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__The Truth About Single-Sex Schools by Alexx__ Have you heard about single-sex schools before? Schools that are single-sex only accept either boys or girls in their school. If all people should be treated the same, why attend single-sex schools? This had been a major political topic for over 40 years, so I will inform you on how to end the argument.

Some believe that having single-sex schools is unfair, and don’t think sexes should be separated since they will have to communicate when they are older anyway. Some people may tell you single-sex schools prevent many distractions or improve academic scores. I will explain to you my opinion about the topic.

First of all, both sexes should be together in the same school for a few reasons. For example, in a vote, 61% of kids prefer attending coed schools, while 39% like single-sex schools. Also, if sexes are separated, in the future they may have problems communicating with other people in the future. It will be harder for kids to adapt to the opposite sex when they are older. Boys and girls were always supposed to have relationships with each other, and segregating them at the easiest time of their lives doesn’t help anyone. Children adapt to each other over time, and single-sex schools prevent the children from getting to know each other.

Single-sex school situations not only affect children, but adults as well. The government has been fighting over the situation for over 40 years, and they are still arguing, is it fair? Many of the first single-sex schools were argued over with the student’s parents. They protested that it was ridicules that their children were not able to attend the school. At one multi-sex school, a parent brought to court that even though the school was now “coed”, there were 599 boys and only one girl. Many times in multi-sex schools, there would be one sex over powering the other due to the lesser amount of sex reported at single-sex schools. The court didn’t approve of this.

Though it is said boys and girls learn differently, when parted into other schools, they showed no academic change. Girls and boys were proven to have no change in their academic scores when placed in single-sex schools. Having both sexes in one class will lead to the same grades as usual, and, if one student tries to show off in class or prevent the other students from doing their work, it is just as a child would act in any other school. If students get distracted, it is their own personal fault.

Moreover, separating sexes is not fair for several reasons. If kids don’t choose to go to single-sex schools, they shouldn’t have to no matter what their parents say. Many kids miss out on special friendships and relationships with the opposite sex when in a single-sex school. When girls begin leaving coed schools, their old boy bullies start picking on other guys, which isn’t fair to the new victims. Also, if a single-sex school has better teachers and educational teachings, the opposite sex should be allowed into the school if they choose. If children decide to go to a coed school, they should be treated no differently than students at a single-sex school. Single-sex schools seem to have higher expectations, while coed school students should have just as high standards. Coed schools also seem to cost less than single-sex schools, they should cost the same amount of money. Many single-sex students become sexist as they grow, since they have lost many interactions with the opposite sex over the years. This may cause stereotyping and violence in the future.

Single-sex schools often show that the student cannot work in any regular environment with both sexes. Boys and girls are thought to learn better with their own sex, so they cannot be taught at the same time with the opposite sex. This is not true; each individual person learns and matures at different rates. When sexes are kept apart in other schools, they may start stereotyping the opposite sex and become sexist, the effect of loss of interactions with each other. Single-sex and coed schools are also known to stereotype each other.

In conclusion, single-sex schools can promote emotional distress for the future and is unfair to students around the world. The fights have gone on long enough, and we are talking about the future generations to come, so this should be a serious topic. If sexes cannot cooperate correctly in the future, it may lead to more violence and sexism.

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