Teaching Boys And Girls Separately By Paul Reva Summary

In “Teaching Boys and Girls Separately,” Paul Reva says about the principal of an American elementary school has separated the boys and girls into different classroom because of their behavior. After this strategy students’ learning became more effective. So he thinks that schools should separate boys and girls because they need different methods and experiences to learn, besides girls won’t feel mistreated during class. Indeed, boys and girls should attend school separately so that their grades improve and teachers can control the students’ behavior better.
First, by attending school separately, students improve their grades. Boys and girls naturally become interested in the opposite sex, so they are distracted bothering, or talking to each
Both genders’ conduct is often different when it's time to study. Girls naturally tend to talk a lot during classes, and boys usually tend to be much more active and troubled, so they start to fight or talk to each other while the teacher is talking. Therefore, the students don’t pay attention to the classroom rules, classes are completely disorganized, and also students could start to be aggressive and rebels in class or even at home. Separating boys and girls make teachers to have their classes completely organized, and their students concentrated listening to them. For example, Ms. Thompson is a teacher, she have been working for fifteen years at Marlborough school, in California, she approves the separate education for boys and girls, despite the fact that work with girls can be very tiring. Her students are obedient and her classes are very tidy, girls always help to keep the class this way. According to her, students just want attention and they want to be heard all the time, so she tries to use games that make them feel appreciated. Parents feel some way this methods motivates their girls to be well behaved so that applications for the school are full this