good way. I disagree with your father, Darkthief. Socializing with another gender is part of your studies! ;) But he is entitled to his own opinion nevertheless. Just bear in mind to never become one of those people who dedicates themselves fully at their jobs, and never enjoy anything. Remember: you work for living, not live to work! If you can't enjoy the fruits of your labour, what's the point?..

Xalala

10-22-2006, 10:21 PM

Both co-ed schools and single gender schools both have their problems. I've attended co-ed and single gender schools myself. The only difference is one school has a wider variety of students and the others doesn't. It's just the way you choose to spend your time in school. There's no wrong answer and theirs no right answer. Just ones simple opinion.
I might be wrong here but like I said it's just an opinion. :lol

Guy

10-24-2006, 04:17 AM

My parents both went to single gender schools in Taiwan, and they graduated from Taiwan University (best college in Taiwan). Also, they are married now. Therefore, the claim that single gender school ruins socialization is b.s. It might, for some ppl, but certainly not all.

I, on the other hand, go to a co-ed school my whole life. I never had a girlfriend. I never took an interest in girls. However, I am not against co-ed schools either. I'm just pointing out that all this crap about "ruining" socialization with opposite sex is nonsense.

urusai!

10-24-2006, 04:24 AM

There is nothing wrong with single gender schools. All boys/girls schools are better prepared in the education of one sex. This doesn't mean that people who go to those schools do not know how to socialize - school isn't the only place to socialize. Of course, I'm not necessarily saying that single gender schools are the best either. In my opinion - and this is a generalisation - that single gender schools generally yield students that are better academically than at socializing (most single gender schools are private), while co-ed schools yield students that are much better at dealing with social situations than academics.

Dark Zero

10-24-2006, 11:34 PM

to be honest single gender schools have advantages and disadvantages. but personally i perfer co-ed schools over single gendered just because it allows you to meet many more people and you get to experience a large # of different cultures and beliefs rather than a single gender school but that's just my opinion though.

akin_t

10-25-2006, 03:44 AM

i think it's dumb. kids need to have the chance to intermingle with the opposite sex and learn how to deal with or coupe with each other. I think it's very important to be able to go to school with differant people and not just the ones that are like you!

Are you saying that school is the only place, students get to interact with the opposite sex? Sure for most students social interaction might take place at school; nevertheless, that is not to say students who go to a single sex school will not be as well learned as those who go to a co-ed school when it comes to interacting with the opposite sex.

Furthermore, some parents opt for a single sex school because they believe single sex schools will help a child preserve good morals. However, that is just a myth that till today still puzzles me as to why parents believe it.

Urdie

10-25-2006, 03:57 AM

hmm...i guess it could be both really i mean it's good becuz ppl might actually concentrate on work more but it could be bad becuz there would be no social interaction then what would u have to look forward to the next day

candyb3ar

10-25-2006, 02:01 PM

Guy

10-26-2006, 05:40 AM

i can seeand understand everyone's point of view, but realisticly...all socializing is done from a school generalization, that's where majority of friends spawn from at a young age, and ya i understand parents wants the most intelligent kid so inturn they may wanna send them to these schools...but what g00d is the smartest guy in the world if he is a self-reclusive person whom will have a hard time adapting to society...

Wait, did you just say all introverted people will have a hard time in society? And guys can make friends with guys... girls can make friends with girls. Is that not socializing? I go to a co-ed school and never had a girlfriend. Hell, I hardly have any true friends. It depends more on personality than the environment. Besides, having bfs/gfs at such a young age is bad too...

thousand sakuras

12-09-2006, 07:04 AM

well...this reminds me of a time when my brother showed me a current events school magazine from his 7th grade class. it showed things about seperating boys and girls in classes. the thing is, if you seperate them, sure it might take out distractionm but it might foster lesbian (sorry for saying it)feelings and it won't ready them for the real world. a world filled with boys and girls.

toxxin

12-10-2006, 02:52 AM

I sort of agree with urusai on the fact that there are upsides and downsides to single sex school. I could see how academically they have the potential to do better. This is ONLY due to the lack of sexual distraction, and nothing more.

