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Children who attend single sex schools do not learn any better than mixed sex school students. Separating the sexes at such a formative time in a child's life can only be detrimental to their transition into the outside world. If a child wants to learn something at school, it makes no difference that a member of the opposite sex is present in the classroom.

The single sex school is a very strange idea to someone like myself who attended a mixed sex school. The thought process behind the segregation technique that believes children are less likely to be distracted from their studies if the opposite sex is not present astounds me. A young persons school years do not only teach them Maths, English, History, etc, it also teaches them how to interact with the opposite sex. A child will learn valuable lessons about the emotions of love, friendship, qualities that they find attractive in a future mate and all the other wonderful events that mould us into the adult we will become. Compare this with the single sex student who will only learn the school curriculum, and will have to deal with the terrible shock of how to interact when faced with the opposite sex sharing the workplace and the world in which they live. The choice is blatantly obvious; a child must be sent to a mixed sex school where they can learn and develop skills that will serve them well when entering the adult world.

The child who is confined to same sex schooling could face real problems when embarking into the adult world. The opposite sex will be very alien to them, and they simply will not know how to interact with these unfamiliar people. They will have no concept of the totally different perception on life that the other sex has. They may develop phobia's that will handicap them, and their life will most definitely be marred due to childhood segregation.

Children are sent to school to learn so much more than what the teacher tells them. It is a life experience that a child should not be forced to miss out on. Children will inevitably explore sex, and by attempting to keep those from mixing with the other sex will not guarantee that they abstain from it. Can you remember your first love and the emotions you felt at the time? Would you want to rob your child from experiencing those feelings? Segregation has no future and is not the solution to raising a rounded happy child that will grow into an adult we can be proud of.

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