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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]... The biggest difference I've observed is how socially adept the graduates are.  To me, graduates of all boys schools are far more polished than graduates of coed schools - but reasonable minds can  differ.[/quote]
As a graduate of an all-boys school, with many good friends whose sons are at all-boys schools, I have to disagree.  I agree with you that grads from all-boys school are usually able to throw up a veneer of social polish and gentlemanly behavior at will, because the schools invariably are strict about requiring that veneer on command.  But in my experience, many students from all-boys schools often struggle to adjust to the wider co-ed society.  It can take a couple years of co-ed college to force them to re-calibrate.  Some never successfully adjust.  I say all that as someone who has a lot of respect for the positives of all-boys schools and some positive values they can develop.  But in my experience, the negative values they harbor can often outweigh the positives.  A lot depends on the particular boy.  Many all-boys grads are great; but some always seem to grow wrong.[/quote]

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