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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pro: schools like and can adjust to active boys in the classroom; often a real feeling of brotherhood; less distraction in classroom.
Con: can make it harder for the boys to have healthy and respectful friendships with girls -- you will want to think about how those sorts of relationships can be fostered (summer/outside activities, for example).[/quote]

"Con: can make it harder for the boys to have healthy and respectful friendships with girls -- you will want to think about how those sorts of relationships can be fostered (summer/outside activities, for example)"

This, of course, may likely be sheer nonsense. It certainly isn't supported by any research and it flies in the face of the experience of thousands of DVM families who send their boys to all boys schools (after they themselves have attended these same schools and are very familiar with the environments)

And yet it is stated as if it were almost certainly true.[/quote]

Your opinion is your opinion.  Mine is mine.  Some folks will share your view, some will share mine.  I like all-boys' schools very much as an educational option but see this as a potential drawback and something to think about and try to counter -- not as a reason to eschew all-boys' education.  I would predict, also based on experience, that if you talk candidly with a range of experienced educators at all-boys' schools you will hear this as a concern and something they actively think about combating through the social curriculum, through activities with girls' schools, etc.  [/quote]

You are right and it is basically a fact - and it has been studied and written about countless times in the press (NYTimes, UK newspapers). [/quote]

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