Are mixed gender schools distracting?

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Both my primary and secondary schools were mixed schools and the impact it had on me was that i was able to interact and make friends with the opposite gender,it encouraged me very much to study hard to defeat any lady who passed ahead of me during exams,it made me not to be shy in front of girls and above all it is where boys and girls study each others' behaviors so as to choose their future partners when they grow up.
Girls are shy and incompetent in a society if they do not interact with boys at their childhood.

Well, being in mixed school is more experienced than a single school.Myself, i have been to a mixed school and it was very enjoyable.boys and Girls have different opinions over each subject. Better being together to share.For us boys,mathematics is our motor. We used to do pratice together and pull the girls up.so being together is more achievable.

It would be useful to study available empirical evidence on issues associated with mixed gender study though any reasonable suggestion would require extensive study which I suggest is not a priority national issue. Just as a quick thought I'm of the opinion that mixed education has significant merits in providing a well-rounded integrated education. Many argue 'hormonal' issues, however that argument is mute when we recognise that it is an issue at practically all ages. Will single sex education reduce teenage pregnancies and sexual promiscuity? I strongly doubt it would have any effect, because the issue has far deepler underlying foundations. Societies as a whole are evidently experiencing an increase in social decadence, lack of values, and attempted destruction of our foundation. This is underpinned by the thinking that we are not answerable to a higher authority, and we chage our laws to suit the thinking of the day. We need to deeply reconsider our ways, and guide our children with wisdom. I suggest separating sexes in education has no reasonable merit.

If my memory serves me well, this was my first ever essay topic at school. And even then, we never quite managed to arrive at a conclusion that was even remotely valid because each argument you put forward generated its own counter-argument. But aside from essays, I do recall the huge amounts of youthful energy we used to devote to it at the school debating club: countless preparatory activities such as endless rehearsals, guidance from poorly-paid but highly motivated teachers, not to mention the opportunity to impress the girls (which perhaps gives my favourite position away here), usually with the most bombastic words you could find in the dictionary. Great fun it was too, but I'm surprised to be invited to engage in it so many decades afterwards by the BBC.

Undoubtedly, mixed gender or co-ed can be distracting to learning. Young boys and girls are generally too busy trying to impress the other instead of concentrating on their studies. This problem of distraction or trying to impress each is compounded in a country like the U.S. where public schools are basically fashion stages because schools cannot mandate students to wear uniform. Therefore, most students goes to school to show-off their latest fashion trends in clothes and shoes. It is not unheard of, in some urban schools for students to get shot or killed by another student who wanted their latest shoes or other fashion gear. Since most, if not all schools in Africa requires their students to wear uniforms fashion is less of a distraction. It should be noted that co-ed can be positive force when students- boys in particular, are working hard to excel in their studies in order to impress some girls. Co-ed also teaches boys and girls social skills, how to interact with each other and the opposite sex. In my opinion, the advantages of co-ed outweigh any disadvantages.

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coeducation is a good system that can be followed for it leads to socialization in society.

I believe mixed gender schools are distracting but only to an extent but are necessary to build mix gender interaction. I also believe same gender schools promote a form of homosexuality due to the fact early school years such as middle school are when kids learn the difference between male and female and also explore their newfound sexuality. Im not saying homosexuality is wrong but any promotion of it to kids is in a way making the choice for them

I would not support separating children. Let the children staudy togather, thats the real world anyway. Let them learn to stay together because even at home they stay together and community is mad up of men and women.
What will they be like if they do not get the opportunity to interact. theyre is no world where they females will be separated form males.
Even in the convents of our Catholic friends, you will get fathers, brothers, sisters etc.
So please dont, its not worthy doing.

The advantages of mixed schools far more outweigh that of single schools. Co-ed brings one closer to the true reality of the world outside which is hardly felt in the single schools. Apart from setting high competition among fellow boys it also set competition among boys for the best girls. As a teacher I studied in a single school and currently teaching in a mixed school and I feel some gaps which would have been filled if I had attended a co-ed especially towards the opposite sex and the way I view my friends who attended a co-ed especially survival in Africa. I 'm totally not condeming single schools because it impacted in me the ideaology of hardwork and dteremination as the most effective way to excel and that with good educational environment one can excel through the wider world. In single ed your mind most times concentrate on achieving and being the best considering the huge amount of money involved most times. However, initially students from single ed struggle to cope in the outside world. I still believe if the type of learning enviroment seen in single ed could be introduced in co-ed, it will be the ultimate . In my opinion a well cordinated and managed co-ed still remain the best with less merit separating them.

