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ESL246Montana1/29/2012BetterSingle-sexThanCoed?Inthemodernsociety,studentshavetwochoices:toattendtoasingle-sexschoolorcoedschool.Thesetwoschoolshavedifferentcharacteristicsandteachingmethods.Peoplealsohavedifferentopinionsaboutthesetwodifferentkindsofschools.Whichonedoyouprefer?Someparentsliketosendtheirchildrentosingle-sexschools.Theythinkthatiftheirchildrenstudywiththesamesex,theycanblossombetter.Boysandgirlshavedifferenttalentsforlearningdifferentsubjects.Boysarebetteratscienceandgirlsarebetterattheliberalarts.Iftheboysandthegirlsareseparated,teacherscanfocusondifferentfocalpoints.Sothatstudentscandevelopbetter.Forexample,Catholicfamiliesoftensenttheirchildrentoparochialschools(p.20).Ialsohavesomegirlfriendsfromasingle-sexschool.Theyareallgoodattheliberalarts.Single-sexschoolsarebetterforthestudentswhoknowwhattheiracademicgoalsare.Mostofthepublicschoolsarecoed.Boysandgirlsstudytogether.InancientChinahadanidiomthat“Ifmenworkwithwomen,theywillnotfeeltired.”Ifboysandgirlsstudytogether,theywillworkhardertocompetewitheachother.Theresultmaybebetterthanthesingle-sexschools.BasedonwhatImentioned,boysaretalentedwithsciencesandgirlsaretalentedwithliberalarts.Iftheystudyinthesameschool,theycanhelpeachothertoadapttothesocietyinthefutureaboutwhattheyarenotstrongat.Duringmyschoolingtime,Ialwayshaveattendedcoedschools.Ibelievethatmostofmyclassmatescanstudyanddevelopwell.Ialsoenteredmyidealuniversityandmyfavoritedepartment,English.Iwouldprefercoedschools.Thoughsingle-sexschoolshavealotofbenefits,coedschoolsaresuitableforthecomprehensivedevelopmentofthestudents.Coedschoolscanteachgirlshowtocommunicatewithboysandhowboyscantreatgirls.Thisisanindispensableskillinoursociety.Asastudentwhograduatedfromcoedschool,Ihavealotoffriendswhoareboys.Wecanplaysportstogether.TheyhelpmewiththemathandIhelpthemwiththeEnglish.Whenwevisitotherplacestogether,theyalsocanhelpustocarrythebags.Girlsaremoreconscientiousthanboys,sothattheycantakecareoftheboys.Wehadalotoffun.Inmyopinion,inthesingle-sexschoolsforgirls,theyliketochat,comparewhoisprettierthanothersanddosomethingsthatarenotrelatedtostudy.Thesewillwastealotoftimeandevenaffecttheirattentionintheclass.Inthesingle-sexschoolsforboys,theywillfightwitheachothermorethaninthecoedschool.Theboyswillnotpaymoreattentiontotheirself-sanitation.Ifstudentsattendacoedschool,itisbetterforthemtoimprovetheirbehaviorandlearnhowtogetalongwitheachother.Nomatterwhatkindofschoolyouattend,whatyouneedtodoistryyourbesttoworkhard.Tryingyourbestisthemostimportantthingyouneedtoremember.Reference,Numrich,Carol.(2010)“Raisetheissues:anintegratedapproachtocriticalthinking/CarolNumrich;incooperationwithNPR.-3rded.”