private school

i heard on the radio the other day that i think it was 85% of people who attend private (all one sex) schools, graduate with a more comprehensive understanding of study tactics, and are better equipt with the necessary skills needed to enter into the work force.

now i've always been somewhat opposed to private schools; not only do they seem over-hyped and yuppy, but in this day and age they're almost obsolete, aren't they??? i mean let's examine the mere concept, shall we: all boys/ all girls schools take something out of the socialization process in an attempt to better the education/concentration levels of their students. and that something is boy-girl interaction.

so kids grow up in a same sex environment, in class, in gym, at lunch, etc etc...and when they graduate from highschool/middle school after being exposed to only same sex kids for basically their whole life...they have what? positive views on the opposite sex?? i doubt it! they're going to graduate as salivating youths, with only one thing on their mind, and only one thing they wanna do!!

in my opinion, a young teenage boy who's only known and socialized with other boys his age, will grow up objectifing women, and treating them as such. that or they'll end up gay!!!

now obviously, being who i am i don't have any problems with the latter, but the former is a tad bit more controversial! it floors me that people still enroll their children in private schools where they're only exposed to other children of the same sex for the entire education process. how can they really be developing if they've never even shared a class with someone of the opposite sex??

and consider the way they'll be acting when first put in a co-ed situation, such as university classes or something; the boys will be so over-run by teenage hormones they'll barely be able to keep it in their pants, and the girls will be walking around town with their skirts over their heads!!! not only will the risk of un-safe sex be ten times higher, but the level of self-respect that these kids hold for eachother (not to mention themselves) will be at an all-time low...sex will be the only thing on their mind. and i bet you the date rape rates among these kids are higher than the norm too. do you know what i mean? basically if you grow up only seeing women or men in magazines, and in a sexual manner instead of viewing them in a plutonic manner, you're societal views towards the opposite sex will be completely out of whack.

now compare this to the situation of co-ed schools; boys and girls grow up TOGETHER, experiencing things and learning them TOGETHER. boys will actually grow up with girls as FRIENDS, and view them as such, and not merely as sexual objects. their relationships with the opposite sex will also potentially be stronger and more advanced, seeing as how they've been around them all their lives!! and the idea of increasing their scholastic success by diminishing the outside distractions may actually backfire, due to all the pent up sexual frustration that they feel (ie blue balls) due to the lacking presence of females/males in their lives that is keeping them and preventing them from concentrating on their studies!

all in all parents should be able to decide what they think is right for their kids education, and what environment would be most suitable for their success...but i just hope they plan ahead a little...

i mean if you were a parent, where would you want your kid to go??