January 26, 2007
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Boys and Girls
A growing number of schools are separating boys and girls in schools. It is said that they can learn with less distraction. Here is the link: Link
Do you think boys and girls would learn more if they were separated?
Comments (130)
As much as I hate to admit it, probably, yes.
No.
no
no…how could they learn to relate to each other…oh yeah we have trouble now…so maybe it’s not a bad idea
Oh, and first. o_O
Sure.
I don’t know!
maybe for math they could use examples like shoes and shit like that
I don’t really think so.
No not at all.
Not really. And they’re completely missing out on learning how to socialize with the opposite sex. Separating them simply teaches them that there’s such big differences between boys and girls that they can’t or shouldn’t really interact, but most of these differences are created or greatly accentuated by society.
Of course not. I do well in school only because I pay attention to the boys. Close attention.
I’m kidding. But they’ll find ways to get to each other, regardless of the limitations placed by the school system.
That was my only motivation in attending school at all!
Oh gawd no.
What’s the distraction? Boys and girls always should be together.
i don’t think the opposite sex is the problem here.
throughout my school life..
I have never had a teacher that made me want to learn.
except one.
no they’d probly skip and visit the guys school lol jk
Depends on whether they sit around and dream about the opposite gender during class without them. And I have to agree with pnklace…
I learned a lot from girls. They’re all fucking bitches at some point.
Sounds reasonable.
As a girl in high school… I say no. Girls are more distracting to other girls… like when we talk.
Socially, no way.
I don’t know.
When I was in high school I thought all the guys were idiots and ignored them anyway.
maybe academically, but men and women live in the same world, why not the same school?
even if you’re with the same gender all the time, you’ll still get distracted with all of your friends. so no.
I am leaning toward yes.
Oh man if that happened to my school I think I would die. This is one of the reasons why I decided to go to a co-ed high school instead of an all-girls school.
Separating the boys from the girls won’t make a difference. They would be learning things the same way. It would do more harm than good because then the girls won’t know how to handle boys and vice versa.
Hey, thanks for the friend add, Dan. I am touched
yea, but part of school is also to learn about how to socialize with peers. while i don’t agree this should be done in the middle of class, it’s still a vital part of attending school.
Possibly.
I mean, the only beef that one girl in the article had with it was that the fellow girls in her class were allowed to speak out and get off subject (That was the teachers fault.)
It gives the girls less distractions of the “boys” they like, and vice versa.
I don’t see how gender affects learning and distractions. If the teacher is doing his/her job, the kids will pay attention.
I can see mixing it up a bit, but this may be a bit extreme.
perhaps.
No. Girls and guys don’t think the same way. It’s good to have a different perspective on how to get something done, because no one’s right 100% of the time.
not sure about academics, but they’ll certain develop crappy or at least severely skewed social skills, and thats what you need to survive in this society
Nope.
Have they maybe considered that their teachers and education methods just…blow? That maybe it’s their fault these kids aren’t doing well in school, and that they’re just using an issue such as dealing with the opposite sex as a scapegoat?
i think it’s a great idea.
besides, it’s how things were done for a long time right? so who’s to say that just because something is new that it’s better?
maybe the school subject matter. but otherwise, the social aspect of school is really really important.
The former teacher weighs in… Boys need girls in the classroom to provide positive learning examples. Girls do better without the negative influence of boys. There is no winning in this situation.
Yes but I don’t care. For crying out loud, are we not allowed to have human attractions/be human?
yes
When your sitting in class trying your hardest to listen to a monotone teacher, anything can distract you. Boys are just the most fun to look at. If you take away the boys we’ll find something else to entertain us (like the ceiling tiles), so no.
No.
I don’t think it would make a difference one way or another. Having boys in the same classroom as me when I went to school matters absolutely not with how much I learned.
But… I like boys and girls… how would that help…?
not about the opposite sex
definitely
no…and what if they’re homosexual? gonna have a separate room for that too?
I’m afraid my answer is yes.
However, the advantages are at least a little dubious. There’s a different kind of energy in the room when both sexes are present. Distracting, yes. But edifying, also yes.
I hate insularity. “Learn more about what?” might should be asked.
Speaking from experience (8 looooooonnngggg years in a girls-only school) I can say, without a doubt, that IT IS A BAD IDEA. As it were, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. And while we’re on clichés, the forbidden fruit always seems the tastiest. So naturally girls in a girls only school crave male attention even more.
And for some reason having a bunch of teenage girls all couped up together brings out the stereotypical bad side of my gender. Girls becom major league catty, clique-ish and bitchy. Mean Girls come to life. I suffered in high school… I can only imagine its the same for guys. I also spoke to some of my guy friends at an all-boys school. They said it was pretty similar.
Not to mention that if school is supposed to prepare you fro the real world, uni sex schools cannot do so because the real world has both genders
NO!!!! hmmmm… i don’t go to school so it wouldn’t matter to me but… hmmmm… it would still endup affecting me! wow i’m confusing myself again.
IF THEY TAKE THAT OUT THEN THERE WILL BE NO MORE KIDS IN SCHOOL!!!! EVIL PEOPLE AND THEIR EVIL PLANS!!!!!!!!!!
