Single Sex Schools Should Not Be Banned

Single sex schools should not be banned Do you want your children study in single sex schools? Single sex schools are the schools that have all same gender students. There are many very famous single sex schools in America like Wellesley College, Smith College, and Mount Holyoke College, which are recorded in the long history of excellence in the education sector. Many people love single sex schools because they think they can get better education than study in a coeducation environment (Sax, 2011; Sommers, 2011). Nevertheless, some support means that some others are not supporting single sex schools. According to the article “Single-Sex Schools: Separate but Equal?” (2011), readers can know that a report in “Science” magazine shows that there is no evidence to show that single sex schools are better than coeducation in academic outputs and single sex schools may also “reinforce sex stereotypes” (n.p.). People who think single sex schools should be banned believe that single sex may do harm to students in academic and personal character area (Fabes, 2011; Sherwin, 2011; Williams, 2011). However, this paper will show people that single sex schools should not be banned because they provide a better academic environment, and they give parents an extra option to choose the right schools for their children. One of the reasons that single sex schools should not be banned is they give students a great environment to study. First of all, students can study any subject they want without the stereotyped thinking about the “boys’ subjects” or “girls’ subjects”. It is “normal” that female students are more likely to study language and literature which are “girls’ subjects”, and male students would prefer math and science which are “boys’ subjects” (Sommers, 2011). Why this is normal? McAuliffe (2011), who is the president of Bryn Mawr, tells people that, “Cultural force [leads] many young women to believe that there are some fields of study that just aren’t for them”

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