Even though in the past most schools in our country segregated students depending on their sex, nowadays that tendency is nearly obsolete. Nevertheless, single sex education still has some strong points but also some flaws.
Research shows that a boy’s brain is different from a girl’s brain and so it should be the way in which we approach their education. Because of this, learning in a single sex environment gives more chances to the learner to succeed because he receives lots of personal attention. In addition boys and girls behave more naturally in this type of environment because they don’t need to worry about what the opposite sex might think about their hobbies or preferences. For instance in a single sex school you can find more boys interested in classical music rather than in modern music just for the fact that some girls might consider them old-fashioned.
On the other hand one of the major problems of this type of education is that separating children during their education leads to difficulties in sociability between both genders. It’s been proved that teenager’s that have been studying in this kind of schools, when they arrive to university, they tend struggle when dealing with people from the opposite gender. Moreover, students lose the possibility to listen and discuss ideas from the opposite sex.
In summary, I would like to conclude by saying that segregating students is, in my opinion, not a guarantee of success. Due to this I do not support single sex education but personal attention for students.
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