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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs the idea of an all boys or all girls school a good one?
What is the logic behind this? That they will be more focused on school rather than dating?
I have experience with a lot of public, private, religious and Catholic schools in the SW United States and in the SW and West the Catholic schools are almost entirely run by women. They also tend to be quite liberal (not always). I remember after 911 most of the Principals were very upset about us attacking Iraq and you don't hear really any preaching or over the top religious dogma from any of the folks at most of these schools. They are very religious but pretty low key about it. There are a fair amount of "pro-life" stickers on some of the cars but I actually think they are a minority of Catholics in the SW.
Not sure where I am going with this but it seems like the Catholic Schools mixed with boys and girls and mostly women teaching the kids are pretty progressive and down to Earth. Seems like a school that is all boys and from the look of it (Covington HS) all male faculty is going to give the kids a very narrow picture of the world around them and lead to sexism and toxic masculinity. If I had to put my kids in a private school I think I would avoid an all boys school with mostly male teachers.
Has anyone had a good experience with an all boys or all girls school? What are your pros and cons?
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)I have a grand daughter who I would love to send to an all girls school if I could afford it. She is a 4.3 GPA student in a public school and is doing just fine but just turned 16 and is now old enough to date (not according to her dad). If she were in an all girls school, we might could hold that off a bit longer. Just grandma talkin'
kimbutgar
(21,152 posts)At the time I hated it and the bitchy girls. But it made me stronger as an adult and I saw powerful role models in the nuns who taught me. All the administration were women and we were taught that you can do anything you want if you work hard at it. I worked years later as the only women in a male oriented job. Sure I got harassed and put down but I could always smack back at them that they stopped messing with me. The nuns taught me how to fight back.
Karadeniz
(22,516 posts)I loved it and the nuns were great! The priest was a jerk and I had about a 1.5 hour bus ride to and from, so I pressured my parents to switch me to the public school...quit learning.
LeftInTX
(25,337 posts)He liked it.
The school has been around a long time and it is considered a tradition to send your kid there.
I think the reason for the segregation is the schools are founded by different religious orders and orders are gender based.
For instance, the Brigidene Sisters, Sisters of the Charity of Incarnate Word, Ursuline Sisters...The sisters founded elementary and girls high schools.
Male orders are Society of Jesus, Franciscan etc. They founded the boys high schools.
We do have schools that were originally boys only that are now co-ed.
Nowadays there are very few nuns and brothers who teach.
meadowlander
(4,395 posts)If not, then I would say no.
Would we accept single race high schools?
Other people... you have to learn how to deal with them eventually.