Single Gender Schools

What are advantages to single gender schools? If school is preparing students for the real world then single gender schools are helping students learn better, but it does not prepare them for when they are adults.


Some schools only allow students from one gender, this raises some advantages, but it also  raises some disadvantages, which don't make those advantages worth it. The biggest  disadvantage is that single gender schools can cause gender stereotypes, which means that  students will prefer to play or hang out with students from the same gender. If school is  preparing students for the real world, then this is not preparing them, because if students don't  get used to working and collaborating with people of the opposite gender, then they won't be  able to work with employees of the opposite gender at their job. That is a big advantage of co-ed schools, because students can work with opposite gender students.


Removing distractions from opposite genders does not remove all distractions, because students from opposite genders are not the only distraction, there are many things that can be distracting, for example, there are a lot of things that can distract students from people of the same gender, like guys can get distracted if another guy is  goofing off. Guys could also get distracted talking to other guys about sports or video games, or if a guy is bored, they can easily get distracted by something outside, and girls can get distracted by other girls talking about their favorite band, or about their favorite singer, or they could get distracted by texting their friends on their phone. Both guys and girls can easily get distracted by something outside or something in the room, almost anything can be distracting.


If school is preparing students for the real world, then single gender schools are not preparing students for the real world. Even though a guy learns using a learning style that is better for guys, they do not get to work or collaborate with students that are girls. That does not prepare them for when they are adults and have a job, because most jobs require employees of both genders. If someone cannot work well with people of opposite genders, then they will not be very successful as adults.