Any truth to rumor that Gonzaga is making plans to go coed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boys can be themselves and never have to worry or learn how to act around girls/women.

and you consider that to be and advantage?

Some people consider it to be an advantage and expect women to change how they act so men can control themselves.

Yes. It is a way of thinking that I don't have but many do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Serious question -- Don't a lot of us send our kids to the single-sex schools just because that's what's available? Most parents and kids would probably prefer a co-ed school. We send our DD and DS to single-sex schools because they could not get admitted to the top co-ed schools to which they applied. (I know there's a stronger case for all-girls schools, but is there really a strong case for an all-boys school, other than tradition?)

It's for boys that can't control their hormones and only see women as an object of sexual desire instead of a person.

Parents can't control their boys so they send them to coed to "focus on schoolwork".

Of course they are never socialized to treat women as equals so there is that problem.

Nice trolling!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boys can be themselves and never have to worry or learn how to act around girls/women.

and you consider that to be and advantage?

Try and control your inclination to over-dramatize. The Gonzaga boys and other boys have plenty of time to interact with girls after school, on weekends, during vacations. School is 6 hours a day for 180 days a year.

Don’t insist everyone follow your preferences. And please don’t attempt to lecture. We know your viewpoint. We, who send our boys to schoools like Gonzaga, have chosen to reject it.

No. It is very different to "vacation" with a girl vs. have a girl lead a project and take direction from her. The fact you compare vacationing and hanging out to being part of a project and being outperformed sometimes in an academic setting shows you really have not researched this.

It's is a part of development that is lost at this age in an all boys setting.

"interact" OMG what is this 1950.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Serious question -- Don't a lot of us send our kids to the single-sex schools just because that's what's available? Most parents and kids would probably prefer a co-ed school. We send our DD and DS to single-sex schools because they could not get admitted to the top co-ed schools to which they applied. (I know there's a stronger case for all-girls schools, but is there really a strong case for an all-boys school, other than tradition?)

It's for boys that can't control their hormones and only see women as an object of sexual desire instead of a person.

Parents can't control their boys so they send them to coed to "focus on schoolwork".

Of course they are never socialized to treat women as equals so there is that problem.

Nice trolling!

Ad hominem... can't come back with a article that shows that this is not true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boys can be themselves and never have to worry or learn how to act around girls/women.

and you consider that to be and advantage?

Try and control your inclination to over-dramatize. The Gonzaga boys and other boys have plenty of time to interact with girls after school, on weekends, during vacations. School is 6 hours a day for 180 days a year.

Don’t insist everyone follow your preferences. And please don’t attempt to lecture. We know your viewpoint. We, who send our boys to schoools like Gonzaga, have chosen to reject it.

No. It is very different to "vacation" with a girl vs. have a girl lead a project and take direction from her. The fact you compare vacationing and hanging out to being part of a project and being outperformed sometimes in an academic setting shows you really have not researched this.

It's is a part of development that is lost at this age in an all boys setting.

"interact" OMG what is this 1950.

Let me try this again.

We have heard your viewpoint and we don’t agree with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Serious question -- Don't a lot of us send our kids to the single-sex schools just because that's what's available? Most parents and kids would probably prefer a co-ed school. We send our DD and DS to single-sex schools because they could not get admitted to the top co-ed schools to which they applied. (I know there's a stronger case for all-girls schools, but is there really a strong case for an all-boys school, other than tradition?)

It's for boys that can't control their hormones and only see women as an object of sexual desire instead of a person.

Parents can't control their boys so they send them to coed to "focus on schoolwork".

Of course they are never socialized to treat women as equals so there is that problem.

Nice trolling!

Ad hominem... can't come back with a article that shows that this is not true.

I don't need an article to know its not true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boys can be themselves and never have to worry or learn how to act around girls/women.

and you consider that to be and advantage?

Try and control your inclination to over-dramatize. The Gonzaga boys and other boys have plenty of time to interact with girls after school, on weekends, during vacations. School is 6 hours a day for 180 days a year.

Don’t insist everyone follow your preferences. And please don’t attempt to lecture. We know your viewpoint. We, who send our boys to schoools like Gonzaga, have chosen to reject it.

