Coed Schools or Single Gender Schools

[dejah]

i've attended co-ed schools all my life.
pre-school, elementary, primary, secondary, and now college.

i have two brothers and they both study/studied in an all-boys school.
and i know a lot of people from single-sex schools.

maybe this is only in singapore,
but here, these kids have egos ten times their size and worth.
the guys from the boys schools all mostly think that they're down with it and can tap any girl they meet.
and the ladies from the girls schools are the easiest lays ever. majority of pregnancy cases in my network are the girls i know from the single-sex schools.

my personal findings is that the students from single gender schools don't know very well how to socialize and interact with the opposite sex without seeming really desperate. >_>
no offence to anybody from single sex schools, but this is merely trend that i've noticed with many people that i've met.

i reckon if kids grew up together, it would be easier and a lot less awkward when puberty kicks in because they would actually already know one another.

i've been told that it's totally different with the states, but then again, i live in asia. >_>

[Mirixa]

Originally Posted by risingfalls

I go to a coed school.
I wouldn't change that, b/c I have like being able to interact with both guys and girls socially.

I totally agree.
Public coed schools! FTW!

[Ban Mido]

I've Allways been in a coed school.

[mesmerized]

Co-ed is the only way for me. I couldn't stand being around a full school of nothing but b-words all day. I rather hang with my guy friends.

[dejah]

^ i totally agree.
i only have a handful of female friends that i can consider the closest and truest friends.
and i don't need anymore. because the rest just tend to be bitchy and have ulterior motives that i honestly can't be bothered to deal with.
i can't deal with being surrounded by girls too long. >_>
guys are a lot easier to be friends with 'cause there are no pretenses as to who's skinnier or who's got the cooler hairdo, or the latest fashions.

a lot less complicated.

[CtR]

xD I have always been to mixed schools, and I prefer it that way.

if I was stuck in an all girls school I would go insane, too many girls have turned out to be bitchy, arrogant, manipulative, sly, backstabbing, evil, hypocritical, shallow, and fake that to be honest I can't deal with them much anymore xD there are very few girls in my social group, and even fewer girls that I trust.

I get on much better with guys, I find them easier to be friends with and generally speaking I don't have to worry that they are going to stab me in the back by pretending to be my friend :3

In all girls schools there is generally speaking a LOT of competition, who is the prettiest, who is the slimmest, who has the best family etc etc and blah di crap, the same can be seen in all boys schools too.

Though I am aware the above is a generalisation and isn't the same in all single gender institutes, I still am thankful that I was always in mixed gender schools.

[blinkboy211]

Well in US schools it tends to be co'ed unless they are private schools. Most private schools will tend to have single genders. Since public schools are well sort of free (since your paying for it anyway in taxes) people will send their kid to them unless the school itself is bad then some parents send them to private.

Most of my friends were guys but having girls taught me alot expecially what to and what not to say around females. Hell co'ed schools provided me with a few girlfriends, one stalker, and an understanding how to hold myself around the opposite sex. Oh and gave me better assets to look at if i was bored then a singlel gender school would have had.

[CtR]

^ good point.

A lot of private schools here are single gender too (in the UK) although they are often paired, it seems.

Mixed does teach each gender how to socialise more and be more aware around the other, it gives them some essence of experience.

Single gender just leaves speculation I guess, I wouldn't know since I have never been part of a single gender school.

Maybe no one can say which is better unless they have been in both institutes.

I just know I am glad I went to mixed :3

[dejah]

topic for discussion:

expenses aside, would you rather send your child to-

a) an elite school that's single gendered, or
b) a decent co-ed public school.

[risingfalls]

???
That's a hard one.
I think that I'm going to have to go with the decent co-ed public school.
While school is a primarily educational institution, I can't neglect the fact that it's the place where most of us learn how to interact with other people, and I think that it's important to know how to handle yourself around both guys and girls.

[blinkboy211]

i rather send my kid to co'ed mainly cause i want to have the kid well balanced and have somewhat an understanding of the opposite gender. Of course I think if you do send your kid to a single gender school it might be better to have the kid do co'ed first to have that experience.

[CtR]

Decent co-ed no doubt, for one thing the child would have the greater advantage in life due to their experience with the opposite sex during their time in education. They would be more comfortable and more able to interact with the opposite sex than a child who was confinded to a single gender school, even if it was an elite one.

Seperating the sexes through education isn't a good idea IMO.

[Chevalier Sombre]

Been in co-eds all my life. Not sure I'd want it any other way.

[Lycanthrope]

All guys. It's better than I expected. Girls still come to our games. I still hang out with girls on the weekends. My athletics and academics have developed MUCH better with less distractions during games and practices. Being a first year lacrosse player, I wouldn't have been able to play anywhere else if I went to a bigger co-ed school, because there would be more experienced players. And now, my coach developed 2 plays which I execute greatly.

I think single sex schools aren't as bad as they are believed to be. But they're expensive, so I'm not sure if I'll stay in that school for another year or two.

[Cameron]

I'm at an all guys school, and I actually hang out with just as many, if not more, girls than guys. So all this 'you don't develop proper social skills' stuff is total bullshit.

And since my school is like a drain for schools all across the area, I've met tons of new people through all the kids I'm at school with now. If anything, I'm actually at a social advantage over all the public, co-ed school kids who're stuck in the same school district their entire childhood.

Also, my local public school is shit hole. I still love all the kids there, but if I went there instead of my current high school, it'd be almost guarunteed I'd get nowhere in life.

Do I miss going to classes with girls? Yeah, of course.

Do I enjoy my new school? **** yeah, it's amazing.

Would I have it any other way? Probably not.