The Serious One for The Day
There is evidence, here in Sydney but probably elsewhere as well, to show that students who attend single-sex schools, rather than co-ed, are far more likely to commit, or be victims of, sexual assault
I went to 'private' all-boys primary & secondary schools & part of me thinks "Well of course... if you don't spend enough time interacting with the opposite sex, both socially & at school, they are a mystery to you" as girls were to me - though I had the advantage of a social group that was very female dominated, thanks to growing up with a similarly aged girl next door (& before you ask - NO she & I did not ever get together!!), so I never had the same level of fear of the unknown that had to be 'conquered'. But as mentioned in the article, I was around when these boys socialised with girls on the weekends & their behaviour was far more primal & basic than you would normally see with any of them. Especially, again as noted in the article, when alcohol was involved. So no, I'm not surprised...
It does make me wonder then, why I'm not a part of these statistics? The simple answer is that it's not as simple as single-sex bad, co-ed good. My opinion is that as parents have handed over the raising of their children to others & fail to teach either basic ethics & boundaries, they have also hamstrung teachers by failing to tell their children to respect a teacher's authority, but then also crying foul whenever a teacher attempts to apply any disciplinary measure - saying "You can't do that to my kid!!!" And so nobody does anything...
My parents, especially my Father, were very hands on when it came to instructing me in the basic requirements of a civilised human being. I may not have enjoyed it at the time, but at least it meant that I never treated the opposite sex with anything less than the dignity & respect they deserve... Indeed - that any other human being deserves...
I went to 'private' all-boys primary & secondary schools & part of me thinks "Well of course... if you don't spend enough time interacting with the opposite sex, both socially & at school, they are a mystery to you" as girls were to me - though I had the advantage of a social group that was very female dominated, thanks to growing up with a similarly aged girl next door (& before you ask - NO she & I did not ever get together!!), so I never had the same level of fear of the unknown that had to be 'conquered'. But as mentioned in the article, I was around when these boys socialised with girls on the weekends & their behaviour was far more primal & basic than you would normally see with any of them. Especially, again as noted in the article, when alcohol was involved. So no, I'm not surprised...
It does make me wonder then, why I'm not a part of these statistics? The simple answer is that it's not as simple as single-sex bad, co-ed good. My opinion is that as parents have handed over the raising of their children to others & fail to teach either basic ethics & boundaries, they have also hamstrung teachers by failing to tell their children to respect a teacher's authority, but then also crying foul whenever a teacher attempts to apply any disciplinary measure - saying "You can't do that to my kid!!!" And so nobody does anything...
My parents, especially my Father, were very hands on when it came to instructing me in the basic requirements of a civilised human being. I may not have enjoyed it at the time, but at least it meant that I never treated the opposite sex with anything less than the dignity & respect they deserve... Indeed - that any other human being deserves...