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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All boys schools doesnt mean no interaction with girls and doesn’t mean bad behavior. Lot of stereotypes here, OP. Stop generalizing.[/quote]  At an all boys school, meaning a school without girls,  there is zero interaction with girls.  If you want to say that everywhere but school there is interactions with girls, fine.  But even that would be nuts to say.  Get up in the morning, go to an all boys school, maybe go to practice after school (most likely Not a coed team) then go home after school.  Unless they are going out and doing things they shouldn't be on a school night,  WHERE ARE THERE GIRLS IN THAT DAY![/quote]

My son has classes with girls at the all girls school his school is associated with.

He also has a number of classes taught by excellent teachers that also happen to be women.  [/quote] if he is in class with girls all day every day, I wouldn't call that an all boys school.[/quote]

The poster didn’t say “all day.”

However, some single sex schools have joint classes and programs with their sister schools.

STA has “coordinate” classes with NCS starting in 7th. Chinese is taught at NCS for example.

Theater, chorus, crew, and many other activities are joint. [/quote] so some have some classes,  others zero classes with girls.  Got it.  And the kids need to join choir and crew. Got it.  So when they should be working to be better at crew or singing it's ok to be around girls,  but not for working to get better at other things,  ok.  So at the end of the day,  is it better to be in a single sex environment or not?  If it is why have girls in crew or choir?  Honest question.  I say it's not better for whatever that's worth.[/quote]

It is better for the majority of learning to happen in a single sex environment.  It’s better for both girls and boys. Look up the studies.

Boys’ executive functioning develops much later than girls. Especially in 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th, girls are more mature, have greater focus, and can sit for longer periods without breaks. Education has been feminized; teaching norms are now geared towards what comes more easily to girls. The majority of teachers are women, which exacerbates this trend.

Putting boys in a learning environment where the teachers get boys is a tremendous academic advantage. The teaching is geared towards how boys learn best. It also makes a difference that the majority of teachers are male.

In an all boys environment the boys are freer to experiment with different activities and hobbies with no gender bias. A large number of STA boys are in the performing arts or visual artists. There’s no stigma. You might have a football star who paints or is the lead in a musical. The boys are allowed to try any role they want without gender stereotypes holding them back.

In my co-Ed high school chorus, music, and art were for sissies and geeks if you were a boy. Not true at all at STA.

Chorus, theater, and crew are coordinate because of economies of scale issues and to facilitate social interaction, not because doing them coed helps the kids do them better.  :roll: [/quote] so why are the best high schools in the country coed?[/quote]

Can’t read, huh?  Asked and answered.[/quote]  so the best schools in the country are coed but kids do not learn better in coed schools.  Got it.[/quote]

Don’t engage with this troll. They have replied multiple times and are too dumb to even disguise their sock puppeting.  I’m sure you figured it out, but here is how you know it’s them:
1) they don’t capitalize 
2) they don’t use apostrophes
3) they use “Got it” and “honest question” over and over again
4) they lack critical thinking skills
[b]5) they appear to be the proud recipient of a coed public school education[/b] 
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To pre-empt the comment you will want to make after you read this: I am not the poster you can’t resist responding to.

Unclear why you would make the bolded comment. Did your favorite poster say anything to compare public to private? Isn’t this a conversation about coed vs. single sex? Are you using public education as an insult?

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