I WAS WANTING TO GO TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL BUT IF THEY DO THAT IT WOULD BE POINTLESS!!!!!!!! gurh…
As I girl, I would hate missing out on the male perspective on things. Both genders see things the others don’t, and I think that more can be learned with boys and girls in the same classroom.
Yes less distractions no doubt. But I still don’t like it
I personally wouldnt bother going to school. Half of my classes, I didnt drop only cause the guys in it were hot.
In some ways, but I think the interaction is important.
Depends on their age and the age of their siblings. My girlies don’t have a problem learning with boys because they see them as just boys and friends/playmates. Wait a few years and that might change.
Possibly….
For some people, yes.
nah.
i think everyone learns more when their wondering.. “does [it] have a penis or a vagina?”
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im kidding.
i don’t know. i don’t think it would make a difference. it would screw the straight kids over, and give the bi/gay kids an extra chance.
I’m not sure. As a home schooler, I don’t spend much time around guys (or girls for that matter) and I seem to learn just fine.
Perhaps.
Talk about social stunting!
well it will be harder for girls to get pregnant that way
Haha. I wouldn’t even want to go to school without those silly boys.
No! Not more segregation–hell no!
YES YES YES YES YES YES!
Separate us! Please!
The reason boys are falling behind in school is that exams now count for less and less, and cooperative classroom discussion/assignments more and more. Boys do better when there is competition involved, and girls when there is cooperation. The end.
From Kindergarten to the last year of high school, boys and girls should be separated in the classroom.
No, because the more you seperate us, the more we want to be together. haha.
Yes, although some of my most important friends are girls. I could never imagine my life if I had never met them.
Actually, that was a pointless statement. Yes. They probably would. I’ve heard it works.
i think they can learn to develop akward social skills when seperated
um i’m kind of a lesbian, so no.
YES! They each study different, learn in different ways, communicate differently, and I believe once the distractions are out of the picture you might actually get them to focus on what the teacher is saying.
Well, yeah.. but you don’t learn how to get along with everyone right.. it’s a necessary social interaction you learn at school.
That would only create new social quandaries.
THEY DO.
I promise.
And I’m thinking of another school besides my own. A school in Michigan that my friend would have gone to if her family stayed in Michigan. Eminem’s kid goes there haaaha.
I think thats segregation happening ALL OVER AGAIN, and theres gonna be lots of media coverage and shit from parents if it goes anywhere far.
no. i always feel socially underdeveloped because i didn’t have “guy friends” capture-the-flag style in my suburban childhood neighborhood.
I think so. However, when they transition into college or a work-place enviornment, they’re going to have a harder time adjusting with all the additional distractions they’ll have to get used to.
It could go either way, but I think that if they were separated, the students would become angry.
No. Are they gonna be separated in college? Yeah, might as well learn how to cope with it in high school. boys are still gonna be there.
yes.
i went to an all-girls high school. even though it was kinda lame having no boys around for 4 years and how i never really had the whole high school experience (homecoming..etc)…i was glad i stayed in that school. it was really nice.
I use to be of the mind that it would be better to have the sexes seperated in school. and maybe at a certain age it would be good…. but I have seen a class of all girls at my job with the health teacher that shares my classroom and they are the most talkative, chatty bunch of girls I have known.
I don’t see how the teacher can even get them to shut up for a moment for her to even teach anything.. This same health teacher at the beginning of the semester had a mixed boy and girls class and they were not a problem behavior wise and I think they learned a lot more.
Its important to mix the sexes in school.. it helps them to learn invaluable social skills.
No. Boys were the only reason I had a descent attendance record in the first place.
no.
Doesn;t seem like a bad idea ?.?
No.
Separating them would cause….rebellion in many cases.
I think that being in a coed school helps you learn how to integrate and communicate with the opposite sex. Guys have never been a distraction for me in school.
i dont think its very good. it may be ok when they are still little, but when they are older it is better for the opposite genders to learn how to interact with each other. it helps them get used to being in ther real world where both genders interact, and it both genders can learn from each other. in some schools in japan, the girls and boys sit on different side of the class so there wont be any distractions or whatever. i dont think its good now, because when you go to japan, their society isnt very accepting to equal rights to each gender, and lots of women complain that they are not allowed to do many things that men do, like clubbing together, or being friends without getting the rumour or dating…so on.
seperating them would just say women and men are too different to be doing things together.
i’m trying to enroll in a girls school in virginia, US. i never really go distracted by other people but i think that it helps some people to be separated. it also teaches them a respect for the opposite sex, rather than just regarding them as a day-to-day thing.
also, girls are more competetive when boys are around; alway try to one-up the other and what. i think that alone they would do much better.
cheers,
m
i can understand why some people would prefer coed. However, most of the reasons for coed are social, not educational. School is an educational thing, not there for a social scene. It’s more fun with boys around but, in the end, are we really learning more about algebra that way?
cheers,
m
My middle school had the option of separating boys and girls in 6th and 7th grade. I chose the all girls class. I loved it, but it made 8th grade (co-ed) a little weird.
