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"Students who experience segregated special education are not prepared for fulfilling lives in their communities when their education is finished." Gordon L. Porter, Education Canada, CEA 2008

"When most young boys are exposed to threat and confrontation, their senses sharpen, and they feel a thrill." Dr. Leonard Sax, founder and executive director of the National Associate for Single Sex Public Education.
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This is a very stange picture, because it shows a brain of a boy and girl, which as you can see are very diffferent. Does that mean they have to be segregated?


 * __Persausive Essay Agianst Segregated Schools__**

Race, religion, and gender are different on the outside, but you and I both know they are the same on the inside, just a human being. Why should we allow different human beings to be separated in a school environment? We shouldn’t. I strongly believe that segregated schools based on race, religion or sex should not be permitted. Segregation in schools does not improve a child’s academic ability, it is not the reality of the world, and it also portrays the wrong message about being different. Your child’s academics come before certain extra-curricular activities, because you want them to succeed. If the school your child attends decides to become segregated based on gender or religion, and their marks do not improve or drop, then why keep them separated? I believe that when a student is a straight A student, they choose be one. They aren’t thinking about who was in their class, they are primarily focusing on their academic abilities and achievements. Students don’t care what their friends colour of skin, religion or sexual view are, as long as they are not having an impact on their academic achievements and abilities. When you walk into an office building you aren’t surrounded by one race, one gender, or one religion. You are surrounded by individuals with many different characteristics. Students in segregated schools are not being exposed to the reality of the world. In a segregated school atmosphere, student’s are not being exposed to all the unique characteristics of others. Some students will find it difficult in the real world, when they seek employment and they aren’t familiar with the way certain people behave or work. How would you feel to be separated from the real world? Different, what does it mean? Does it mean you have a different colour skin, a different religion, different body parts or even different views on sexuality. People who have those different features are the same, with just various opinions. I feel that when you have a separate school setting for those features, it could send the wrong message out to students that the others are not the same on the inside, when they are. Teachers could implement bad thoughts in their student’s brains about the people and their beliefs that are hurtful and false. This can affect the students as they become older and become more exposed to //different // human beings. Boys and girls have different learning styles, which may be a reason to separate gender. Boys’ senses improve when their teacher confronts them or they sense competition. Girls’ need a nurturing and cooperative learning environment. Some teachers can struggle with performing both these tasks because one boy will always create trouble and one girl will want to work collaboratively. Teachers in a single gender school will have an easier time teaching one style. If I were a teacher in a co-ed school I would try to cover all the different learning styles in that environment. Segregation is not the world’s realty, it does not improve your child’s academic achievements and it can depict the wrong message about being different. I simply don’t agree with segregated schools. I believe that the young people of the world need to learn to cooperate with each other now, so they can work together in the future. If you would like your opinion to be heard then write a letter to your child’s school board expressing your views on segregation or to the Ministry of Education.