<p>For all those who attend or know someone who attends, how is the expirience? Is it lonely, fun, ect.?</p>
<p>No shameful or embarrassing moments in an all-boys school lol. The teachers (at least in my school) also show less restraint. And no one acts cocky or anything like that, since there are no girls to impress.</p>
<p>As for loneliness, the trick is to keep a good social life outside of school. A few female friends you can talk to on the phone will keep you sane.</p>
<p>It's quite annoying, and can be socially detrimental if you lack the desire to go out and interact with the opposite sex on your own, especially once you consider what a powerful conversation starter common schooling woes can be. Having always been a bit of a recluse from my Junior High days, it hasn't been to great a matter for me, and the people who really want always go out and get it on their own anyway.</p>
<p>I've heard the point made that it can stall distraction in the classroom and better your studies... but never really having much ground to compare I can't judge that one way or the other.</p>
<p>A bit earlier this summer I had to write an essay criticizing one aspect of my school - I chose its gender bias. It's a bit over the top (we were to vehemently take a stand and argue w/ tooth and nail) and not very good (it was a summer class, and a regular one at that; I'm not going to seriously try, lol), but here it is anyways:</p>
<pre><code>Brophy, ordained first and foremost as a Catholic school, can often be found acting in strict adherence to any number of Catholic principles. One of these principles, outlined in the scriptures as some sort of perverse demonization of nonmarital sexual activity, has grown to be one of Brophy's key defining characteristics: its status as a male-only school. As such, Brophy's most obscene and banal rule is also its most obvious; that rule which states: No Girls Allowed. This rule not only serves to inhibit the social growth and development of Brophy's pupils, but also manages to create arbitrary segregation between the students while simultaneously inconveniencing those who would still interact with the opposite sex.
Life outside of Brophy's cloistered walls involves a very large amount of interaction with the female persons, both in the colleges that are to be the new homes of many of Brophy's graduates and in the careers that await those who eventually finish their education. If the purpose of schooling in general is to prepare the student for life in external society, then the ideal school would expose that student to situations best characteristic of that outside life, so as to better prepare him or her for it. Brophy, on the other hand, chooses to shelter its students from scenarios whose existence is rather imminent, and, in doing so, fails to adequately prepare them. Once free from Brophy's restricting atmosphere, these newly crippled students will find themselves confronting strange and mysterious obstacles; namely, daily interaction with potential mates. Confronted such, two plausible alternatives would unfold before them: continue to hide from the gaze of woman or intrepidly venture into new and unexplored territory, inexperienced in the arts of courtship and sex, at great danger to themselves and others. The former would only postpone their eventual awakenings, whereas the latter might soon place them in grave peril. Both these outcomes, however, might easily have been averted had Brophy abolished its most detrimental rule.
The No Girls Allowed restriction also holds within it the rudimentary makings of an in-group/out-group mechanic; that bane of equality known as sexism. By dividing people into two distinct groups, over such arbitrary characteristics as gamete size, no less (the official measure used to differentiate between the sexes), Brophy sows the seeds of sexual discrimination, that mentality that insidiously whispers, "they're different from us." To illustrate this point, one only needs to examine a similar mechanic present less than a century prior: school segregation based on skin pigmentation. The separate but equal mantra proclaimed then failed to actually establish racial equality, and, similarly, the sexual segregation present in Brophy also serves only to induce gender inequality. This vile and corrosive principle has yet to be extinguished in modern America, and Brophy, through its discrimination against the female person, is certainly not helping to quell its spread.
By disallowing interchange between the sexes during school hours Brophy seems to prefer that those who would still seek said interchange would find it after school, a time better suited for the completing of homework. Instead of being satisfied, Brophy's sex-starved students depart from their workdesks and embark on long, arduous journeys to meet with their female peers, wasting much time in the process and reducing their overall efficiency. Were Brophy to desegregate its campus, there would be little want for this extracurricular interaction, as both groups would be sated after sharing a common area throughout the course of the school day. Regarding the decreased academic attention that such a change would bring one would need only to look at the incoming underclassmen -- their tablets have already reduced their attention spans to hitherto unheard of levels. Sexual desegregation, then, would little inhibit their learning ability. Furthermore, by allowing intersexual interaction during free time, Brophy's students might not be as tempted to employ the use of instant messaging services during class time, thus helping draw their attention away from their computer monitors and cell phones and back to their teachers.
Success in the modern world requires preparedness, and Brophy, unfortunately, still holds steadfast to such petty, outdated principles as sexual segregation. Through its No Girls Allowed rule, it fails to fulfill its mission by not adequately preparing its students while also reducing their academic growth and supporting sexual discrimination. These three ramifications of Brophy's most destructive policy earn the No Girls Allowed prohibition a spot as Brophy's worst overall rule.