However, I disagree with guyklc views. Sure guys talking to only guys and girls talking to only girls is socializing, however thats not how society works. In society, there are both male and females interacting, and single sex schools don't properly prepare students for this out of school reality.

Guy

12-10-2006, 03:18 AM

However, I disagree with guyklc views. Sure guys talking to only guys and girls talking to only girls is socializing, however thats not how society works. In society, there are both male and females interacting, and single sex schools don't properly prepare students for this out of school reality.

There are, indeed, but you can still socialize outside of school. School is a place for learning academics, not exactly the best place for socializing. Both of my parents went to single gender schools before college, and they are doing very well with each other for almost 20 years that they have been married. Therefore, single gender school won't completely demolish a person's socializing skills with the opposite gender.

Arei

12-10-2006, 05:17 AM

I think the good a single-gender school would do is be more appropiate academically. The other day the guys went to their assembly (we had one that morning) and the classes and hallways were much quiter, and in class dare I say nearly dead silent. We girls can be a bit chatty, but we aren't getting up and out of our seats running around the room throwing paper balls or frisbees across the class room at each other... that really makes a difference lol, we'd get alot more done if the guys weren't goofing off everyday...

I've always had more guy friends then girl friends, until this year I probably talk to a few more girls then guys.. But if it had been back in the times when I trusted/enjoyed the company of good guy friends rather then those evil bratty girls I would've been downright miserable in a single-gender school =P Well I was miserable during that time anyway so it might've not made a difference.

There are more guys into anime (though very few aren't nerdy scary guys), gaming, current events, art, sports, the music I like, and well random conversations about random people/objects/things then girls are. I have my girl qualities and likes, but my heart simply does not lie in bad teen programming, rap music, the OC *barfs*, slutty clothing, and the various other crappy things that stereotypically describe the "girl world" of today XPP I like my nice clothes and make-up, but I like my anime stuff too

Ok slightly got off track there. Another thing is yes, single gender schools do and/or can have the effect of influencing the students into a homosexual lifestlye, especially if its a boarding school. This isn't true of EVERY SINGLE STUDENT, and some simply don't care. It all depends on your beleifs really, if you don't want your child in an enviorment like that, and even if its clean and this isnt going on (or isnt a problem) but you feel your child could fall under the influence one day then simply don't send your child to a single-gender school.

Honestly I don't want to go to one, I want to go to this private school where I only go 4 hours a day and can work/get help on the stuff I really don't understand and more importantly blow through all that crap I DO understand yet have to go thru it year after year, weeks upon weeks in regular public school so the mass majority can understand....I hate this idiodic simple-minded world >.<

Lady Ushio

12-10-2006, 10:41 PM

I'm not sure where to decide about this.

Well, the good thing about single-gender school is more concentration on studies.

The bad thing about it is I think it's expensive and the issues about the same-sex relationships in single-gender schools these days.

Personally, I don't like to go into the single-gender school. It's uncomfortable for me.

toxxin

12-10-2006, 11:32 PM

People can argue the fact that student in same sex schools score slightly higher marks in the end. But what happens when that student gets a job? He/she will be unprepared in the realworld when at work there are all these new distractions around them. Therefore, I am in disagreement with the statement that single sex school are benificial.

Guy

12-11-2006, 03:14 AM

toxxin

12-11-2006, 04:26 AM

Sorry guyklc, you are right, I meant some and not all. In general, single sex schools will leave them unprepared. Students can prepare themselves, get preperations from outside sources or just manage on their own. My argument was stating that public schools offer this aspect, whereas single sex schools do not. I don't mean to say all students who graduate from single sex schools are going to be failures in life :P

Guy

12-11-2006, 04:37 AM

Ah, ok, then it's all good then. I'm not really pro-single sex school, just that I'm also not against it. :P

Evanesque

12-11-2006, 04:40 AM

I think it's just plain dumb. Children should be given the chance to mix with one another. Some think promoting single gender schools help reduce the problems of girls and boys getting distracted with the other but what they don't really realise is that this causes more damage than the latter.