No. It is very different to "vacation" with a girl vs. have a girl lead a project and take direction from her. The fact you compare vacationing and hanging out to being part of a project and being outperformed sometimes in an academic setting shows you really have not researched this.

It's is a part of development that is lost at this age in an all boys setting.

"interact" OMG what is this 1950.

Let me try this again.

We have heard your viewpoint and we don’t agree with it.

Let me try this ... I don't care if you agree with me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boys can be themselves and never have to worry or learn how to act around girls/women.

and you consider that to be and advantage?

Try and control your inclination to over-dramatize. The Gonzaga boys and other boys have plenty of time to interact with girls after school, on weekends, during vacations. School is 6 hours a day for 180 days a year.

Don’t insist everyone follow your preferences. And please don’t attempt to lecture. We know your viewpoint. We, who send our boys to schoools like Gonzaga, have chosen to reject it.

No. It is very different to "vacation" with a girl vs. have a girl lead a project and take direction from her. The fact you compare vacationing and hanging out to being part of a project and being outperformed sometimes in an academic setting shows you really have not researched this.

It's is a part of development that is lost at this age in an all boys setting.

"interact" OMG what is this 1950.

Let me try this again.

We have heard your viewpoint and we don’t agree with it.

Let me try this ... I don't care if you agree with me.

Good. We’ll continue to send our sons to Gonzaga and other single sex schools and you don’t have to.

But you are the one on a Gonzaga thread whining. The Revolution will have to go one without us.

[Anonymous]

I cannot imagine that this would be true. Good Counsel and St. John's had no choice. Gonzaga has had no problem filling their seats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I cannot imagine that this would be true. Good Counsel and St. John's had no choice. Gonzaga has had no problem filling their seats.

Gonzaga’s biggest problem is deciding who amongst the huge group that’s clamoring for admission gets in.

This isn’t a rumor. It’s an attempt to plant an idea. It’s sophisticated trolling.

There are plenty of schools for Catholic girls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boys can be themselves and never have to worry or learn how to act around girls/women.

and you consider that to be and advantage?

Try and control your inclination to over-dramatize. The Gonzaga boys and other boys have plenty of time to interact with girls after school, on weekends, during vacations. School is 6 hours a day for 180 days a year.

Don’t insist everyone follow your preferences. And please don’t attempt to lecture. We know your viewpoint. We, who send our boys to schoools like Gonzaga, have chosen to reject it.

No. It is very different to "vacation" with a girl vs. have a girl lead a project and take direction from her. The fact you compare vacationing and hanging out to being part of a project and being outperformed sometimes in an academic setting shows you really have not researched this.

It's is a part of development that is lost at this age in an all boys setting.

"interact" OMG what is this 1950.

Let me try this again.

We have heard your viewpoint and we don’t agree with it.

Let me try this ... I don't care if you agree with me.

Good. We’ll continue to send our sons to Gonzaga and other single sex schools and you don’t have to.

But you are the one on a Gonzaga thread whining. The Revolution will have to go one without us.

Too bad, 1/2 my family is already at Gonzaga. So you are stuck with us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boys can be themselves and never have to worry or learn how to act around girls/women.

and you consider that to be and advantage?

Try and control your inclination to over-dramatize. The Gonzaga boys and other boys have plenty of time to interact with girls after school, on weekends, during vacations. School is 6 hours a day for 180 days a year.

Don’t insist everyone follow your preferences. And please don’t attempt to lecture. We know your viewpoint. We, who send our boys to schoools like Gonzaga, have chosen to reject it.

No. It is very different to "vacation" with a girl vs. have a girl lead a project and take direction from her. The fact you compare vacationing and hanging out to being part of a project and being outperformed sometimes in an academic setting shows you really have not researched this.

It's is a part of development that is lost at this age in an all boys setting.

"interact" OMG what is this 1950.

Let me try this again.

We have heard your viewpoint and we don’t agree with it.

Let me try this ... I don't care if you agree with me.

Good. We’ll continue to send our sons to Gonzaga and other single sex schools and you don’t have to.

But you are the one on a Gonzaga thread whining. The Revolution will have to go one without us.

