I'm not dreaming since I realise that we won't be returning to single sex education in our society where political correctness is more important than results.
The difference though is that the educational damage to boys due to mixed sex education is nationwide across the board and widely acknowledged. The other forms of damage supposedly caused by single sex education weren't remotely widespread, the evidence isolated and patchy.
Not true, the comparison is with results before and after. Since the changes boys results have declined while those of girls has if anything improved as their standards have risen comparatively in the classroom and in examinations.
As you say, now it's historic, since I'm speaking of past evidence from long experienced teachers who bridged the changes.
The type 45 anti-missile destroyer has been a disaster, all aspects of it's electric motor drive systems constantly breaking down.
I accept we can agree to differ but I,m not arguing my side over anything to do with politically correct. Its nothing to do with political correctness. Its a simple matter of being fair to all, not just boys or the academically gifted.
I agree with much of what you say, and especially with fairness, and yes, the girls are doing better because they are working harder.
Diminishing with age as testosterone declines though, despite many men feeling that such implications threaten their manhood!
for what my very 2P is worth, i foudn the only redeeming feature in education a few in retropsect crucial relationships with teachers and lecturers. But otside of these in a very authoritarian, repressed system back in africa it was very largely a complete waste of time. And teh relationships were without exception anomalies - with teachers/lecturers who were oustiders in a repressive system, often politically too. One thing I took from that (other than a nihilistic sense that much of what is systemic in society is a bit like parliamentary politics, a sad joke) is that it's OK to be an outsider, one shouldnt rely on the system too much. I have no idea given that why i didnt see brexit coming.
Still distracted by motorbikes and windsurfing Flecc....other way over rated...
With me in my teens it was both motorbikes and sex, I just wanted to be riding at every opportunity.
this is a bit of an oblique reply, but as the pound heads for parity with the euro (factor in BoE saying the next year will be 0% growth in UK, in other words "recession, probably awful, but we cant say it")
We should perhaps do as the Chinese do and name the years after animals.
They won't be after Christmas.
Ours being such an unequal society in the UK makes this true for a large proportion of the population.