We're, by nature, stubborn and will rebel against rules. People would be psychologically challenged when they are in a mixed gender situation.
Some grow up to be disrespectful and stereotypical of a gender.

We need to deal with people of both genders everywhere we go, in every aspect of life and segregating them at a young age would cause problems to the individual as he/she may not know how to behave around that person.

Guy

12-12-2006, 05:21 AM

Wow... there's so many generalization in your post... do you have any actual proof that single-sex school is dumb? My parents graduated from single-sex schools, and they are doing very well in life. All of my parents' friends (at least as far as I'm concerned) graduated from single-sex schools, and all of them are doing well. So um... therefore, I would like to see more evidence from your side.

Guy

01-23-2007, 03:09 AM

Did you read my posts about my parents? They both went to single-gender school when they were young and they got together and married... never had a divorce. They both went to the best university in Taiwan. My father majored in math and history, while my mother majored in Chinese literature. I don't care what your friends say about single-gender school, that is just their perspective, just like I can't use my parents as proof why single gender schools is the best way.

Kimochi

01-23-2007, 10:34 AM

it's not dumb for parent to send their children to single sex scool.. it just that maybe their parents dunn want them to mix around with the opposite sex for a while.. preventing them from having relationship problems not knowing that there might be a same sex relationship.. parents think one way and not the other.. but its not dumb because they just think its for their own good.

Blekblek

01-23-2007, 12:08 PM

I hardly think school is a real-world environment, but that's a debate in itself.

I went to a co-ed Primary school and a single-sex High school. I chose to go to a single-sex high school, too, my parents didn't force me to go because they were afraid with me and boys. I don't actually know anyone who was scarred for life by going to a single-sex school - in fact, I think I may have been more traumatised if I had gone to a co-ed school.

It's not like you don't get *any* contact with the opposite sex. In fact, maybe there's an advantage to learning to socialise with people outside of your direct environment. I think if someone's going to find it difficult to socialise with the opposite sex, a single-sex or co-ed school are not going to make a difference either way.

Funnily, in my experience, girls seem to do better academically in single-sex schools than boys. It may just be a generalisation, but there's only one all-boys school I know of here that has a high standard of academics. I don't know what that is, of course.

EnzJon

01-28-2007, 04:39 AM

I, personally, think that it's best for both genders to go to school together. You can learn some pretty important stuff from girls that you couldn't learn anywhere else. I understand that you're not completely cut off from the opposite gender, but in my opinion it's good to have schools together like that. Plus, I have a lot of friends that are girls, and I probably wouldn't have become so close to them if I didn't go to school with them. But hey; that's just my opinion.

--EnzJon

Bak3d on H1gh

02-01-2007, 06:20 AM

My opinion is that I'm against single sex school. Either your kid will be about the same as they would if they went to a normal(ABOUT) or they'll be f*ckedupsorz to the max(little exagerration there)
A school is meant to prepare people for realy life, you have most of the temptations, wrongs and rights you would get in realy life. You've got drugs, hey they'll be present in any school, you've got actually doing what your supposed to do, ect. Then theres the opposite sex.
parents may be trying to send their kids to single sex schools so that they spend more times on accademics, but what kind of excuse is that. Hell i go to a co-ed school but i dont and havn't had a real GF yet(technically i had one b4 i even went to school so hows that!) but try and get me to study, i just had three exams the only studying i did was same day right before the exams. Or their excuse is there will be less excuses in class room, were the heck do they get that from? Girls can't be bullies without a guy around? they can't be silly and do stupid thihngs during class? Opposite goes for guys but worse possibly, so yeah guys can be worse for some things i really don't see many girls being as big idiots and smoking, though god knows there are some stupid airhead *****es in my school(im not going to refrase that) that seriously need to know that FAT is NOT hot. Though i don't go to your average US school, this is a Canadian private school with uniforms and only 430 students.
As said above school is meant to prepare us idiots for real life, how the heck are we going to be prepared if guys or girls have little experience with the opposite sex, whats that going to do in the workplace when a guy has a woman boss or women co-workers, or visa versa. Though unless its a boarding school its kinda pointless all the same to send to a sam sex school if you allow them out after school, theres chicks there or dudes.
Then theres the whole "there teenagers they can't keep it in the pants(or keep them on whichever you are) which by the way isn't true for 90% of the student population. So where are they going to put this pent up sex? they've got no opposite sex around so what gunna happen?
think i said everthing i wanted to may have forgotten about something while writting this.

