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Mention separating students and putting them in same sex classrooms or even schools guarantees an uproar, however what most students don’t realize is that when making the great divide it actually creates a better learning environment and it unlocks opportunities for their future. Of course students will need time to adapt and most should take into consideration that just because they’re put into different classrooms doesn’t mean that their grades will automatically be golden. This approach is taken to understand the different learning styles of the male and female. With this, new lesson plans will be able to be assembled to suit their divergent needs.

Dr. Debra Koss ( child psychiatrist) believes that in our society today teens and parents face more stress and pressures than ever before. When a student acts up the first thought should not be punishment but what is going wrong in this young one’s life and how can it be helped. In Fund du Lac High School three hundred fifty-eight freshman out of six hundred thirty-two participated in mental health screening and sixty-four percent of the students tested were diagnosed with a mental illness. Many factors are contributing to this bad school environment ranging from overworked students, students ridiculing other students and faculty that genuinely do not care about the students. A teacher, who does not take interest in the students and does not do their best to make sure their students succeed, risks destroying their students confidence. 8,300 students drop out on a average day. These students say they drop because they don't feel safe, they can't keep up, they couldn't attend everyday or they did not have the confidence they would finish the class. Students everyday are either dropping out or hurting themselves because of the events that happen inside these school buildings. Forty percent of parents say children experience the most stress from academics. Chronic stress causes a sense of panic which causes more stress. “Despite whatever is going on -if you are a bit depressed, stressed, or overwhelmed you want to put up this positive

                For many students, going to school is more than just a part of the daily routine. A lot of students see their role in school as an importance to their life, but as well to their future success. Many of us have gotten told by parents or teacher that school is an important

“49 percent of students reported feeling “a great deal of stress” on a daily basis. Half reported doing three or more hours of homework per night, and 26 percent noted that they had been diagnosed with depression” (Ossola, 1). With all that is expected of students in school, some rules she be changed to reduce these crazy issues. If schools would reduce homework, start school later, changed dress codes, and extend lunches, student would thrive and succeed more in school.

After only seventeen years of living, students are sat down and told that they need to figure out what they are going to do for the rest of their lives. If they are lucky they will not be one of the many kids who falls through the cracks of the American education system. School has become far too stressful for the average teenager. Students now a days are finding school more and more difficult due to learning disabilities, over pilling amounts of homework and tests, and large classroom sizes.

Nowadays there are so many problem in the schools of America. The biggest problem school faces is stress. Stress is a state of mental emotional strain or tension on the brain or body. One of the ways kids usually get stressed is from homework. Teachers today assign about one homework sheet for each class which means we get at least seven items of homework to take home a day. Another area of stress for students is grades. Students feel a lot of pressure from their parents and teachers to get good grades. If students don’t get passing grades, they have to redo the classes and this is very stressful. Finally, kids feel stressed because of all the pressure they get on the end of trimester or semester, all the teachers telling if you don’t

While different in what they carry, everyone carries stress. Students carry anxiety for the upcoming tests or assignments; teachers are overwhelmed to prepare for their classes or to properly educate their students. Although they all wake up, moaning, complaining, and muttering “I hate school”. they all carry hope for new term. In the end, despite the tedious routines, they carry the responsibility to be motivated, to be focused, and to try their

This surprised me because I never really thought about how people even took into consideration calculating gaps between boys and girls. I feel like that could be a reason why we have a few issues regarding gender when it comes to the classroom. I have always thought that girls did better in certain topics and boys did well in the other ones, but studies have shown from our research that that is really not the case. It’s easy to that coed classrooms aren’t an issue and that all kids learn better from being surrounded by boys and girls, but we had also talked about single sex classrooms and the benefits of those. The class had a lot to say about this too because I think people really do like the idea of single sex schools but on the flip side some people really don’t. From most of the research I did and from asking people their opinions they say that single sex classrooms are extremely beneficial and I found that to be super interesting. This topic is something that really surprised me because where I am from single sex school in any form is not even heard of. I have never even thought to myself that it could really be any different learning with only girls in my

