Poll: Segregating schools: A Good Idea?
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Sorry I didn't see the edit for it to only be classes. I believed you meant school in general (like all boys and all girls schools). Also sporting events already seem to be separated due to the physical differences between guys and girls.sneakypenguin said:
Edit: We couldn't work together. As a group of two genders when we would be required to work together we would be unable to as we hadn't learned how. Furthermore half of how we learn is through social interaction.
Because when you go out and get a job or go off to college there will not be foolish people trying to tell you that you can't work or study with the opposite sex. Not everyone thinks the same way and the human mind is very much a product of the surroundings it grows in. That is to say, if people grew up in K-12 school being segregated from the opposite sex or a race they would not have real, tangible understanding of that other group when the time came. It is natural for one to be born or accepted into a group and, from a young age, believe that their group is superior simply because it is the one they belong to. This is something that we should have evolved out of a long time ago, and while it is still present, no such policy as segregating gender in schools will remove it. If everyone is exposed to everyone else on the same playground (no pun intended), they gain a better understanding of each other.Novan Leon said:
I have never applied for a job only to find that I will only be given shifts with other men because women would be distracting to the task at hand.
How different is it working with females than males, shouldn't be much if they both know their job, plus if you go to college you work with the opposite gender, you work with the opposite gender from when you get a job at 16, you work with them in church groups/volunteer groups. How is separating the classroom going to negatively effect gender relations in the workplace?guardian001 said:
School is partly about learning not only skills in classes but also about learning socially, knowing how to talk to girls and get them to go with you, a valuable skill for later life. Also if you divide boys and girls then your telling them from an early age, that boys and girls are fundamentally different, which does no good for equality.
Having said that about half my class's since I went into 6th form have been composed entirely of girls,beside me do you know how hard it is trying to argue a view on feminism in sociology when the entire class is composed of intelligent girls, I get ganged up on, oh well its interesting none the less.
Having said that about half my class's since I went into 6th form have been composed entirely of girls,beside me do you know how hard it is trying to argue a view on feminism in sociology when the entire class is composed of intelligent girls, I get ganged up on, oh well its interesting none the less.
Yeah, sure, make my day at school even more boring.
Seriously though, I don't believe that segregation would do any good at all. So maybe I'd increase my report card a tiny bit (which I wouldn't because it is this very website that ruins my studies, not girls), but on the contrary the lack of girls in the vicinity would deprive me of my social excellence and render me unable to communicate with girls, hence why I'd be lonely. But then again, I'm lonely now as well... Aw, screw this..
What I'm trying to say is that segregation wouldn't be worth it.
Seriously though, I don't believe that segregation would do any good at all. So maybe I'd increase my report card a tiny bit (which I wouldn't because it is this very website that ruins my studies, not girls), but on the contrary the lack of girls in the vicinity would deprive me of my social excellence and render me unable to communicate with girls, hence why I'd be lonely. But then again, I'm lonely now as well... Aw, screw this..
What I'm trying to say is that segregation wouldn't be worth it.
I still don't get the logic behind the lack of social skills argument, I don't see the added benefit of between sexes social interaction in class. If you suck with the ladies now you would suck without them in your class and vice versa. Not having girls in class doesn't render you unable to talk to them, I was homeschooled and I can speak with any random girl I meet.
And having a mixed class doesn't turn everyone into drooling gibbering morons unable to get a job or fill out a tax return.sneakypenguin said:
Gah, I know I'm a grammar Nazi, but DEAR GOD!UNKNOWNINCOGNITO said:
I mean... SWEET JESUS... Use a spell checker or something!
Now I do not believe that people study better if they're in gender-specific classes.
It didn't turn for the last few tens of years, did it?scumofsociety said:
no, becuase i know from personal experience, being near people one's whole life is the best way to make them repect each other.i've been in school for 10 and 1/2 years and i personally have respect for everyone except for the heavily immature.
Oh, fuck no. People need to realise not to divide people by superficial features alone, even if those, in some cases generally (important word) affect your performance a lot.
What should be done is to stop being so annoyingly politically correct, and afraid to make the stupid kids feel stupid (well, they are, it's natural they feel stupid, and it's good that they know they are) and take care of potential. If someone is smart, educate them on their level, so that we can finally utilize our potentials instead of letting it rot away in a classroom in a trivial and ultimately futile pursuit of equality and political correctness.
What should be done is to stop being so annoyingly politically correct, and afraid to make the stupid kids feel stupid (well, they are, it's natural they feel stupid, and it's good that they know they are) and take care of potential. If someone is smart, educate them on their level, so that we can finally utilize our potentials instead of letting it rot away in a classroom in a trivial and ultimately futile pursuit of equality and political correctness.
If you were right, there would be a ton of evidence in the form of all those kids who WERE raised in segregated schools, as well as those who were homeschooled, and it would be easy to tell, from a social adeptness standpoint, the difference between those kids and the ones who attended regular public school. I'm just not seeing it, and I remain unconvinced.CaptainEgypt said:
I can see why the idea of Gender Specific classes/schools is 'good'. However, there are more negative side effects than positive. Gender Stereotypes would sky rocket and intelligence statistics would produce negative emotions. Plus, when sex becomes an issue, people would skip around the topic even more than they do now. Because when you separate genders, people might start to associate anyone of the opposite gender as 'wrong' to be around.
If someone really wants to learn, then they will learn whether they are near those of the opposite gender, or not.
If someone really wants to learn, then they will learn whether they are near those of the opposite gender, or not.