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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is merely an anecdote and certainly others will offering differing views, but ...

My daughter, who attended a co-ed PK-8, was initially very skeptical of the arguments that girls are more engaged in a single sex environment. Going into HS admissions she was insistent on co-ed.

She fell in love with an all-girls school instead and was, happily, accepted.

She told me recently that she was too quick to dismiss the benefits. She talked mainly about her lit class where the girls seem to have pretty deep conversations about the content. And, generally, everyone participates. [b]She said in a co-ed classroom fewer girls would speak up. A few would, but discussions were not class wide. [/b]Not going to ascribe a "why" to any of this, but it's an observation from a current student.

So ... very happy with single sex so far!

(And, BTW, she is at Stone Ridge.) [/quote]

Since she's never attended a coed high school, how does she know that? Or is she comparing the behavior of her high school classmates to her memory of how people behaved in middle school?[/quote]

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