_Ink

02-01-2007, 11:40 AM

I think it is fair to say that single gender schools are safe for the sake of those states that have people who are generally more subtle and well controlled as well as more educated.
I figured at least by theory, one country such as say, XXXtasia (has nothing to do with any country whatsoever), has say a population where crime rate is high and children grow up from the bronx, and violence among teens are many as well as serious, it should be considerable for schools to separate genders in order to prevent say unnecesary pregnancies, violent unto genders, etc etc.

For me, I grow up in a relatively peaceful town, and in any case, I am happy to say that I am all agreeing on Malaysia to instate the posibility of a co-ed school , for here, the security is slightly lesser problematic, I would say it is safe considering how much more important education is nowadays as compared with mingling with a girlfriend from highschool. Even now, without co-ed, there are always kids who venture one school to the other to meet with their girlfriends, I don't think that is wrong.

Socially I would say, it is a better step to actually starti harmonizing the common separatist view of genders than to separate it even further, one of the steps especially for a state like Malaysia, should really consider for the benefit of society, considering how even today, beneath the social skin, one tends to find sexist remarks at every turn of the corner.

pero_renji!

02-02-2007, 10:24 PM

It is just plain dumb, if a kid goes in like elementary one gender school, when he will come out he wont know shit about girls cause when we were little kids we also stuck with the boys too but when we advanced with classes we all got closer with the girls, in a one gender school you dont have that option, thus i think it is really, really bad.

pantiffel

02-04-2007, 01:45 PM

I went to a single gender school till my eight then my school got mixed with a boys-school that was in the same street ... so I experienced both.
I liked it when there were only girls but when it got mixed it was much more fun ... first it wasn't fun because I had to move to the boys-school and there weren't many girls ... but after one year it was really fun :P We played football with the boys and basketball ... mostly it was girls vs boys cause the girls really wanted to beat the boys ... but sometimes we mixed the teams :P
But in my opinion mixed schools are beter ... you learn how to socialize with everyone and not just the ones of your own gender ...

FlamesYou

02-04-2007, 02:31 PM

Considering that people who never ever in their life met a person of the oposite gender have problems in expresing themselves when the right moment comes(the moment where you ask for a date or something like this),people who attended a sinlge-gender school will have a problem(meaning that they will be sigh to ask for a dateor even look at the opposite gender!)
So,in my opinion student should be in the same invironment so that they can communicate and get over problems they could have if they attended a single-gender school!
In conclussion,i would like to state that harashment(sexual or not) is a part of life even after school so students must go through it...They can stand against it when it happens,right?
I myself am attending an all-gender Technical Vocational School and i find it quite interesting(though we dont have any girls in the class[i dont really care]) and im quite sutisfied seeing some people of the opposite gender and talk with them...Its all about communication!!!

Hope it helped.