It’ll probably do well for middle school, but once someone hits high school, they need to get over it.
I’m not sure, but I have heard it a number of times.
For the standardized testing and such at my school in October, they did split up the boys and the girls.
HELL NO! Why would I even GO to school?
that’s a good question, i haven’t thought about it.
I think children need to learn how to communicate with the opposite sex. We should have that as a subject.
Plus what about all the gay-bi-lesbian kids? won’t they still get distracted?
Oh come on now people… some know when they are real young.
i get along better with guys….maybe im some cases it would work but i’d probably do better with learning with guys
No. I much prefer having boys in my class because lots of other girls are annoying.
Not if they’re gay. Haha.
Mentally, yes?
But socially and emotionally? No.
I guess epereate but equal really does exist?
well dan, i think that white people learn more without the distraction of white people in schools, so maybe the same theory will apply (and to all those ready to kill me that was sarcasm). No, no. this is rediculous. There is no way this would actually happen. No
Derek
yes, it could help students learn, and raise those all-important earth shattering standardized test scores, but at the same time they’re making the next generation socially inept when it comes to interacting with the opposite sex. school isn’t just for academics, but for learning how to deal with all those awkward social situations that make you absolutley squirm. But goodness knows, it would be worth it for those test scores….sorry. had to add a few cracks at the standardized test system there. That’s the only reason they’re really separating the boys and girls anyway.
You learn more when you’re around both sexes because guys and girls think differently and you can hear more ideas. I think you’d miss out on a lot if you separated them. Besides, you’d get distracted anyways just being around your friends.
It could go either way, really.
I go to an all-girls high school, but I went to a coed grade school and will be going to a coed college. In grade school, the boys got all the opportunites, were called on first in class, and were generally treated as if they were automatically more intelligent than the girls. (Keep in mind, however, that I went to a school that was very traditionally Catholic, which is to say, traditionally misogynistic.) My high school is also Catholic, but luckily everyone there seems to actually believe in the school’s ideal of empowering young women. More girls here are in advanced classes (not only in language areas but also in math and science) than at other public and even private coed schools in the area. I’ve had a good experience with single-sex education, so I would say that it’s beneficial, though I don’t think that the genders should be separated for all 12 years of undergrad- I agree that girls and guys need to learn social interaction. However, as far as my own social development goes, I can say that I’m more confident, more focused on academics and less on looks, and have a better relationship with both my female and male friends as a result of single-sex high school. I’ll be pestered enough when I have to share college with men- right now it’s nice not to have to deal with them at school.
Probably not. I mean, they’d be missing out on the social part of school also, which is hugely important.
no. how are they supposed to function in the real world when they dont know how to deal with the opposite sex?
lyssa, the yellow one
Honestly, yes. Think about it.
All girls schools support lesbianism.
Oh wait.
How is that a bad thing?
Seriously, I have a friend who went to a all girl boarding school, and there was a TON of experimentation going on.
Was how she learned she was a lesbian.
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No. Now if we could get a way to separate GIRLS and their stupid DRAMA (I know guys have it to!), then maybe that would work!
Probably…but I still think it’s stupid.
*too
No. I mean what about the gay/lesbian kids?
Nobody is that focused on sex during school, not enough to force them away from their schoolwork, at least. And if they are, they have a pretty awful teacher.
No.
I’m not distracted by boys. And girls can easily distract each other without boys to begin with. It’s called gossip and motormouth.
I ALREADY go to an all-girls school. It’s a prep school, too. You’d think it be much more studious and focused because there are no guys messing around and distracting in the classroom, and it is. To a certain extent.
But, I can honestly say the one downside to it is the level of talking and gossiping. All that the girls care about are their own problems (at least in my class. The rest of the school is better). “Drama” is the most popularly used word of all time there. Actually, when it comes to paying attention and learning things, we get serious. Afterwards… It turns into a zoo.
But it’s a fun zoo =D. So, academically wise, it is better. Yes, separated, we learn more. That doesn’t mean it’s better all around. I miss the boys.
Maybe. But its keeping kids away from reality. Some kids might learn to stay away from the opposite sex or discriminate against them.
most people have a point
without boys, the focus is going to be on drama.
absolutely.. and i plan to do it when i have children. they grow up and experiment way too fast now. and if i can stop that by just removing the opposite sex from the situation i will absolutely do that.
my house is haunted
haunted by the ghosts of now
whose faces no one wants to see
whose screams no one wants to hear
until tomorrow
Sure the kids could learn more, but I think it’ll make them socially awkward.
no. both genders need to co-exist to learn life skills you will need in a workforce that does not seperate genders.
no way.
Not really. They’ll be more socially inept though.
no
i think they would learn more about [relationship]
which is one of the most difficult subjects
much.
we’re discussing this in my sociology class. i think they might learn a small amount more academically, but socially, they’d be screwed. let them be together. we all turned out fine.
what if the kids are gay
I am 73, married 51 years, retired 11 and went to public co-educational schools. I met my wife there. I love co-education.
Frank