All schools should be coeducational. Explain your views on this statement.

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English Coursework Assignment C – Argumentative Writing

All schools should be coeducational.  Explain your views on this statement.  You may wish to take into account such issues as: Examination Results

        Social Skills

        Relationships

        Stereotyping

        Role Models

        Distractions

        Bullying

Many people look back on their school years and say, “Those were the best days of my life”.  The majority of people did not have a choice when they were younger of what type of school they attended.  Mostly it would have been the nearest or handiest school to them or even the only school they could get into.  Years ago most grammar schools were single sex.  The majority of people didn’t care what school they went to, as there was usually dances or social events in which they could react with the opposite sex.

But now a day it is different.  We live in a totally different society and things have changed.  The key to life and a good career is to develop your key skills including communication and interaction with the opposite sex.  Many people feel uncomfortable and threatened when in the company of a member of the opposite sex.  This can be very awkward especially in life after school when they are integrated with the opposite sex in the workplace.  This is why coeducational schools are important for building these gaps between the two sexes.  They offer students the chance to work together and to develop their social skills, friendships and relationships.  They also help to rid unrealistic fantasies, which have been made up about the opposite sex.  It provides the two sexes to mix and mingle with each other with out having to feel uneasy or uncomfortable.  Many people who attended a single sex school find it easier to mix and relate with they’re own sex and do not have very much confidence with talking to the opposite sex.

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        Understandable others think that a student that attends a single sex school still has the opportunity to regularly interact and socialize with the opposite sex through social events like teenage dances and discos etc.  But for the majority of us including myself has attended coeducational schools throughout childhood and has had no say in it and were not complaining.  We get used to being in everyday situations with the other sex and therefore get used to being in their presence and have more confidence and treat them equal when associating with them.

        Pupil’s exam results for both sets of schools ...

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