Separate Schools

Some high schools in the United States are considering creating separate classrooms to educate the boys and the girls. Many parents and professionals have their own opinions on this topic; but, the real question is if boys and girls would benefit from these separate classrooms. The cons of this topic outnumber the pros in many different ways. Many believe that the idea is undecided whether it is sexist by separating the two genders. On the other hand, students won’t have as many distractions while trying to learn their basic life skills. Another con of separating the students would be, when it comes to becoming adults, students won’t ever be separated in the real world in their job. Sexism is topic that has increased interest lately in many different ways. In this instance, sexism is often related and similar to racial views. Motoko Rich of the New York Times reported “Many of the schools that offer single-sex classes have struggled with student academic performance and are in high-poverty neighborhoods dominated by racial minorities” (Rich). This gives more proof as to why
When boys and girls are together in a room, it is human nature that a boy is going going to be attracted to that female. The two genders aren’t going to be able to have 100% of their focus on the course at hand. Principal of a single sex middle school Zachary Clayton said, “for boys it can take some of the social pressure off, they can be pretty cruel to each other when they are trying to impress a girl” (Kozma). Clayton also said, “It allows them to just take one of those pressures that a lot of middle school boys are going through out of their heads, and lets them focus on their academics” (Kozma). It is also common sense that you are unable to have 100% of your focus on a single task. If there are other people in the room of the opposite sex, the students are going to be unable to have 100% of their focus on their