Single-sex Schools Are Good For Education

Your explanation on sources was very interesting; I personally was educated in a single-sex high school, so many of my points come from personal experiences. "... we could say that these persons who teach the students, i.e. teachers, principals, instructors, etc., should be the one who would take full responsibility to the learning of the students..." To some extent, maybe. But, at the end of the day, I can tell you, it is the students that need to take responsibility for themselves. In order to ensure that teachers give over whatever must be taught, they would have to be perfect. In the most idealistic setting, guidance might be able to help a student overcome certain situations and difficulties, but the ultimate decision would be left to themselves. And at a young age (even at an older age) it's difficult to resist certain temptations and desires, specifically talking here about sexual attraction. To leave that in the hands of students is to open up a host of other problems for students and teachers alike. "Therefore, students learn more efficient when they are exposed to different surroundings and making them learn from their mistakes." Just to point out - learning from mistakes is good. Making mistakes in order to learn from them is not. Putting someone in a situation where they are likely to make a mistake in order so that they should learn from it is not a good idea. For example, a friend of mine used to deal with drugs. She doesn't anymore, and fortunately it was not a severe case where she was addicted to them. But she felt herself slipping in that direction and it gave her a profound experience in life - richer than what she had before. But were you to ask her if she would recommend drugs in order to come to that revelation, she would say no. Because it causes more harm than good. The quote by Albert Einstein was saying that different people are good at different things and just because someone isn't good at something doesn't make them stupid. So, once again, my belief is that the way a student learns is not important (in regards to anyone else, that is), as long as they come to an understanding. To expand on my idea that men and women are different, it seems that schools try to push everyone to conform to the same standards - that everyone is the same and should be treated thusly when that is not the case. Men and women are naturally different and to force them to conform to similar standards limits them immensely. Instead, we should take pride in our differences and use them to become the best we can be. My point is, and this applies to some of your other arguments as well, that if a boy is more active in general, then by that standard we teach them to learn! We take that and utilize it to make them understand their subjects better. By making it seem that everyone needs to be equally active and equally social (as an example), we cast tremendous limitations on a person's individuality. My apologies for the long rant, however our society has tried to give everyone the same rights but have attempted to make everyone the same in order to do so! My point still stands that learning how to deal with the opposite sex is not something that will be learned in the classroom anyway. (And whatever is learned is minimal.) Dealing with and understanding the way they think is something that happens outside the classroom. The benefits of learning separately far outweigh the benefits of learning together because learning to deal with members of the opposite sex is something that will happen more proficiently outside the classroom. As for the teachers, as long as they understand the subject properly, it shouldn't concern them how they are teaching it. Each new class will bring its own reservoir of freshness and a new outlook on things, regardless of who is in it. Wow. Thank you for your kind words. I found the debate to be very respectful and enlightening as well so thank you for your part in that. Much appreciated and good luck to you now and in future debates!