Too bad, 1/2 my family is already at Gonzaga. So you are stuck with us.

But not your daughters. Nor will they ever be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boys can be themselves and never have to worry or learn how to act around girls/women.

and you consider that to be and advantage?

OK I'll bite. I think the PP worded it incorrectly. The boys at Gonzaga very much know how to act around girls/women. Why don't you ask any of the girls at the nearby Catholic schools or even public schools. In fact, I know a couple of my daughter's public school friends who are dating Gonzaga boys. The public school girls seem to prefer these boys over the boys in their public co-ed school for some reason.

The issue of having single sex education in high school is that it does eliminate the issue of students acting a certain way because of the presence of the opposite sex. These kids can focus better without all the distractions of developing hormones. It also eliminates some of the underlying causes of bullying. Did any of you see that series 13 reasons why? Remember how a lot of the issues had to do with sex and other dating issues within the school? These kids will be fine. They get to socialize with the opposite sex in a number of activities outside of school. My son was involved in theater and met many girls from the all girls schools...that worked out quite well for him. And now, in college, he has many female friends. The idea that boys who don't have girls in their classes will somehow never be able to take direction from women is also ridiculous. For one thing, Gonzaga has many many female teachers. My husband went to an all boys school and he is now a partner in a major law firm and he reports to a woman. He is totally fine with that and has the utmost respect for women in any role, whether it be in upper management, or the woman who cleans our house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boys can be themselves and never have to worry or learn how to act around girls/women.

and you consider that to be and advantage?

Try and control your inclination to over-dramatize. The Gonzaga boys and other boys have plenty of time to interact with girls after school, on weekends, during vacations. School is 6 hours a day for 180 days a year.

Don’t insist everyone follow your preferences. And please don’t attempt to lecture. We know your viewpoint. We, who send our boys to schoools like Gonzaga, have chosen to reject it.

No. It is very different to "vacation" with a girl vs. have a girl lead a project and take direction from her. The fact you compare vacationing and hanging out to being part of a project and being outperformed sometimes in an academic setting shows you really have not researched this.

It's is a part of development that is lost at this age in an all boys setting.

"interact" OMG what is this 1950.

Let me try this again.

We have heard your viewpoint and we don’t agree with it.

Let me try this ... I don't care if you agree with me.

Good. We’ll continue to send our sons to Gonzaga and other single sex schools and you don’t have to.

But you are the one on a Gonzaga thread whining. The Revolution will have to go one without us.

Too bad, 1/2 my family is already at Gonzaga. So you are stuck with us.

But not your daughters. Nor will they ever be.

Nor would I send her to St. Paul's even though it is coed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boys can be themselves and never have to worry or learn how to act around girls/women.

and you consider that to be and advantage?

OK I'll bite. I think the PP worded it incorrectly. The boys at Gonzaga very much know how to act around girls/women. Why don't you ask any of the girls at the nearby Catholic schools or even public schools. In fact, I know a couple of my daughter's public school friends who are dating Gonzaga boys. The public school girls seem to prefer these boys over the boys in their public co-ed school for some reason.

The issue of having single sex education in high school is that it does eliminate the issue of students acting a certain way because of the presence of the opposite sex. These kids can focus better without all the distractions of developing hormones. It also eliminates some of the underlying causes of bullying. Did any of you see that series 13 reasons why? Remember how a lot of the issues had to do with sex and other dating issues within the school? These kids will be fine. They get to socialize with the opposite sex in a number of activities outside of school. My son was involved in theater and met many girls from the all girls schools...that worked out quite well for him. And now, in college, he has many female friends. The idea that boys who don't have girls in their classes will somehow never be able to take direction from women is also ridiculous. For one thing, Gonzaga has many many female teachers. My husband went to an all boys school and he is now a partner in a major law firm and he reports to a woman. He is totally fine with that and has the utmost respect for women in any role, whether it be in upper management, or the woman who cleans our house.

Maybe you should get 360 on some of these phones and see what is really going on.

"Prefer" or ... "that is the only person that would date them" I mean either comment drips of superiority, one way or another.

Can't you just see that there are issues everywhere and accept our own without pointing fingers at others or putting them down.