Persuasive Essay About Single Sex Schools

As a past student of a co-ed secondary school, I can attest to the fact that the memories and experiences I had interacting and socializing with classmates of the opposite sex have a positive impact on the way I communicate in my everyday life. Preparation for the real world, enhanced interpersonal skills and discernment of gender views are some of the reasons why single sex schools aren’t best for educating children at secondary level.
A former president of the American Psychological Association supports the notion that single sex schools may not entirely prepare secondary school children for some aspects of the real world, when he rhetorically stated “School is preparation for adult life, how can boys and girls learn how to interact as equals …show more content…
These schools such as, St Vincent Boys Grammar, usually have a higher percentage pass rate than other co-ed school, simply because of the schools’ entry requirement and not due to the ‘single sex’ education they receive there. Moreover, in order to be an eligible recipient of the school, one must obtain a pass position between first to one hundredth in the Common Entrance Examination, while the co-ed schools get the remaining students who are not really the best performers.
Some may reason that co-ed schools can foster distraction between genders that can result in teenage pregnancies or academic problems. Their daily interaction can lead to immature relationships, since these students are at the stage of puberty where they tend to be sexually attracted to the opposite sex. However, even if such distraction is in evitable, as was mentioned before, there are many experiences that are gained from working and communicating with the opposite sex in schools. Every institution, whether its co-ed or not, have their advantages and disadvantages. However, Co-ed schools tend to give students the opportunity to experience the real world when it comes to socializing with members of the opposite