<p>Ditto, FIF. eegads - but then this IS the same guy from last year I suppose. Bloviating blowhard who expresses opinion as fact. I know he’s just a kid, but…The OP needs to talk with her parents and visit schools - coed and single sex - talk with students and try to get a feel for what SHE feels is right for her. There is no one right or wrong answer to the OP’s good question. I hope she makes the best decision for her and her family. Anyway, thanks, FIF, for once again cutting to the heart of the matter! You often make me laugh (in a good way).</p>
<p>Oh and to the OP - Emma is the farthest thing from “pretentious.” And yes to the girls who are lucky to go there, it does sometimes seem too good to be true. Nothing is perfect though, so I will pm you.</p>
<p>I feel the compliments rolling in… I would like to see where you see, in my post, that I state my opinion as fact. I really would. I guess you haven’t taken an English class. In essays (especially persuasive essays) you don’t say “Think”, “Believe”, “Maybe” in your thesis statement or any other part of the essay. You state it as what you believe in a factual format.</p>
<p>In a debate (or Mock Trial) you don’t say I believe this act was wrong… You, humbly but confidently say, this act is wrong. There is a judge who decides whose position is the most persuasive. </p>
<p>I stated what I though, no where did I say FIF is wrong (except when he misinterpreted another posters thoughts). Anyway, how is his post so different from mine… except for the fact that it has no support. </p>
<p>Also, the bulk of my post was directed towards the pressure and such in coed vs. single-sex. Thanks for the compliments, my days been great so far!</p>
<p>ok here we go^^^ Regardless, the disparity illustrating the difference between male and female learning differences becomes less accentuated when you pull from a pool of amazing kids, most from good backgrounds (regardless of fiscal status, good background meaning support from parents). He goes, I believe to SPS. The kids there are so incredibly smart and well rounded, that statistics cannot properly illustrate learning in such schools.</p>
<p>Moreover, the vast majority of schools from which the data was collected have teachers who don’t teach (with the one or two exceptions). Top boarding schools are like professors, except they know how to deal with HS students.</p>
<p>There is also a mountain of research that indicates that codependence (an exaggeration, by any means) helps students learn life skills that they would be rendered unable to learn in a single school setting. Hope that answers your question.
— where in the above besides the “he goes to i believe sps”, what is written is presented as opinion and not fact??? Please quote to us 1) the mountain of research
2)please provide us with names of schools that have teachers that dont teach (except for one or two)
And no, the difference does not become less accentuated when kids are smart and come from good backgrounds.<br>
There were many more bloopers but I got bored…
However, I do think that a girls boarding school if you are not pursuing equastrian arts seriously, is not as equal to coed experience in todays world. If we were discussing day school education, my opinion would be much different. Primarily because what allowed the old boys schools (most bs) to progress is taking in girls. Thus today most girls schools are not of the same caliber as the top tier coed BS’s. ALso, the atmosphere in an all-girls boarding school can get very tense and cliquey, much more than coed, except in one notable exception</p>
<p>My point exactly. Most of this research comes from schools in a completely different socioeconomic/academic/athletic/artistic caliber than that of schools mentioned here. I have to go to swimming, but this evening I will come and give a more detailed answer (as yours is the only one that actually used some research…</p>
<p>Ohhh. Hmm, I understand now. Sorry, Principal V, I didn’t understand your big post fully before, but now I do. Wow, I’m slow. </p>
<p>I think both sides have a great point. I definitely have a lot to think about now, but I’m also definitely going to at least visit an AGS (I hope that catches on), aka Emma Willard. It seems that both choices have great pros, and some cons.
I can’t take anyone’s word for which one has less social pressure, though, unless you’ve actually been to both. So I guess my question can only really be asked to a handful of people on here. I appreciate anyone’s opinions on that, anyhow.</p>
<p>Principal V, what life skills do you mean? Quote: “…codependence (an exaggeration, by any means) helps students learn life skills that they would be rendered unable to learn in a single school setting.”
