zibazinski
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Post by zibazinski on Mar 26, 2016 7:01:23 GMT -5
I had one friend in college who went to an all girls high school. I always admired her maturity as well as her study habits. She said the girls at her school didn't get caught up in the games of high school that interact with boys. Brains were prized and encourages. Nice behavior was enforced strictly. She said one girl was asked to leave after being warned several times that her behavior was contrary to the expectations of the school. There was an all boys school as well so there were occasional get togethers so even though run by nuns, it wasn't a nunnery. But the boys were taught by men and the girls were taught by women and it must have been a wonderful experience. She loved it. I envied it I wished I'd had it as an option for both my kids.
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teen persuasion
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Post by teen persuasion on Mar 26, 2016 7:50:46 GMT -5
I had one friend in college who went to an all girls high school. I always admired her maturity as well as her study habits. She said the girls at her school didn't get caught up in the games of high school that interact with boys. Brains were prized and encourages. Nice behavior was enforced strictly. She said one girl was asked to leave after being warned several times that her behavior was contrary to the expectations of the school. There was an all boys school as well so there were occasional get togethers so even though run by nuns, it wasn't a nunnery. But the boys were taught by men and the girls were taught by women and it must have been a wonderful experience. She loved it. I envied it I wished I'd had it as an option for both my kids. I went to a single sex HS, as did one of my brothers and my DH (my younger brother and sister went to the local public school). There's pros and cons to each. I did enjoy my time at my HS, but there were things missing that a larger public school could provide, like music, AP classes, tech classes, better language choices (although language choices have disappeared now). DH and I chose to send our kids to public schools, to offer them more options. My brother and I rode the same buses to school,at least partway. The public school bus picked us up with the rest of the kids, dropped the public school kids at their school, continued to another school lot for transfer to the bus that takes us to our school only. In the afternoon some buses pick up at the boys' school, some at the girls', and meet at another lot to transfer to our home bus. My brother's school held open dances, which we all attended, of course, so my friends included my (younger) brother in our circle of friends, and his friends by extension. Our schools were only a few blocks apart in the city.
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