Single sex schools
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| druscilla. Bleeding on the Floor  Age: 36 Gender: Female Posts: 1671 | Homicidal Hobbit:If you've been to an all girls school for as long as you can remember, how do you know what the "bitchiness" level is in a co-ed school? |
| Tragic. Banned  Age: 88 Gender: Female Posts: 12363 | I used to be in a co-ed school when I lived here in Florida, but when I moved I started studying in an all-girls school. It's horribleeee. I mean, if you have your friends and everything, it's cool. But, I mean if you don't do everything like everybody they will treat you differently.. |
| bright lights x x Really Not Okay  Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 715 | Tragic.: i go to a co-ed school and i can barely deal with the girls there i cant imagine an ALL girls school idk about any of your schools but mine is horrible girls are just waaaaaay too dramatical |
| the.reaper.wore.pink Motor Baby  Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 841 | sometimes girls there are boy-crazy all-girls school tend to be very conservative |
| beautiful_letdown216 Killjoy Age: 32 Gender: - Posts: 1 | I went to a mixed school until i was 13 (8th grade) and i definately think equal exposure to BOTH enviroments is the best. |
| scarred4life Killjoy Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 2 | I really think that same sex schools aren't such a good idea. sure you are more comfortable, but once you get out of there you go straight into a) a college...and as far as i know they are as co-ed as humanly possible b) to a job where most of the time you do have to interact with the opposite sex or c) you do something else that's totally weird to avoid the opposite sex to maintain what you were used to before. either way, if you don't learn to get used to being around the opposite sex when you're a kid, as in before you're "set in your ways", then it might be harder to do when you get older. I gone to a mixed school my whole life and that has been great! i have friends that are girls and boys. if I'd gone to a same sex school then i would have only been friends with girls and then thought that boys were some strange kind of creature that should be wiped off the face of the earth. by separating the genders you pretty much don't let kids realize that girls and boys are all people, it's like having a different school for every race, but if you do that then it's called racism because you separate everyone because you think of them as different, everyone's different but we're all people, and people should be able to get an education with ALL other people, not just their own genders. |
| Carpe Noctum Jazz Hands  Age: 34 Gender: Female Posts: 306 | without going into too much detail, i think that single sex schools are a bad idea. They promote a heightened curiosity of the opposite sex which can turn out to be detrimental to an individual... well, that's my opinion anywho |
| Addicted;; Killjoy  Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 27 | Same sex schools are just...dumb, for lack of a better word. Life isn't same sex, is it? No. Whether its in your job, or at a cafe, or wherever, you will have to interact with members of the opposite sex. Take for example, a girl is 13 and she has gone to a single sex school her whole life. What if a girl comes in from a public school, and has "done things" with a guy before? Of course the other girls will get curious, and it will make the girls easier to take advantage of later in life. Following me here, people? Another thing, when the girl turns 18 and gets out of school, she may go wild. She'll do everything she didn't experience (kissing, whatever) then. And it will probably wind up being ALOT worse than kissing someone on the bus. ALOT. At least that's what I think. |
| Alx_Aoide Fabulous Killjoy  Age: 35 Gender: Female Posts: 113 | Addicted;;: Single sex schools are not dumb. I spent four years in a co-ed high school before deciding to attend a women's college. Unfortuantely, this past year, the board of trustees decided to make the school co-ed this year due to financial struggles (as only 3% of women taking the SAT have any interest in attending women's colleges). But from my one year of single-sex education, I know what the benefits of a single-sex institution can be. The women at my school are some of the most intelligent, creative, confident women I have ever met. Studies show that women actually do better in single-sex institutions than in co-ed ones. And what women learn in these sorts of institutions transfer very well into the workplace. Furthermore, at women's colleges, the women tend to worry less about what clothes and makeup and more about different clubs, organizations, and classes. |
| Foxy_Roxy Thinking Happy Thoughts  Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 407 | I go to a single sex school (girls). And my peers are overwhelmed by the idea of boys, and they really shouldn't be, they've ended up with a really skewed idea of what the world is like. By the time they get to college they are going to be so easily led - purely because they didn't have the knowledge or experience about what boys are actually like. I now wish i went to a co-ed - I miss male company. |