Setsuna Ai

02-07-2007, 07:29 PM

i think it's dumb. kids need to have the chance to intermingle with the opposite sex and learn how to deal with or coupe with each other. I think it's very important to be able to go to school with differant people and not just the ones that are like you!
well there is proof that co-ed can be a negative influence. Same goes for single-gender but I think neither systems are flawed. Each of us have our own individual proof. Some people say girls that go to an all-girl school are "loose -__-" but in my area my friends who go to an all-girl school are extremely intelligent and aren't distracted by relationships with boys. And even with that they're still very social. I go to co-ed and a lot of girls here seem to worry more about the boys than their grades (I didn't say EVERY), though I must admit they have a better time socializing with the opposite gender. I guess both have their ups and downs.

Just because one goes to a single-gendered school doesn't mean they're completely shut off from society. There are always free days where they can "inter-mingle". I say keep both systems. And besides a lot of schools back then that were once one-gendered had a lot of successful students. You can't really say it's a negative influence with that proof.

Fearful Shino

02-10-2007, 11:05 AM

I go to an all girl's school in Sydney. I don't find it stupid that there's single sex schools around. School, teaches you how to learn. You don't start to learn right up to your 40's. Why? We must have reached maturity at that time. School is there to fill time, and to learn basic knowledge. Sure, about the social skills, but we aren't at school 24/7 are we now? Boys fill up my school's front gate every afternoon, and girls chat more about boys then studies.

Kimochi

02-10-2007, 11:21 AM

single gender schools are not dump . it's just as same as other school . they teaches the same stuff like other school teach . they just make single gender school as an option so people can choose whether they want to go to it or not . if uu are not ready to mix with opposite gender uu can choose to go there .

but what i don't like is the perspective of people . in Singapore when people see single sex school students like girls school or boys only junior college, they think they are lesbian or gays . their thinking is so narrow . it's jut a school .

Guy

02-11-2007, 12:30 AM

Elle, that is a great post. It's what I've been trying to say. *sighs* Single sex schools promote homosexuality? What proof is there of that? Plus, I'm sure gay people will be angry reading that kind of stuff. School is a place to learn about ACADEMICS. Btw, with overpopulation, I think it is great that people won't marry. We need a population decrease, not an increase.

kLaZaM

02-16-2007, 02:46 PM

oh my god....i just had to post a reply cause this is ridiculous

anyone who believes single gender schools ruin socilaisation with the opposite sex has no idea what they are talking about.

i went to a co-ed school for most of my years and then switched to all boys school in my last years.
If ANYTHING all boys schools have BETTER socialisation with girls than co-ed, however this isn't me neccesarily saying that single gender schools are better at socialisation.

The real difference? it's the type of school. i don't know how other places are but where i'm from, a single gender school is generally a private school, and one thing these schools are good at doing is raising your CONFIDENCE.
The fact of the matter is, it doesn't matter what type of school your from, it still depends on your personalityT to me from my experience, the guys in my all boys school have wayyyy more girls and "experiences" with women than co-ed, why? they are extremely confident.

The real difference? This i found very very amusing. i cbf explaning properly, but basically. Girls from all girl schools are much much more hornier than girls from co-ed school, and ironically, guys from all guy school are the opposite. I've concluded this to well, when guys hang out with other guys they forget about girls, whereas when girls are with other girls they only talk about guys. In a co-ed school girls are always used to being chased around so they're more reluctant, and when guys are with other guys its not a big thing they just do what all guys in the end wanna do, and that's to have fun and not be afraid of what you say (unless its somthing very very homosexual then prepare for exclusion). Anyway im not saying this is 100% true but it seems to be the case, and this is also taking into account the type of culture we have here (Australia), this may not be so elsewhere.

The overall opinion for those who can't be bothered reading? No Single Gender scchools do not screw up socialisation with those of the opposite sex, it's still your personality. Your school can impact on the way it raises you however, (confidence etc.) also by its limitations, all boys schools don't wanna be raising gays so they will intertwine with other girl schools as much as possible so don't be retarded in thinking they ban GIRLS.