Part of my school life was in a mixed school! I witnessed cases of early pregnancy and HIV infections but all could not be blamed on the school environment but also the surrounding community and social background of the students! Regarding academic performance some girls could beat us boys and that used to be determined by the academic strength of the learner depending on the previous grades! In other words a weak student would remain weak independent of the school environment whether being mixed or single! If we want to attribute peer pressure on academic performance, this can exist anywhere even outside school!
There only option is how much control has been emphasized within the school bounds whether in a mixed or single sex school!

My opinion is that separating the sexes in the school system robs both sexes the chance to freely interact and learn something about and from the opposite sex. Admittedly school going children at certain age are awakened to the 'presence' of the other sex and it does affect them but should that then be used as a basis to deny little girls and boys from learning and playing together in the school setting? I don't think so. The distractions that occur can be over by parents' intervention and not advocating for single sex schools. Distractions would and will still occur even when the two sexes are separated, does that then solve the problem? I don't think so. I think that allowing boys and girls to learn together prepares them for the real world where men and women live and work together. Distractions to effective study can still be overcome even in co-ed and can occur in a single sex school.

Children are innocent about many things in life except play, thus only playing can distract them from their studies. At times some even do role plays in which one is a teacher and the others are pupils, or a doctor and the others are patients, or a priest and the others are christains.

I attended a mixed school all through except my first year in Secondary school.

Mixing with the opposite sex in school better prepares youngsters for life outside, as studies are meant to be applied in the various aspects of living and coping with life. All the Universities in Cameroon are mixed sex institutions. A good number of students from single sex schools admitted with good points or averages, find their performances droping in the University.

In the frican family, it is common to find a couple with 8 - 19 children; both males and females, in addition to cousins, nephews, and nices. In this case would it be nice to separate the family? If not why the advocacy for ingle sex schools?

I would ike to be heard on air.

Learning by isolating opposite sex is not only boring but damaging to social thinking.

When we send children to school, it is in order to prepare them for the world. In the world, males interact with women. You do not train your navy in the desert, but rather at sea which is where they shall be used. A girl who spends her school days in the presence of only other girls does not learn to sit down properly in the presence of men. A boy who is trained in a boys-only school hardly feels confident infront of ladies. Such children are usually misfits when they get out of that artificlal school environment. I describe it artifical because there is no world in which you have only one gender, except at a convent or monastery. Separating the genders, my experience tells me, is a very wrong solution to a problem.

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Schools aren't as much about academic performance as they are about developing children as a whole to function in society. Having talked to people who attended single sex schools the consensus among them seems to be that they, by not having experience with the other gender, have missed out on a vital part of their social (as opposed to academic) education; their ability to interact well with others. And so the distraction is perhaps a side-effect of a beneficial process I was more than happy to be a part of in my school days!

Research done on this issue has shown that indeed girls exhibit better academic perfomance in single sex classrooms, especially in sciences. In most societies, it's assumed that boys do better in subjects like math. Certain disciplines like engineering are seen as more manly and females venturing into those areas are even discouraged. It is a social conditioning that may affect young women albeit on a subconscious level. Therefore in a mixed sex environment, girls may feel intimidated and may not try as hard. This can also extend to class participation especially when the boys are very assertive.

In my opinion, single gender schools are most beneficial during the high school years. This is the time young men and women become more self aware. They look outward for approval and are very sensitive to criticism or rejection. They are also coupling up and impressing each other which can be a distraction. These are also the years that determine who makes it to college or not and what career they will pursue. Being in a single gender environment takes some of the pressure of and allows them to concentrate on school work. As far as interacting with the opposite sex, most single gender schools have a sister or brother school. Inter school functions take care of that. By the time they get to college, they are more grown up and ready to face the challenges there before entering the world of work.

I went to co-ed schools for my primary education as well as college. However, in high school. I attended an all girls boarding school and my classmates were very capable and competitive.I say why not try it and see if things get better

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Research has shown (forgotten title of report) that girls learn better when they are in a girls-only environment, meaning classroom. Following this research, some countries have come up with creative ways of creating that environment by putting all girls in their own classrooms and boys in their own too but the same school. This means both sexes can interact/socialise outside class.

What's this talk of "gender"? As each year elapses, the BBC sounds more USA-prudish.

The word that's being fumbled for is "sex".

During my o-level i was in asingle school but when i joined higher school i was in a mixed school life was never the same. mixed school helps one to mature morally

This is the genesis of characters that humans are not of a kind, if you grow up without the other option its not fine to me, they should study together then the way it is now.