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    Lecture 3

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    Single-sex education provides benefits for girls. While critics argue that it is outdated and prevents interaction with boys, single-sex schools value girls' abilities like concentration and collaborative work. They also help girls develop self-confidence by allowing them to take leadership roles without distraction from boys. Though separated from boys, all-girls schools aim to produce confident graduates who can challenge rules in the adult world.

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    Single-sex education provides benefits for girls. While critics argue that it is outdated and prevents interaction with boys, single-sex schools value girls' abilities like concentration and collaborative work. They also help girls develop self-confidence by allowing them to take leadership roles without distraction from boys. Though separated from boys, all-girls schools aim to produce confident graduates who can challenge rules in the adult world.

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    Single-sex education provides benefits for girls. While critics argue that it is outdated and prevents interaction with boys, single-sex schools value girls' abilities like concentration and collaborative work. They also help girls develop self-confidence by allowing them to take leadership roles without distraction from boys. Though separated from boys, all-girls schools aim to produce confident graduates who can challenge rules in the adult world.

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    THEME 1: Education

    Bullet sum:

    Topic: benefits of single-sex education for girls.

    • 3 main arguments against all-girls’ schools: old-fashioned, can’t develop the


    ability to interact, smooth transition into the adult world.

    • 2 advantages of single-sex environment:

    - values girls’ unique qualities: higher concentration, abstract thinking,


    longer-period work time, work well in group, be kind and cooperative.

    - develop self-confidence without the distraction: enjoy being leaders, feel


    free and be themselves.

    Conclution: girls from all-girls’ schools are expected to be confident enough


    to break the rules in adult life.

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    I’m going to be discussing the benefits of single-sex education. As a teacher


    andadvisor in an all-girls’ school, I am often asked to defend single-sex education
    —specifically, all-girls’ education as if girls’ schools were on trial. I, personally,
    stronglyrecommend single-sex education for girls. But the arguments against this
    form ofeducation can be quite powerful, so I would like to begin by pointing out
    three of the main arguments against all-girls’ schools. First of all, critics of all-girls
    schools argue that the separation of the sexes seems old-fashioned. It goes against
    the aims and the goal of feminists and liberaleducators, which is to provide
    fairness: to make sure boys and girls have the same educational opportunities and
    are treated in the same. Secondly, the critics say that in single-sex schools, boys
    and girls can’t develop the ability to interact with one another. They point out that
    in single-sex schools, boys and girls can’t learn how to be comfortable with each
    other and also how to compete with each other. The third criticism is that single-
    sex schools don’t provide children with a smooth transition into the adult world
    where men and women live together. In single-sex schools, these critics say, boys
    and girls cannot become prepared for a world inwhich they will work, play, and
    live together as adults.

    But although these are serious arguments, I believe that single-sex education
    is beneficial for girls. In the second part of this lecture, I’ll focus on two strong
    advantages of single-sex education: It values girls’ unique qualities and it helps
    girls develop self-confidence.The first real benefit of all-girls’ education is that it
    values girls’ unique qualities — the qualities that make them different from boys.
    What are these unique qualities? Well,I’m going to list a few. First of all, girls can
    often concentrate on higher-level, abstract thinking at an earlier age than boys can.
    Secondly, they can often work for longer periods of time. Girls also enjoy
    collaborative learning activities and so they work well in groups. Finally, as girls
    mature, they are often kind and cooperative, rather than competitive. These four
    qualities are valued in all-girls’ schools.The second benefit of single-sex education
    is that it helps girls develop self-confidence. I strongly believe that girls become
    more self-confident without the distraction and different learning styles of boys. In
    a single-sex environment girls enjoy being leaders. They offer help to others and
    they also ask for help when they need it; for example, if they don’t understand a
    math or science concept, they’ll askfor clarification. But when girls are in the same
    classrooms as boys, they often lose their self-esteem. Boys are sometimes louder
    and may jump up out of their seats and wave their arms in people’s faces if they
    know the answer to a teacher’s question. If this happens, girls typically sink back
    in their chairs and wait for the boys to quietdown. But if there are no boys around,
    girls can feel free and be themselves.Now, it’s true that all-girls’ schools do
    separate girls from the real world while they are growing up. But, in the “real,”
    adult world, boys are the ones who set the rules of the game, and these rules don’t
    necessarily reflect the needs or talents of girls. In an all-girls’ school, girls can
    become confident enough to challenge the rules. And then,perhaps, they can
    change the ‘real’ world into a place designed to accommodate both women and
    men.

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