NEWS: S.C. Department of Education Separating the Men from the Gals

That is one of the most sexist ideas I've ever heard of.

I'm really glad I'm done with that era of my life. I mean the only reason the only reason I went to school those days was to talk to the girls and if they weren't there then my day would have been nearly pointless.

Why? We already have all-boy and all-girl schools of all levels, including college. At least in this set up they could potentially interact at lunch or something. Not saying it's a good idea or isn't doomed to failure at some point sooner or later, but it isn't any worse than entire schools devoted to one gender.

So...there would be NOTHING good about school.

this is kind of funny, and not that i completely oppose gender segregation in schools. private schools do it a lot, its old fashioned and as long as no ones repressed i dont see an issue.....but how will this keep the children from having kids at what...now 15 yrs old?

ps while its amusing to joke about how guys are "stupider" than girls, making this a reality kind of ticks me off, and i feel like they would then feel less pressured even more to grow up, therefore making it seem okay for them to be "slower"

eeesh

thanks.

This is the worst idea ever!

Half the reason I went to middle school was to stare at the cute girls!

I'm all for the experiment, actually. Boys and girls learn with and react to different stimuli. I don't think you've related anything in this story that suggests that the boys are going to be trained to be rugged or that the women are going to be trained as housewives.

I went to an all-boys high school, and anyone who knows me could tell you it didn't make me any "manlier".

You know, South Carolina was the first state to leave the Union so it could keep slavery, too. What a wonderfully progressive place!

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Holy god. This was a Simpsons episode. To the letter.

Great. You just related penis size into this. Way to make your point have resonance in a discussion about sexism.

I don't know. At least there isn't talk about racially segregating the schools so I suppose that's a step forward for knuckle-draggers

Not in South Carolina, anyway.

go south carolina!

Oh can you believe the audacity of Mr. Chadwell in trying to apply some knowledge of biology and sociology into the education process? Boys and girls are identical in every way! (and that's why it's so exciting to be alone in my room??)

You really seem to have no clue what you're talking about in this article. This isn't a forcible thing, the parents will choose. It's also not sexist. If you've ever taught children you would understand that boys and girls learn completely differently. You do have to be louder with boys than girls and other such things. This is simply helping kids learn not tring to be sexist. I wouldn't have liked it but if you have a child that does have a hard time learning this is a great idea. There is nothing wrong with specialising teaching programs to help children.

+1 also.

and, if this whole thing happens, these children are going to be socially retarded.

The only problem I have with these is that they're statistical. Sure, boys tend to learn better from experimentation and physical stuff than girls who learn better from reading and discussion. But that's why you need to offer a balanced approach that offers different types of learning. This way you end up screwing the girl who learns by experimentation and the boy who learns by reading, because trends and tendencies are not absolutes and don't apply to individuals equally.

Well said.

I dont understand if the kids are learning better in seperate classes why is that wrong? we should stay with a program that has less results? As you said you "loved showing up boys" maybe thats the problem ,girls are more likely to ask for and/or help from other girls and the same with boys.

right.
my other concerns with single-sex education are that while it may not be intended to socialize based on gender, i fear socialization creeping in, especially long-term. i have read various articles about single-sex education and it seems like some people do thrive in that environment, so i'm not discounting it entirely, but it seems something that should be approached with extreme caution, and as always, there are tradeoffs. one of them being that it may make it harder for kids to interact with the other sex if they are separated from them for so long. i think we benefit from a diverse learning environment and separating by gender would diminish that.

also, i'm concerned that long-term, a boys' club hierarchy may result.

Heracleitus didn't care about gender and always enjoyed showing up both sexes in class.

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It's all a bit general, really. I think they're trying to apply single-sex school concepts to a mixed-school class system. Or maybe I'm just really tired.