Friday, November 4, 2011

Do boys and girls learn better together or apart?

Think about going to school and walking into a class with only boys (or only girls). A recent article in Time For Kids debated the idea of having all girls or all boys classes.

Read this article: http://www.timeforkids.com/news/debate/16621

Form an opinion about this topic and respond to the question:

Would you like to go to a school with only boys and girls? Why or Why Not?

Please write using complete sentences, with correct punctuation.

28 comments:

Sawyer W said...

Heavens no! I think boys and girls should be able to work together if they want to. One of my friends that I like to work with is a girl. Some boys and girls don’t get along and that's just fine but boys and girls should work together if they please.

BenjaminP said...

I think that it is not that it is good if boys and girls are separated. One reason is because kids would not learn to create friendships with other genders because they are separated. Girls and boys should work together so they can work in more public councils or groups.This is my response so you are open to any choice but a would prefer to go to a open gender school.

Claire said...

I think boys should have their own school because sometimes when boys are with girls in the same school boys can start bullying with girls. and girls can start bullying and then that will hurt other kids at school even if the other kids at school did not start the bullying.

Lexi! said...

No! This can not help you because when you get older you have to deal with things like, (being with a boy) I guess I should say. You will not get along with boys. I think because you have to get used to boys because sometimes they get on your nerves. So I say NO!

Scott said...

no!because boys and girls work good together causes boys if they do not now the answer girls might now the answer

Will M. said...

I want to have boys and girls in my class because I wold not just want to talk to boys all of the time. I also would because some of my friends are girls and i would not get to talk to them during class. Most of the time i would enjoy having only boys in my class if i have not seen them in a while. I think that boys would learn better with girls because tuns of my friends are boys and i would not consecrate if i only had boys in my class. It is also fun having both in my class. I focus on my work easier with out having all of my friends distracting me.

Allie said...

No! Because I like boy's and girls work together and what if a girl has a friend that is a boy. some people like to and you can be friends and make friends I would. like to not have that because it will be boring and you would want to not have just girls and just girls. I say No!

Matthew said...

They learn better apart because some of the girls can annoy boys and they might not like each other.Some of the girls in my class annoy me so I want only boys in my class. Also because some of the boys can talk without girls getting in their conversation. My favorite reason is that they should be apart because then I can talk about how annoying girls can be sometimes like my sister.

Breianna M said...

No, I think boys and girls should go to school together because it could be nice to have boys and girls be in the same school so they can have partners with them. It is also nice to have boys and girls should be in the same school and if boys want boys want to be friends with girls and girls have boys as there friends. So thats why boys and girls and girls and boys should go to school together.

Isabelle C. ;) said...

i think that they should not separate boys and girls because i have lots of girls and boy friends so i want to see them at school every day.sometimes when i have a friend that is playing with someone else i go and find my other friends. that is why i vote no for boys and girls being separated from each other.

Brandon .P said...

I think people shouldn't have them because some boys have girls for friends and also boys and girls work together better because most parters of the same gender mess around and don`t get any work done.

Isabelle C. ;) said...

i think that they should not separate boys and girls because i have lots of girls and boy friends so i want to see them at school every day.sometimes when i have a friend that is playing with someone else i go and find my other friends. that is why i vote no for boys and girls being separated from each other.

Marc said...

Yes.I think everybody should be in the same classroom. Because I work better with people surrounding me. I like to work together with girls and boys. I go against 1 gender schools.

Anna said...

I think all schools should be coed. Because I think boys and girls should be in the same classroom together to have a relationship as friends. I go against single gender schools. All schools should be coed.

Abby A said...

I would not like to have boys in one class and girls in the other because I think boys and girls need more time as a class instead of being separate because girls would feel more conferrable around girls and so when they go to the store they will feel uncomfortable so I say no.

Bryan H. said...

yes because boys are going to get in a fight. they don't like each other. They have a different gender. They learn differently. They like different things. They look differently.

SophiaS said...

I think that single gender schools are good and bad. I guess that there are fit for some people and others not. How they are good is because sometimes in class they get in fights and some people tend to learn better with only girls.Also when girls and boys are apart they get along better and act better. But the bad thing is they will never learn how to interact with boys. And boys are super crazy with other boys and the teacher might not be able to handle them. Also some girls will talk a lot. Thats what I think so it is yes no and maybe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Connor C. said...

I think that boys should go to school with Boys and girls go with girls. Most Boys don't want to go with girls to school and some girls don't want to go to school with girls. Boys don't really do anything with girls until late middle school and through the rest of your life. girls don't have any thing in common with boys anyway.

skyler said...

No!I do not think boy and girls work better in the same class room.I think we work better in the same class room because maybe you have a brother and he has to go to a different class room and somebody is picking on you and brothers always stand up for there brother or sister.but you wouldn't have anyone to stop the bully.But at the same time separate class rooms can make you feel better because you would be able to make friends easer.It can also be better because you all like the same thing.So if you say something girly then no body would laugh

santiagoR said...

I think kids should be aloud to be in the same school as girls because the boys and girls should learn to be with each other. Because when you grow up say if you want to have a friend thats a girl you would never know how to be nice to girls. Say if you had a friend thats a girl you would have to get separated and it's good to learn to be with girls that's why I think no.

Caroline Y said...

I think they should not go to a single gender school because they should learn to be together.Because they might want to get married some day.Another reason is that it is fun to play with each other.An example is like playing soccer the girls are going to push them self to be as good as the boys.And that is my opinion about the schools.

Briana said...

I definitely think that girls and boys should be mixed together. I think that because it is good for girls and boys to cooperate together. I also think that because if boys and girls were in different schools you wouldn't be able to have competitions against each other.For example girls and boys at my school play soccer together. It makes it more challenging and more like a competition. If there weren't schools that had boys and girls there wouldn't be as much cooperation and I think it is good for both girls and boys to learn how to be together.

Alyssa B said...

I think that boys and girls should go to school together. The reason I think this is girls get more aggressive. For example at my school girls and boys play soccer together. And if they were separate schools with only boys and girls boys wouldn't get girl teachers and girls wouldn't get boy teachers. And sometimes having an all girl or all boy class can get boring sometimes. So that is my opinion on if boys and girls should go to the same school.

Rebekah H said...

No,I do not think that a single gender school would be better for learning.I think this because I have some friends that are boys.Also if you were to go to a single gender school you might get used to being around only boys or girls,then in later life they might not know how to get along with people of the opposite gender of them.Another thing is that you might not want to interact with people that are a different gender than you.Thats why I think that single gender schools are not better than both gender schools.

lujasw said...

No because sum of my friends are girls.if boys and girls are separated they will not know how. to connect when they are older.if kids are not together for example they will. not make friends whit the other gender.

ShaelynE said...

I think that girls and boys should be in a class together because, what if they are friends with each other.If kids are friends with other kids they should be able to be in the same class.When girls are friends with boys they should be in the same class because,what some body needs help with a problem their friend should be able to help able to help them.When teachers let the students play games for inside recess the boys and the girls should be able to play together if they are friends.so that's my comet.

Isabella R. said...

No,I don't think girls and boys should be separated because when they grow up they will never get married and there will not be kids in the future.

matthew said...

Yes because then I don't have to be single and have no kids and I work better with some of my girl friends in the class. Also it would be really boring to have just boys in the class with out any laughter from some of the girls. I talked to some other people and they also said that the girls and boys should be in the same room and if you and your brother were twins then you wouldn't be in the same class.