Something that people also seem to be ignoring is that not everyone fits under the two gender system. There are plenty of people who may appear female, but identify as male or vise versa. If you split schools into two genders than you throw a lot of people into very crappy situations. Also, if the argument, as someone suggested, is that having mixed gender classes distracts people then you need to account for the homosexual crowd. It doesn't make sense to have people fill out a questionnaire on their sex and sexuality before going to school.
Also saying that "boys and girls learn differently, so they should have different classroom settings" is poor logic because there are a lot of different learning styles, some people learn best in a lecture environment and some people learn best by reading. If there were enough teachers in the world then maybe splitting classes that thin so that each style had their own class might make sense. Still it is important to note that a lot of learning in school, especially K-12, is social or achieved through social means.
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Submitted on February 28th, 2008 by anonymousSomething that people also seem to be ignoring is that not everyone fits under the two gender system. There are plenty of people who may appear female, but identify as male or vise versa. If you split schools into two genders than you throw a lot of people into very crappy situations. Also, if the argument, as someone suggested, is that having mixed gender classes distracts people then you need to account for the homosexual crowd. It doesn't make sense to have people fill out a questionnaire on their sex and sexuality before going to school.
Also saying that "boys and girls learn differently, so they should have different classroom settings" is poor logic because there are a lot of different learning styles, some people learn best in a lecture environment and some people learn best by reading. If there were enough teachers in the world then maybe splitting classes that thin so that each style had their own class might make sense. Still it is important to note that a lot of learning in school, especially K-12, is social or achieved through social means.