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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wrote that I disagreed because I don't think that kids will be comfortable in a mixed classroom. They can explain the different genders issues with puberty to both groups in separated environments so that both groups can answer ask questions in a place that they are likely to feel more comfortable. [/quote]

Speaking as someone who has taught FLE to single gender classes…no one is comfortable.  No one.  Teachers aren’t; we are walking on eggshells to stay on script, and there are always at least 2 of us in the room.  But it’s not like the presence of the other gender would interfere with participation; kids of both genders ask questions in anonymous written form.

I actually think for many kids it would be comforting and validating for kids to see that kids of the other gender have the same wondering and confusions and fears.  Puberty “others” kids enough as it is.  I still remember the embarrassment and mystery I felt as a 5th grade girl, not knowing what was being said in the boys’ lesson and immediately feeling this dramatic separation from boys after we had had our segregated lessons.  We wondered what they had been told about us, what they had asked about us, what they were thinking about us, and vice versa.  Simply having the lessons together would have made it all seem more scientific and less secretive and shameful.[/quote]

There’s no way you taught FLE. I’m a fourth grade teacher. I’ve taught 3rd-6th grades. Girls want to talk and have lots of questions. Boys generally don’t. They definitely won’t if girls are there. It’s difficult enough to explain answers in a developmentally appropriate way for girls, but to have to explain it for boys too? It’s just not appropriate. There would be very little learning going on because everyone would be giggling and looking at each other. Like when a girl in my class asked if a tampon can get stuck in your uterus and how do you get it out? “With your fingers?” I think it’s best for boys and girls to learn about their own bodies first, they can learn about the others’ bodies later. [/quote]

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