Because if you mean dating, one of the reasons I like the idea of AGS is that there’s no drama with who’s going out with who. Haha.</p>
<p>co-de·pen·dent or co·de·pen·dent (kō’dĭ-pěn’dənt)
adj.<br>
Mutually dependent.</p>
<p>I don’t get your point (rare is it that I do)… Regardless, “interdependence” may have served the same purpose in a similar manner, but it alludes more to a general system (like the ecosystem) in which everything is interdependent. Like I said, in parenthesis, it may be an exaggeration, but anyone literate would understand what I mean.</p>
<p>Hey, I haven’t read all the posts so sorry if I’m repeating something. I’m a girl, and as I said I went to an all-girls school.</p>
<p>“Oh and also, I do believe that less interaction with boys wouldn’t be a big problem. The website says there are many opportunities to interact with guys, like dances.”</p>
<p>I just want you to understand that going to dances with guys is SUPER different than going to school with them. I’m all for all-girls, but I’m not going to lie, it’s really hard to get close to guys- and I went to a day school, so I would imagine it would be nearly impossible at boarding.</p>
<p>Also, you’ll find that when you ARE with guys, everybody acts differently. Basically, you can’t expect to get nearly as close to guys at all-girls as you would at coed. When you get out of school and are around boys, you’ll have to adjust.</p>
<p>I realize that this post put all-girls in a bad light (or possibly good, I suppose, depending on what you’re looking for), but I really did enjoy my single-sex school.</p>
<p>do NOT go to an all girls school. I go right now, biggest mistake ever made, transferring next year. It’s awful and like a military school because theyre afraid of people targeting all girls. DONT. GO.</p>
<p>We visited a single-sex school last fall. And one of the major “positives” we got from the parents (or maybe teachers as well?) was “less distraction”, so it is really something that can be good or bad, depending on how (and by whom) it is looked at. :)</p>
<p>"We visited a single-sex school last fall. And one of the major “positives” we got from the parents (or maybe teachers as well?) was “less distraction”, so it is really something that can be good or bad, depending on how (and by whom) it is looked at. " </p>
<p>note how the opinions are from THE PARENTS AND TEACHERS. their opinion wouldn’t aptly portray whether or not you can interact w/ guys or whether its fine for your education. I personally have never been “intimidated” raising my hand in class with guys- though some might i don’t know. That assumption seems to me to be like how they think we “exlude” and “peer pressure” everyone, so they take extra precautions against somethings thats not actually there.(that much)</p>
<p>Being around all girls doesn’t seem like a very…laid-back environment. Girls are more likely to judge than guys. Guys are easier to hang around b/c they are more laid back. Girls start to much drama on their own.</p>
<p>I now go to all girls school and it sucks! Girls are so catty to eachother and competing to be the smartest, prettiest, most well liked girl in school makes school much more exhausting than it has to be. All the estrogen in the Air makes people crazy! Haha but trust me, go co-ed.</p>
<p>wow I go to an all girls school right now and its great(no drama or catfights!!) except it’s really hard to ajust at first if you went to a coed all your life or before that, it took a lot of time, but the bad thing is that its really hard be friends with guys and I’m going to a day school. i think it depends on the school, if it is catty and if there is a lot of competition, etc., my school has none at all and everyone is nice to eachother, this could just be my school. I like coed better though</p>
<p>um…i totally disagree haha
i go to an all girls school right now (MPS :D) and its SO great.
theres like no drama and i love not having to worry about what i look like in the morning.
seriously, consider MPS and other all girls schools
its reallllly nice here :)</p>
<p>well for a girl i would have to say go co-ed but for a boy i would go all boys
even if you went away to a single sex school they probably would have a sister or brother school around to have dances with and such</p>
<p>actually you would be completely wrong since there are only two or three all-boy Boarding Schools in this country and they are much lower on the totem pole academically than the co-ed schools (which mostly started their life as single sex schools). Its much more important for girls to have a single sex education than for boys. Having said that, all girls schools are also not as well ranked academically as the top coed Boarding Schools, albeit not as low as the all boy.</p>