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<p>^ I just think you want some @$$.</p>
<p>Well yah, no duh :p</p>
<p>College will be fun, and exciting. Here, I'll even quote myself: I will find myself "confronting strange and mysterious obstacles." :) :) ;)</p>
<p>I went to an all-girls school. I personally thought it was great (no holding back in class discussions regarding anything and some talks between friends at lunch were fairly graphic). Overall it gave the school a very sisterly feeling.</p>
<p>Then again, where I live, private schools are not uncommon (the public school system is total crap) and nearly every private school is single-sex (there are 3 or 4 exceptions out of hundreds of private schools I can think of). Because of this, meeting guys wasn't difficult.</p>
<p>edit: also, my school was non-religious</p>
<p>I've never attended one, but I've heard from friends that if there's a brother/sister school for the opposite sex, it's a lot better. I know a few girls who go to an all-girls Catholic school but there's an all-boys Catholic school just across the street, and usually the schools will plan large social events (i.e. dances) together and some clubs have members from both schools. I think that that provides a good mix; you are separating academia from social issues while not isolating anyone from the latter.</p>
<p>i went to a small all-girls "catholic" school (although it is probably the most liberal catholic school you've ever seen), and i LOVED it.</p>
<p>as someone else mentioned, it has a very sisterly feel. my graduating class had only 49 girls in it, almost all of which i can honestly say i am very close friends with. bonding-type things are very much simplified when nobody's worried about how they are going to look to the opposite sex. we also avoided much (certainly not all, i don't think that's possible :)) of the drama associated with high school boys. there are also many other all-girls and all-boys schools in the area (including a "brother school"), so we all tend to hang out together, not lonely at all.</p>
<p>as for academics, the confidence thing is huge - i've heard from many girl friends at coed schools that they sometimes think they need to dumb themselves down to prevent boys from thinking they are "nerds", something i never would have even considered.</p>
<p>all of that being said, i'm ready to move on to the "real world" and interact with boys outside of just social events, lol.</p>
<p>Five years ago, I made the right decision to attend my alma mater. I knew I would be giving up a mainstream social life and women for the best intellectually and spiritually enlightening experience, and now I have no regrets.</p>
<p>Given the extreme geographic diversity and academic rigor of my high school, though, I must say my social skills have fallen far, far behind the other valuable life skills I've learned and nurtured. During the school year, I'd only have the opportunity to hang out with my friends the Friday afternoon before three day weekends or long breaks. Dances were... terrible, and there were no opportunities for me to meet women and learn how to talk to them given the kinds of extracurricular activities I chose to pursue. Otherwise, it was a intimate place of learning to be, with 141 people in my year. Single-sex learning environments provide possibilities for personal maturity and intellectual passion that aren't fully possible otherwise.</p>
<p>Well, in the end, I may be very knowledgeable, intelligent, and capable of deep introspection, but that doesn't change the fact that I am socially inept.</p>
<p>I have the next four years to change that =)
52 percent female population + consortium with two women's colleges.</p>
<p>I don't go to one of those same-sex schools, and hope to god I never will.</p>
<p>I go to an all-boys Catholic school, and almost everyone (myself included) there hates that its all-boys. The lack of females makes social opportunities very limited if one doesn't actively seek them. It also causes some of the conversations to become one-sided because the lack of diversity in opinion. Still, everyone can pretty much be themselves because they are not trying to impress anyone. That also means that many people are hard *****(rhymes with masses). </p>
<p>As far as distractions from academia go, if you would be distracted at a coed school, you will probably be distracted in a single-sex school. I believe being able to focus has little to do with whether or not a school is coed and everything to do with self-control.</p>
<p>I really can't wait for college, so I don't have to be at an all-boys school again.</p>
<p>Some guy I met at a French camp went to an all-boy school, said he, you know, with other boys after gym from time to time. I was too embarrassed to delve into it. Can someone give an insight into this "phenomenon"?</p>
<p>I just graduated from an all-boys Catholic school but unlike the above poster I absolutely loved it as did my entire class. Nobody really complained about not having girls in school because it really isn't that big of a deal. There is much less stupid drama and everybody is able to just relax and be themselves. There have been many priceless conversations in class that would not be possible in a coed school. Overall it was an unforgettable experience that has allowed me to form great bonds with many of my classmates. </p>
<p>And as far as interacting with the opposite sex goes, there is plenty of time for that after school and on weekends. It really is not an issue at all.</p>
<p>Attending an all-girls hs (rising senior). Brother attended all-boys school across the parking lot. Rode to school together and then went opposite directions.</p>
<p>Love the girls-school. Smart, fun girls who don't hold back with thoughts or ideas for fear of being considered nerdy. Dean of Students once summed it nicely: "At many coed schools, cheerleaders are idolized (the "it" girls); at an all-girls schools, the smart, involved girls are popular. Cheerleading for one of the hs boys school is just another activity that some of the girls do and definitely does not define popularity any more than any other EC." TRUE.</p>
<p>Less drama probably (no point really and such a waste of time) and no holding back in discussions in or out of class.</p>
<p>Boys, hmm: Lucky to have that brother two years older, I guess. Males aren't a mystery. Had a bf most of my junior year and people just assumed that he attended the boys school. He didn't; he attended a coed school. Kinda interesting, but got the impression that just having a bf/gf was important at the coed school. Seems that having a bf/gf should be about finding a particular person that you like rather than being a necessity, and maybe that is another difference between same sex and coed schools. Having a bf can be a fun part of life, but is not LIFE.</p>
<p>Love my hs; really most everyone does. Would make the decision in favor of the all girls school again.</p>
<p>If I went to an all-girl's school... I would die. From lack of intersexual interaction, to quote doomster ;]</p>
<p>I would not have survived an all-girls school. I would've gone crazy. I generally get along with boys way better than girls - I'm not a huge fan of other girls. Boys are more fun to hang out with. My best friends are 17 year old boys (though they'll be 18 soon - they grow up so fast! <em>sniff</em>).</p>
<p>I had a friend who went to an all-girls college for two years. She's a lot like me in that she prefers hanging out with guys, so she said it was kind of obnoxious. She said she got sick of other girls pretty fast.</p>
<p>Bleh, I hate girls. lol. I mean, I have a few friends that are girls, but.. girls are annoying. lol. I'd much rather be friends with guys, they're not so... meanhearted. Hahah.</p>
<p>Imo it ruins the high school experience. It's just not normal to be around the same sex all day. Sure, there's no typical HS drama or cocky guys trying to impress girls, but that's replaced by guys who feel the need to be completely unrestrained in general maturity and such. </p>
<p>It might be different at other schools, but I'm tired of going to a school full of jocks who rejoice in drawing certain features of the male anatomy anywhere they can.</p>