| Foxy_Roxy Thinking Happy Thoughts Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 407 | ignore - double post  |
| mcr_vimto Killjoy  Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 15 | i think single sex schools are completely wrong and there is no need for them and if i would hate to be in a single sex school because you would not be able to experience some things. |
| Foxy_Roxy Thinking Happy Thoughts Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 407 | I agree with mcr-vimto, there is no real reason why single sex schools should still exist - it's a pretty archaic way of organizing the education system - there's no need for them. |
| mcr_vimto Killjoy Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 15 | ta foxy_roxy but my names now mcr_vimto |
| stalwart vagabond. Salute You in Your Grave  Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 2443 | *Do single sex schools strengthen sex stereotypes? ; I think this depends solely on the individual. Although it may cause one's opinion to change about things depending on one's surroundings. *Are boys really that different from girls?; In the end we are all human. The difference between us all is not just gender but everything that makes us unique. Gender does, although, create stereotypes that make people believe that our genders are very different. So no, I do not think we are that different. *Do you really get distracted by the opposite sex?; Personally I do not get distracted. I'm the sort of person who purely has no interest in having romantic relationships for a reason. *Is the bitchiness worse in all-girls school than co-ed schools?; I think that many a cat-fight is caused by girls fighting over boys. But that doesn't mean that without the male gender there wont be any disagreements. But girls are usually quick to be 'bitchy' to one another. I'm not sure if i could give a solid answer. *How would a student from a co-ed school and a student from a single-sex school differ? in terms of reaction to real life? Who would cope better?; I think the student from the co-ed school would cope better seeing as how the student has been exposed to a bigger variety of situations. *Do you believe that gender does affect learning?; For certain people it may, personally it wouldn't bother me, but it does present a variable in the education process for many. |
| Historia. Bleeding on the Floor  Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 1464 | Ignore. |
| Historia. Bleeding on the Floor Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 1464 | I don't think you can say single sex schools in general. Because every school is different. In England certain politicians are against grammer schools. Grammer schools are selective and people seem to think it's wrong to divide. But the reason we divide is so that we can learn at different levels. I go to an all girl grammer school and I don't see why it's unfair for us to learn at higher levels when we're perfectly capable of doing so. I agree with having single sex grammer schools, because they're around to make you learn better. But I don't see the point in having other single sex schools that aren't selective on other bases apart from sex. |
| Kid__ Always Born a Crime  Age: 33 Gender: Female Posts: 6686 | I've only ever been to co-ed schools, and I'm really grateful for that because I've realised I'm more comfortable being friends with guys than I am with girls. I've also noticed that some people, not all people but some narrow-minded people, assume that just because you go to a same-sex school, you're obviously gay and that's the only reason you're there. Personally, I think that girls and boys try harder in different subjects, because of the ideas of what's a girls subject and what's a boys. That's only because fifty-odd years ago, it was only girls who did Home Ec and only boys who did Woodwork. Now things are changing, but those subjects still have the gender-specific image. That's why people think "Girls do better at this but boys do better at this". It's nothing to do with how we learn, it's to do with the image that the subject has. And no matter which type of school you go to, you'll still find bitchiness with both sexes because you'll never be up to everyone's standards. People are always going to find something to bitch about. |
| saved by a sword Fabulous Killjoy Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 148 | i've never gone to a single sex school, and i don't think they're dumb. my best friend is going to go to an all girls school for the first time this coming year. i think that all girls schools can stregthen the bond between girls. but i don't think guys are a distraction in school. some girls get bad grades because they "play dumb" to impress guys, but in general, most girls don't. |
| the.reaper.wore.pink Motor Baby Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 841 | i think that single sex schools tend to be a bit elitist. they improve already good students while leaving, mediocre students to cope with their mediocrity themselves. that happens in my school, which is a single-sex school, so it is just my opinion |
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