All schools should go co-ed. on 15 January 2006
, 11:57 AMAll schools should go co-ed
I AM delighted that one of our most established single-sex schools has gone co-ed ("Here come the ACS (I) girls"; ST, Jan 4), and that both students and teachers of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) have embraced this as a significant step to enrich the learning enviroment.
I have long advocated co-ed schools and had called for the conversion of all single-sex schools unwittingly create an artificial barrier to the natural evolution of wholesome interaction between ours boys and girls.
Co-ed schools offer a more conductive enviroment for our children to nurture social skills early in life, thus helping them develop into confident well-adjusted individuals, better prepared for adulthood, marriage and family.
Single-sex schools are incongruent with today's way of life and hinder the growth of liberal and healthy interaction between the two sexes.
I urge our policymakers and school professionals to convert all our remaining single-sex schools into co-ed ones as soon as possible.
We have introduced many bold reforms to the education system and must remove the remaining anachronism embodied in the single-sex schools.
Otherwise, we will be clinging to antiquated social values and the outdated morality of a bygone era.
Ang Ah Lay
Hong Kong
*if there are any errors that you might spot, please notify me, as I've typed this article from the papers*
I think this is a very good article/suggestion and should be implimented in schools as soon as possible. xD
Especially the part on the 'artificial barrier'. So true. Hope the principal can accept this, will be posting him an e-mail or letter soon (:
This will keep some boys and girls happy, lol.
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Rafael, 18
SR Junior College