Single Sex Education is Better than Co-Education

Thanks to my opponent for countering my points so lucidly and clearly.Here are my counter refutations:1. Children will gain sufficient exposure to other genders in their adult life:I agree with my opponent's point that children will get many more opportunities in their lives to learn to interact with the people of other gender, but now-a-days it is very necessary to learn that at a very early stage. Students need ot interact confidently with the people of other gender, at a very early age, to get a good job or work at a place where both men and women work.2.Children shouldn't be taught that "they are worse than boys" in some subjects.My point was not that children should be told that they are worse than boys, but they must realise that there are some students who are better than them at some subjects and they need to improbe themselves to survive in the competition. Just escaping the fact will not yeild any good result.3.Teachers can easily show kids two perspectives and let them learn from the experience:I dont understand how a teacher can teach the students perspectives of the two genders. What I meant in my point was, if boys and girls are allowed to learn the same subject in the same class room, they will give different opinions about the same subjects and generate some new ideas. The class will become interactive and the students will also see the subject with different perspectives. No teacher can provide students what they would have gotten by interacting and discussing with one another.4.The efficiency of teachers are very reliant on specialized methods:It may be true in some cases. But, it can't be said that all girls will be benefited by learning the way girls should read. We can not say that only teaching boys and girls separately is enough to focus on their needs. Every student has different learning style and capability irrespective of his/her gender. People may say that students of different races,religions or ethnicity should be taught separately as they also have different learning abilities. This doesn't end anywhere. Every child has differennt needs and it is impossible to focus on every child's needs individually.5.Having girl cheerleaders teaches children that girls should stand on the sidelines while the men do the work.I don't agree with this point. Cheerleading is a very popular sport and many girls are interested in cheerleading. As a school student, i can say that these things may not be necessary, but they definitely make school life interesting. Interaction with students of other gender is very essential to get out of boredome and dull school life. Academic results are not everything. Everyone feels good while hanging around with a friend circle which has both boys and girls. In fact, making students study in single-sex schools will make them think that boys and girls are different and they should not be friends. I would like to counter some of the counter-refutations made by my opponent:1.Single-sex schools teach students that gender differences are in the mind, and that they can explore any subject previously deemed "boyish" or "girly" without fear of being judged:Will making boys and girls study at different schools make them think that no subject is boyish or girly? Students, today, live in a world which has no restriction on knowledge. They interact with people and learn things over internet. Moreover, if only boys/girls study in a school, then also boyish and girly tag on subjects will exist. 2. the chauvinism of men is perpetuated in co education schools:First of all, they are just young children. In a school where both boys and girls study, girls learn to compete with boys and prove themselves as better students. And i dont believe that any cheerleader feels herself as inferior to men or that her duty is just to cheer for men. It is fun. Girls enjoy cheerleading and they should be encouraged to do so. I dont think it creates any kind of opinion in the young students' minds.3. We cannot be teaching girls that certain things are off bounds because they are dominated by men.As i know, even girls are allowed to play different sports. The point that just allowing them to cheer for boys makes them think that they can not play sports is frivolous. Girls are not forced to cheer for boys, they choose to do so themselves. They cheer for their school team, not boys in particular. All the schools have boys as well as girls sports teams.