Social and emotional health is crucial for the wellness of the world. However, 1 in 5 school aged children has mental health problems, but fewer than 15% of those children get help. The result of unresolved emotional health problems includes peer relational problems, inability to concentrate, problems with work ethic and commitment and ultimately dropping out of school. Learning has strong social and emotional components, and thus should be seen as one interaction instead of separating the social and emotional components from the academic. Because relationships and emotional processes affect how and what we learn, schools and families must effectively address these aspects of the educational process for the benefit of all students. Many students

Success is a life-time process or journey that involves many obstacles. Success has many different meanings for every person, considering what they desire. In this case, adolescents want to succeed in school, be honored for their accomplishments, and have personal goals they reach. Through years of development, adolescents gain knowledge from their own experience, as well as from others. Each approach towards success is different and helpful for certain individuals. Adolescents should work with their own cognitive development, including their personality traits, the way they present themselves, and how they manage their time to better set themselves up for success.

Nowadays, it seems like more and more people are pushing to put kids in public schools in segregated classes. Not by race this time, but by gender. This has been a common practice in private schools for a while, but is just now being pushed to public schools. There are many pros and cons to both sides, but even though single gender classes do have some merits, co education helps development, leaves students with the same grades, and is much easier to operate.

In school teachers want us to do better and improve by giving us a lot of work in class,big projects and a lot of homework.How can students improve if work is all we’re getting?a lot of work means less sleep and more stressing out.Students suffer with stress,because of school plus if they have family issues that they are affected by it it will cause a panic,and to those who have jobs too with all this school work plus drama they just want to give up in life,because they were told life is gonna be fun with great things,but the life their living is not what they hoped for

Tom Carroll, the creator of Brighter Choice Charter Schools, in support of this proposition states that the key to success in education “ is to eliminate social distraction” which in elementary students he describes as “goofiness” and in older generations as “ the hormonal issues of attraction and sex and boys and girls being impressed with each other”(Meyer). Single-gender schools remove the mentioned hormonal issues and allow teachers and students to both focus on the subject without the usual distraction and complications that arise when both genders are present. In this way, students perform better when segregated by genders and achieve higher proficiency in subjects.

According to an article from (www.nea.org) “Male dominance in the classrooms may come as no surprise to advocates in single gender education who suggest that boys and girls are regularly treated differently in coeducational settings and that both boys and girls could both benefit from single-gender classrooms. Studies suggest that when boys are in single-gender classrooms, they are more successful in school and more likely to pursue a wide range of interests and activities”. Many would agree with this quote because they feel that males and females learn better and would be more successful separated due to no distractions in the classrooms while others might have different beliefs that both genders could be successful in the same classroom because of the contrasting opinions of others and that could be a big help in preparing them for the “real world” because they would know that everyone would have different opinions about situations that get discussed in a classroom and they would most likely know how to take criticism from both genders.

People who argue for single- sex education would state things such as boys and girls learn differently, there is less classroom distractions, and that they allow girls to feel less pressure at school. Wesley Sharpe, an administrator for Education World, states, “Teachers of all-girl classes seemed to validate the idea that girls performed better in single-sex classes. "I enjoy seeing girls participate so much in class discussions. ... And, like it or not, girls seem to talk more in class in an all-female school. I often see a whole classroom of eighth graders sharing ideas in an animated manner," said Sharon Johnson-Cramer.” (2) The girls would have to feel less pressure to look nice and impress boys in a single-sex school, and it is a valid argument to say that their attention would have to be more so on their education if their class mates where all girls as well. However, Sharpe also states, “There is no evidence in general that single-sex education works or is better for girls than coeducation, and when elements of a good education are present, girls and boys succeed. Elements include small classes and schools, equitable teaching practices, and focused academic curriculum.” (3) Those statements can go hand in hand to show that every child has the ability to become successful no matter the environment as long as they’re being taught in the appropriate way.