Pros And Cons Of Coeducational Schools Essay

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I see myself back in years attending to a coeducational school in Brawley. I remember that it made me happy to attend this school because I had many friends there, and I would have a lot of friends, boys and girls. Not only did I had fun playing with boys and girls, but I learn from them. Even though I was young, I turned a teenager later on in high school. I learned, for I was between different genders. I got to see the roles each played as part of a class. I spent a lot of time with them in class, and I grew up with girls. I would get help from girls in certain subject that I did not understand also I would helped them in a subject they did not understand. When I had difficulty, I just could ask a classmate. It often was a girl who helped me, I thought they were smart. My brain expanded because I could contrast between boys and girls. I never noticed if the teachers prefer boys over girls or vice versa. I never …show more content…
In the article, The Pros and Cons of Attending a Single Sex College, the author writes of how critics of single-sex education have said that “single-sex education deprives students of the opportunity to learn how to work well with members of the opposite sex.” (par. 3) Coeducational schools give boys the benefit to learn from girls. As stated in this essay, I went to a coeducational school. Where many times I depended on girls because they were smarter. I learn from them, and I could see how they behaved. I hated to get into trouble, so my character had to change. Of course my female friends helped me I got more peaceful, and I end up having more friends of the opposite sex. In the same way girls teach me good manners, I show them how to play sports. I would play with them and some of my female friends got to play soccer in Brawley High School. When I got to go with a coeducational school I experience a lot and I gained a great benefit because I was exposed to boys and

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