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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was just volunteering in my DD's class. On nearly every single boy's desk there was a sign taped on. It said something like "Remember to sit quietly, raise your hand, don't talk when others are speaking, don't touch other people" with a picture of a stop sign. I looked and didn't see any signs on girl desks.

What is going on with boys? Is school asking too much of boys? Do we need same sex classes? I do think that boys and girls learn differently.[/quote]

No, I think single sex education is a terrible idea and hurts kids who don't fit stereotypes.  My quiet, soft spoken little boy who only got along with girls until 5th or 6th grade because the boys were too "crazy" according to him.

What's going on is that kids who used to get kicked out of class no longer are (for better or for worse) so behaviors that used to be removed now stay. Think about who was sent to the principal repeatedly when you were in school--the boys.  It's always been this way.[/quote]

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