Students from single sex schools fare better than children at mixed sex schools.

I am arguing that students at single sex schools fare better than children at mixed sex schools on four main grounds. 1) Confidence. Successful people are those who are confident. Confident in their abilities, in the workplace, in their home etc. Confidence breeds success. In a single sex environment students are likely to be far more confident in themselves and in their abilities. At single sex schools there is no sense that sports like football and rugby are for boys whilst netball and badminton are for girls. There is no sense that girls should be good at English, Art and textiles whilst boys should excel in Maths, Science and woodwork. Single sex schools are devoid of gender stereotypes which gives girls the confidence to pursue typically male oriented subjects and gives boys the chance to pursue more female oriented subjects. There are no gender related expectations which means that students at single sex schools are given the opportunity to pursue what they really want to and what they're good at rather than some unrealistic ideal. Single sex schools also make for an environment that allows students to become more confident in themselves. It gives students a chance to spend their time exploring who they are rather than exploring the opposite sex. Girls can freely raise their hands and answer questions that they know without the fear of being labelled a "geek" or a know it all. Boys can question things they don't understand without worrying that they seem stupid in front of a girl. Students at single sex schools can simply be themselves without trying to attract the opposite sex and can truly focus on their education. A person who truly knows who they are and who has a good strong education will quite frankly, fare better in the world. A person able to discover themselves fully- free of embarrassing puberty, or a self conscious desire to be attractive- will be more confident. A person with a strong academic record will be confident in their abilities and confident in their aspirations to follow a particular career. A confident person is one who is able to develop properly in their own right and given the best possible chance of academic success. Such a person is one who attends a single-sex school. 2) Distractions. Girls are distracted by boys and boys are distracted by girls. Even if only because it's not what we know, it something that we are not. With age comes puberty and sexual desire and before you know it girls aged 13 are learning how to flaunt their new breasts and slight curves. These same girls are trying out their mother's make up in an attempt to make themselves as attractive to the other sex as possible. Boys kissing girls, touching girls etc. It becomes the pursuit of the young, hormonal teenager. It's annoying, it's inevitable and it's something that all teenagers have to deal with. Let them deal with it at the weekends, let them deal with these newfound feelings in the evenings but spare them the embarrassment, the effort and the distraction from the hours of 9-4pm and they will be better for it. Girls at all girls schools can saunter in without make up, wearing any old clothes, can eat what they want for lunch without feeling conscious, can raise their hands in classes, can properly run about in sports not concerned with their bodies and can focuse on their friendships, studies and who they are. Boys don't have to worry about who they want to ask out, why they're still virgins and why they can't grow a beard when their best friend has stubble already. Its ONE less, ONE huge distraction that students can be spared during their school days. With no distraction, students can focus on their studies more and on who they are which, in the long run will make them fare better. 3) Babies, STDs, pregnancy scares etc. At a single sex school there is 1) less chance of meeting someone of the opposite gender and 2) less chance of fondling, tumbling around, having sex etc. Therefore, chances are- that the ramifications of sexual activity are less likely to occur during the school days. This means that whatever money any student has (not much) can be spent on themselves and not on pregnancy tests or a baby. It means students have one less thing to worry about without the added pressure of a missed period, a possible STD or a cheating partner. Women don't have to suffer the "glass ceiling" before they've even paved their careers and left school. It means students aren't tied down with a baby and so can travel the world after school or attend university in a different location or a different country. Students can properly spend these formative years making (rightfully) selfish decisions to better their lives, their education, their opportunities without having to think about their partner or their children. It means that students from single sex schools can think about their lives, can plan and make fully informed decisions about who they want to share parenthood with and when without having to submit to any foolish decisions/mistakes made as a self conscious, naive teenager. The end result? Someome who has lived their life how they want to and made key decisions to better their future. On a personal, professional and familial level- this enables students at single sex schools the chance to fare better in life, 4) It's proven that single sex education works! Boys study better with boys. Girls study better with girls. The stats, reflect this. Boys and girls learn in different ways and schools simply cannot tailor towards this when they are trying to educate both boys and girls together. Single sex schools however, are far more able to accommodate their students accordingly, giving them a better education, the opportunity to pursue a better career and overall enabling them to fare better in life. This is illustrated by the fact that students from single sex schools are more likely to pursue further education and are more likely to get better results. This is afterall the purpose of an education and the foundations for a successful life academically and on a personal level as students become confident adults secure in their abilities and who they are before they start to explore the opposite sex later in life. . http://www.singlesexschools.org... . http://everydaylife.globalpost.com...