Hello Hivians.
Happy Monday
Hope your weekend was great.
Well mine was really hectic and I broke down health wise,I have malaria but I'm treating it, taking the drugs prescribed.
So this weeks prompt is about us giving our opinions about letting our kids attend a same sex or mixed school.
Well I'm here to give my humble opinion about it and I'll be giving it from my own experience.
While growing up, I fancied going to a same sex school,I never liked boys because some of them in my primary school used to be such a bullies and I couldn't stand them. Our teachers didn't do any better to foster the relationship between boys and girls in class, boys sat in one row and girls sat in the other, if a girl walked with a boy in school, she'd be termed as rough and loose . It was so bad that even during sports girls clamored around each other when we had to form a circle, no girl wanted a boy to hold her hands.
I considered boys rough, dirty (have you seen a boy after he plays football 😂 ,the sweat and dirty clothes made me freak out), I saw them as aggressive people and of course troublemakers ,Hence my desire to attend a same sex school since I couldn't stand boys..
It wasn't any different in my neighborhood,I managed to play with the boys sometimes but some of them played really roughly so I decided to keep my distance.
In my last year in primary school,I sat for my entrance examination and your guess is as good as mine ,I wanted admission into a same sex school ,I studied hard to get admission since it could only be gotten if we passed the exam for the school.
Prior to when I took my exams,we had a new teacher, Mrs Mary, she erased my perspective of boys. When she came, she mixed everyone up, boys and girls had to sit together, she scattered everyone and rearranged us.
That day in class some of us cried because we didn't like that but as the weeks went by ,we got used to it, we started to converse with the boys,play with them and do class exercises together.
I guess it still didn't change the fact that I wanted to go to a same sex school , this time not because I couldn't stand boys but because it was a prestigious girls school and it produced a lot of brilliant girls ,but life happened,I didn't get the admission.
It was heart breaking but I had to go to another school and it was mixed.
It wasn't much of a struggle getting acquitted with being in a mixed school because of how Mrs Mary changed my perspective.Being in a mixed school has made me improve Academically, socially and personally.
Academically, I believe I'm not inferior, I used to think only boys needed to top the class , but in my school there was so much competition and i didn't want to be left behind like when I was in primary school , being in a mixed school taught me teamwork and tolerance, believe me boys can be annoying 😂 .
In my secondary school I began to interact with boys freely , that's how I improved socially,I can hold conversations with guys and not feel daunted or shy and trust me being friends with boys is not as bad as I looked at it .
At the end of the day, being in a mixed school prepares you for reality, the world is mixed up, and being in a same sex school might not prepare one enough for that. At the end of the day as we further in education we would go to the university, which is obviously mixed. And as we progress , we'd come into the society and realize that it's a world full of men and women.
In my school I had to deal with the fact that there would always be boys and I couldn't get rid of them so I had to get along with them , and letting myself know that everyone is unique in their own way.
There are distractions in same sex schools as much as they are in mixed schools.
Being in a same sex school isn't a guarantee for focus, anyone who wants to be distracted would give his or herself to distraction.
From my experience,I'd love for my kids to attend a mixed school because I want them to come to terms with reality, I believe it will improve their intelligence, ensure a healthy competition with each gender,it will prepare them for social relationships as they advance in life .
I recommend mixed schools.
Thank you for reading through ❤️.
Have a great week ahead.
As someone who went Single Sex school, you’ve tried enough to let me know the mixed school is better but no!!!! You are not winning today 😂😂😂
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In view of you explaining how the world is made up of men and women, mixed schools surely look ideal for a child. This is interesting.
Yes .
Thank you
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Thank you very much 😊
Yeah. You are right dear. We need mixed school so that we can also blend well.
Thanks for sharing
You're welcome 🤗