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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt
Glad it's not just me. 
I honestly believe private schools don't really do much good. |
I can only speak for Australia, but over here private schools really aren't a whole world better than private schools. The only differences are that 1) They are usually or can be religious 2) They often separate the sexes 3) You have to wear a horrible, hot, ugly posh uniform and obey strict rules.
None of those things really affect the way you learn.
I am thankful that I got to go to a public school and be around a diverse range of people from many different walks of life and many different socio-economic backgrounds. I learnt so much about people, society, and just general social and life skills. If you went to a private school you'd only really see one 'type' of socio-economic string.
So yeah, I agree
Oh, and to bring it back to the gender thing, it's been proven that girls can learn in almost any environments, but boys learn better when they are around girls. It's probably because girls are more willing to complete schoolwork so they have a good influence over boys, I'm not exactly sure but this is something I've seen happen in the classroom! So why separate the sexes? They can learn from each other and about each other...
Plus most girls that I know who went to all-girls schools were obsessed with boys, absolutely boy-crazy because it was like they'd never seen one before, it was ridiculous.