Are co-ed schools more beneficial then single sex schools?

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Co-ed schools provide a better learning environment then single sex schools because they provide a great learning environment whilst still being able to communicate and be involved with the other gender. People tend to think that when you have co-ed schools then people get distracted easily and flirt with each other all day and not do any work but that is simply not true. Interacting with the opposite gender is essential to the development of young males and females and” improves a person’s confidence” (The Pros & Cons of Single Sex Classes in School, 2014) so that they are able to talk to the opposite gender and improve as human beings later on in life.
There are many benefits of having co-education schools, including both genders to be together in the one school so that they can work together, get to know how the opposite gender works and how to interact with the opposite gender. When both genders are at the same school they are able to cooperate with each other and are able to create friendships with the opposite gender. For instance if a boy went to an all-boys schools when he was younger, by the time he has finished school he might not have had that much time or had many occasions where he would have to talk or do things with girls. He might become nervous being around a girl and not know how to interact with her. This is why it is important to be at a co-education school, so that you have these experiences when you are young and learn how to talk and associate with the opposite gender, “allowing and preparing him or her for the future” (Single-sex education: the pros and cons, 2014) when they will have to work and associate with both genders.
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