Disadvantages: Education and Single Sex School

Co-education is male and female persons in a learning environment (school) together as opposed to gender segregated education. Having attended both types of schools I can answer this. Gender segregated schools allow girls in particular to develop their strengths without worrying that some boy is going to be put off by her abilities. She can be outspoken, smart and in charge and it's seen as a strength not something that she can get put down for. You can concentrate of your school work and not worry about your hair/makeup/how you look or act and what the guys think of you. You develop a strong sense of self. Coeducation has its values as well. It teaches you how to interact w/both sexes equally and to be able to be promote your ideas in a mixed group setting. I just think gender seg. ed works better to achieve your sense of self and develop your strengths so that later you can go out and generalize this to the 'real world. 'Disadvantages
There is a belief that by sending a child to a single sex school they can get away from the gender stereotypes that are typically seen in a co-educational learning atmosphere. Some of these stereotypes are placed on the students by society, others by facility, classmates, and themselves. William Pollack, in his book Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons From the Myths of Boyhood, writes "In girls' schools, it is plain to see that some girls are poets, some are athletes. Some are historians or mathematicians, some are scientists or sculptors. Stereotypes about "acceptable" roles simply do not apply." (What about Boys) By eliminating these gender based stereotypes the students are free to learn without worrying about the labels being placed on them.

In conclusion the advantages and disadvantages of attending a single sex school or co-educational school are now being