The article that my group and I discussed was called "indiana schools imposes extreme sex segregation". It focused on an Indiana school that was separated by sexes in every aspect of school life in order to somehow increase acedemic performance. This was brought up by an idea that someone had saying that the opposing sexes together formed a distraction.
In my opinion, this is a rather drastic change. saying that mixed sexes poses as a destraction almost sounds like a joke. Also, I found that their action was a violation of Title IX, which prohibits the descrimination on the basis of sex in all levels of education. It was also mentioned that separating sexes has absolutely nothing to do with acedemic performance, but rather social statuses.
I (as well as many others i'm sure) think that segregating schools based on sex is a bad idea. In fact, I feel that it will actually do the exact opposite. people who are of the same sex tend to be more comfortable with each other, which leads me to believe that not much work will get done due to a lot of drama and talking. I also agreed with another student in saying students will need to interact with people of the opposite sex when they finally graduate. students without this skill will have a hard time doing so.
-Austin C.
i agree with you completely. I think that separating boys and girls in school will only cause problems for the individuals in the future because they will be uncomfortable around the opposite sex. It will cause immaturity as well because they wouldnt know how to react around eachother. An understanding of the opposite sex is impossible but being thrown into mixed sexes after growing up separated would make understanding eachother all the more impossible. Also, in the classroom, boys and girls together are a distraction, but there is no escaping the distraction of the opposite sex. If you separate boys and girls, all that will change is that girls will be sitting in class daydreaming or talking to their friends about guys instead of paying attention anyways. Separating them wont make a difference in the success of students learning.
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