© ESL Study Guide
Topic: Do you agree with the following statement? Boys and girls should attend separate schools. Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.
Nowadays, there is a debate as to whether boys and girls should attend separate schools or not. Some people think they should be integrated and others believe that they should attend separate schools. While there are advantages and disadvantages to both arguments, I agree that boys and girls should attend separate schools because they can concentrate better on their studies and will have respect for the opposite gender.
Fir starters, a single-sex educational environment allows both boys and girls to concentrate on their studies. This is especially important for teenagers. Take for instance a boy and girl that are around the age of 16. It is not uncommon for teenagers of this age to date. If two teenagers are dating but begin to have problems in their relationship, they may spend most of their time at school concentrating on each other. If they are in the same classes, this will be even more of a problem. But if they attend separate schools, they are more likely to concentrate on their studies while they are at school. Young people have a hard time separating their academic and personal lives.
For positive development and the retention of respect, it is better that they are educated separately. If boys and girls spend their school days together, they are sure to have conflicts. This is normal among people with such obvious differences, whether it is race, religion or gender. Thus, if boys or girls have problems with the opposite sex at an early age, this could damage their ability to make friends with the opposite sex after they grow older. However, if they are separated from each other during their school days, they will not have the chance to develop any unfortunate grudges against each other. In this way, they will still have respect for the opposite sex, and in the future, they will have very little problems with developing relationships at a more mature age.
In conclusion, people have different opinions regarding the issue of whether or not boys and girls should be educated together. However, for the sake of getting a better education through concentration on their studies and in order to help both genders develop into adults with healthy relationships, I believe it is better that they are educated separately. A mixed gender education may have benefits as well, but the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.