End of Story.

adorkable

02-17-2007, 12:54 AM

I reckon single-sex schools are a better educational environment. I mean, from what I've seen, heaps of people from co-ed schools seem to just stare at the most desirable member of the opposite sex in the room.

However, I think that co-ed schools have a better social environment. In the the real world, activities aren't completely divided into girls and boys, men and women. Women do not go about doing their work in separate areas from men. You have to learn to be comfortable with both men and women.

If I had kids I wouldn't necessarily be opposed to a single sex school, especially if it was one of the best options in the area. However I wouldn't go out of my way to send them to one unless they were having specific gender-related socializing issues.

I do think it is important for young men and women to learn how to socialize and compete with the opposite sex. Even if it means they have to face the occasional sexist remark or some distracting flirtations - that's something they're going to have to deal with eventually.

Personally, I've only attended co-ed schools. And most of them (well, I've only been to two other schools) had a good social and educational environment.

Minami Ikki

02-17-2007, 02:17 AM

^agree with all your points

I personally like co-ed education better though.

As adorkable stated, it is true that co-ed school usually have people staring at the most attractive person in the room..heck, I do it every class. It gets kinda distracting, but once you get over it, it's not too bad. Just make sure you don't spend your whole time staring instead of taking your test.

Same-sex schools have the negative side-effect of the lack of social experience as adork said, and personally, I would rather be in a co-ed school than be in a school filled with just guys :|

kiba's dog

04-03-2007, 05:06 AM

like most people think single sex scholls pervent kids from becomeing perverts but think of it this way i kid is around boys all his life then suddley he come out in to the real world and sees a girl acrost the sreet he is going to just stand around and star atr her rack i mean it is narutal for boys to be attracted to wemen so depriving them of that then exposeing them to it it ill be like not drinking water for 2 days then being given 70 gallons you most likey would spen most of your time drinking the water

Vlad

04-05-2007, 03:10 PM

Single gender school? Where fan in that? I would shoot my self before I go in such a school. Also guys who have been in the single gender schools can't interact with girls very well. lol I have seen it few times, well not all of them, but many.

Xalala

04-08-2007, 06:21 PM

I go to a all girls high school...had no choice (either that or some bad school) I've been to co-ed schools through elementary and junior high. I miss the diversity of it all...I don't like the girl drama...it's sort of suffocating. That's all I have to say (-_-)....

MishaSan

04-10-2007, 03:35 AM

I think that same gender schools especially for girls are more strict because when I think same gender schools. I think nuns and the really on your back kind and I wouldnt like that. I think its better to interact with different people not just girls or just guys.

Artemis

05-27-2007, 01:14 PM

backwardsnemo

06-17-2007, 08:57 AM

I go To DC in england, an all boys school, its great, the worst thing is getting stick from other kids my age with the "OMFG you are gay!" which is realy annoying, i aint gay but i dont care. I find it really helps concentration, any allogations of causing social deficits in children is absolute cobalers. I |take a coach to school and talk to girls on the coach there are monthly gettogethers of some sort or other, I stand that they are a perfectly good thing.

Setsuna Ai

06-22-2007, 02:03 AM

same-gender = stupid.

Just because an attractive person of the opposite gender is in the same room as you, doesn't mean it disrupts your educational benefits.

Sure single-gender schools are more stict and tend to get higher average scores (well is Aus they do), other than the fact that exposure is a pretty good thing to experience learning to work with the opposite sex it also worth learning.

I mean i have friends that come from Melbourne High School, a all-boys high standards secondary school and they like stutter when they meet some of the girls in my school. I go to a co-ed public school, if u hadn't realise.

It's not like if ur in a co-ed school you tend to be more relationship driven and desperate. Like saying that you shouldn't go to a co-ed church because of the same reason. Actually, i go to church. and people high-schoolers tend to hook up together more at church rather than school. So its hard to avoid the situation anyway.

Everybody likes somebody, doesn't matter where they are or what position. Simple fact that is you like somebody, whether its a model in playboy centerfold, or its a girl/guy you know in school everybody likes somebody.

