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...are they needed in todays society? If they do, what clear advantage to they have over mixed schools? Did you attend a single sex school, and has it affected you in adult life?
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timwilky
11-05-09, 02:49 PM
I went to an all boys schools, girls were a complete mystery. To this day I still cannot understand them.
However, I do believe adolescent kids respond better academically in a single sex environment without the pressures of their raging hormones or stereotyping.
However, for kids to do best at school, scrap the comprehensive system and permit those with ability to soar rather than tether them to a one track fits all regime
jimmy__riddle
11-05-09, 02:59 PM
i went to an all boys school, we had girls in the 6th form though. having only ever been to the one school i cant really compare, but i would think it helps, probably less fighting over girls etc! on the social side i dont think it had an effect, mainly cos there was an all girls school opposite so there was plenty of time to mix.
Spiderman
11-05-09, 03:00 PM
i too went to an all boys school untill the age of 12...then they let girls in and ruined the place. And its ture, the school really did change just cos girls were about and converstaions that never existed before started happening daily. Things like "have you sen that girl, she actually has boobs!!!!!"
And Viney you've met me so maybe you now understand me better :lol:
timwilky
11-05-09, 03:01 PM
The best thing about mine was it made borstal a breeze
I went to a single sex grammar school - ie we did the 12+ exam and this was the "pass" school.
So apparently I should be soaring :(
philbut
11-05-09, 03:07 PM
Been to both mixed and single sex schools, and the single sex was better - Was just a better school all round, so may not be because of the lack of girls. there was a girls school next door which has now merged with my old school and the general consensus is that it has been detrimental.
I still had female friends out side of school, just didn't spend all day in class chasing skirt. I think it works well, so long as kids still have normal social groups outside of the classroom, maybe mixed schools but some single sex classes for example.
Couldn't cope with that sounds like a sausage fest :)
Biker Biggles
11-05-09, 03:23 PM
I went to a "no sex" school.It wasnt allowed
sv-robo
11-05-09, 03:27 PM
I went to a "no sex" school.It wasnt allowed
:winner:....:lol:
Jamiebridges123
11-05-09, 03:38 PM
I went to a "no sex" school.It wasnt allowed
Yeah strangely enough same happened here.:kiss::smt058
timwilky
11-05-09, 03:44 PM
I went to a "no sex" school.It wasnt allowed
I thought it was compulsory at most modern schools, your showing your age
Mr Speirs
11-05-09, 03:58 PM
I know a few people that went to an all boys school and whilst a few of them turned out fine quite a few of them turned out to be very socially inept, especially with the opposite sex.
I think single sex schools are a bit weird and unnatural. Don't see the point in them at all. We have to mix at some point so why not start early!
I went to boys only boarding school. We were good at sport, crap acemdemically (note cant spell), travelled a heck of a lot which was fun. I wouldnt send my kids to one though - boys yes - but boys boarding no. Unless it was a grammar school.
i went to an all boys school, we had girls in the 6th form though. having only ever been to the one school i cant really compare, but i would think it helps, probably less fighting over girls etc! on the social side i dont think it had an effect, mainly cos there was an all girls school opposite so there was plenty of time to mix.
Sounds familiar
Spot the spud :D
(King Edward Vi School, with the Atherley girls school opposite?)
Went to an all boys school. Left school, started clubbing and made up for lost time very quickly. Arguments for (less distraction - you can socialise with the opposite sex when you arent there) and against (makes you into a repressed nymphomaniac)
jimmy__riddle
11-05-09, 06:12 PM
Sounds familiar
Spot the spud :D
(King Edward Vi School, with the Atherley girls school opposite?)
kegs chelmsford
There is a stigma that it's hard to interact with the opposite sex in later life, this then might lead to same sex relationships...........
Hooorahh!!!
Cover me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians!!! :smt026:smt026:smt026
(makes you into a repressed nymphomaniac)
repressed? dang, failed again :smt112
dizzyblonde
11-05-09, 09:34 PM
just something more to stick on the secular bonfire.
Seems many of the 'boys school' stories highlight a sudden change in environment. i.e. introducing girls to a set establishment.
Of course it'll be detrimental. They've not had girls around in a learning environment and suddenly there -are- girls. Mixed schools may have their issues, but at least they've started out mixed. It'll be 'look at the tits on that' as an aside as opposed to 'OMFG!!! IT'S A GIRL!! IT'S GOT TITS!!!'
From the female part of the perspective, none of my boyfriends at school ever changed the way I applied to my lessons, my lack of interest in the school authority did.
The natural course of the teenager is to rebel. They're (however annoyingly) starting on the road to independence.
Blaming the opposite sex for being a distraction is a cop-out of real life, imo.
I passed the 11+ and won a scholarship to a private girls school. Hated the place from the day I started, but did very well academically.
My older lad went to a mixed school and did badly academically.
My younger passed the 12+ and went to an all boys school and did very well academically.
My daughter went to a mixed school and did very well academically. I doubt if going to a single sex school would have changed anything for her, as she's gay anyway! :D
I don't really think the school makes much difference. If you are bright and want to do well, you will. If you can't give a stuff no school is going to change that.
... quite a few of them turned out to be very socially inept, especially with the opposite sex.
Some of us managed this quite well at a mixed sex comprehensive.
MT
Owenski
12-05-09, 02:54 PM
I dont think mixed schooling seems to effect the girls, they'll learn either way but lads get well... more ladish around girls lol. I recon I did more learning when I had a girlfriend later on in yr11 than I did in the first 4 years combined.
I went to a mixed grammar and the most distinctive fact I brought away from the place, about the place was that the posh girls who wanted to rebel against daddy made it a fantastic 5 years for the smart lads from the other side of town.
Two of my daughters go/went to an all girls independent school and neither is a lezzah. Both have got good GCSE/A level results that I doubt they'd have got in a mixed sex environment.
My 16 year old son is also at a single sex independent school and he's certainly not shy when it comes to girls - just ask his gorgeous 18 year old girlfriend about that. He's also expected to do very well in his GCSEs later this year. Unfortunately he'll be going to a mixed 6th form college, but he chose the one he'll be attending on its academic reputation, and not just because the girls are fitter there.
Having said that, my eldest went to her local secondary school and did very well. Maybe because all the boys thought she was a lezzah cos she rode MX and was always in greasy torn jeans, so they left her alone.
skidmarx
12-05-09, 09:40 PM
...are they needed in todays society? If they do, what clear advantage to they have over mixed schools? Did you attend a single sex school, and has it affected you in adult life?
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Bit of a random question here, why do you ask? Do you have kids of your own ready to go to secondary school or are you just interested in gender studies? It's a hard decision, count yourself lucky if you have the choice !
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