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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I taught at an all-girls school in this area for years.  There are many positive aspects of single-sex education, and the girls themselves were wonderful and worked so hard.

I would not, however, make that choice for my own daughters -- especially one as homogenous as my school.  When you take a group of students of the same gender and of mostly the same background, socio-economic status, race, ambition, and academic capabilities, what you get is unbelievably unhealthy competitions, self-images, and behaviors.

[b]Some alumnae remain close to a few teachers, but there's an obvious pattern that it takes most graduates years (as in, around age 35) to get to a place of feeling positive about their experience.  Think about it.  Do the alumnae you know actually talk about their school with any affection? [/quote][/b]

They do at my daughters’ school. The glowing reviews of the alumni was one of the reasons we chose it.[/quote]

Which glowing reviews?  The conversations that the admissions office lined up for you?  Or had as testimonials in marketing videos and viewbooks?   [/quote

No actually my husband went to Brown with several of the school’s alumnae and he contacted them to ask their opinion before our daughters applied. They had glowing reviews about their experience there. [/quote]

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