I think i've gotten a bit off topic, sorry about that.
-Scorch
Who admits he does like somebody, but isn't looking so can't be stuffed.
Whaaa so when a boy goes to a single-gender school they're shut off from the female population?! Are you kidding me? When I went to an all-girl's school (which was a brief period of time I admit) we would spend time with boys from other schools right after dismissal and there were a few dances that allowed boys inside the school for one night. As for my educational experience, it was great. not only could I concentrate better (as well as my peers) the classes were extremely advanced and grades were taken much more seriously. I can't say the same for co-ed schools. I go to one now and I'm so disappointed at the lack of discipline and self-control people have when it comes to the opposite gender.

As for your church situation, that is so impolite and disgusting. If they can't help their raging hormones, they shouldn't even be in church at all.

redchinese

06-22-2007, 06:34 PM

i can't say i agree perfectly with either sides about this debate
simply because their isn't enough proof regarding the issue
you need informations from more general surveys about the issue with single sex schools
i kinada agree Damier
this problem really comes down to individuals
we are making generalizations by just assuming everyone whoes gone to Same sex schools are insociable with the other sex...
whatever the case more proof is needed
unfortunaly i'm too lazy to look for that truth

Mikado

06-22-2007, 06:37 PM

It's good if you want to concentrate.
Bad if you want fun.

Sirius

11-08-2007, 08:54 PM

As for my educational experience, it was great. not only could I concentrate better (as well as my peers) the classes were extremely advanced and grades were taken much more seriously. I can't say the same for co-ed schools. I go to one now and I'm so disappointed at the lack of discipline and self-control people have when it comes to the opposite gender.

Pardon, but by co-ed schools are do you mean public schools? If that is what you're saying I don't think you can use that experience as an accurate comparison between the two.

A private school will nearly always be superior to a public school both in manners and in quality. I transfered from a co-ed public school to a co-ed private school during high school and noticed the same results.

The teachers were much better. The classes were more advanced there as well. As a result I learned much faster. The students were also more focused and better mannered.

For me meeting the opposite sex and finding a girlfriend was part of the fun through school and if my parents tried to move me to a single gender school I'd have rebelled. I simply would not accept it.

I have always been strong willed and it angers me when I see people forced into situations against their will. I think depriving any student of mingling with the opposite sex against their will is just wrong.

I think a student should make the decision for his/herself. If you want to be in a single gender school more power to you, but I don't think anybody should be forced into one by their parents.

Sushi

12-03-2007, 11:37 PM

In a co-ed school you get alot of diversity and feel all-around more comfortable around the opposite sex. I had a friend who went to a co-ed school from K=8, then switched to an all girls school for her freshman year. She Hated it, so she switched back to a co-ed highschool her sophomore year. She said that there was too much drama, too many prissy cliques constantly analyzing her, and the fact that there were no boys made the school rather unbalanced.

When she switched schools to the school I currently attend, she was very uncomfortable around the boys and didn't talk to them much, This was strange for her because she was usually very socially active with members of both genders, but now she seemed to sway more to the female side. She still is somewhat uncomfortable around the males at our school, but she is slowly coming out of her shell now that she has been around boys every day for almost a semester.

It is my belief that same-sex schools create a gender-rift between males and females. It is good for teenagers to get to know the opposite sex in both a friendly and romantic way, as it helps prepare them for that later in life. Denying teens this opportunity creates awkward and socially inept adults later on. It also breeds distrust and stereotypes between the two genders unneccesarily.

However, I also have many friends who go to same-sex schools and have an amazing experience, they even have boyfriends and girlfriends. So I suppose that it depends on the persanality of the student. Some students just absolutely cannot be in the same room as the opposite sex, so they go to a same-sex school where they feel more comfortable. And some want the experience of having someone of the other gender with you in a room as you learn. It's nice that we are given both choices and can go where we feel most comfortable.