Co-ed or uni-sex school?

mum2paris wrote: Mike went to boys high and hated it as he wasn't into the sports side of things and boys high here is like if they're not into sports then they're not worth it.

DH hated that about palmy boys. But he was into the music scene so him being in a band semi made up for wanting nothing to do with the sport or college house lol

I chose to go to Palmy Girls (I bused over everyday from Feilding). I was given the choise of Palmy Girls or an other high school in Palmy ( a coed one) and I chose Palmy Girls. I didn't have any problems with boys growing up but some girls in my year were very strange with boys.

DH went to the same coed school as Janine and I think he enjoyed it.

For the boys I will offer them a couple of school and let them decided from there. I would prefer a single sex school for them (high school only) but if it's not them then thats ok.

I agree Jennz, but if what's taught at home is either contradicted at school or not reinforced it can be an uphill struggle.

And by the time children reach high school, its more about their peers than parents.

For those of you who went co-ed, how well did you do academically?

I went to co-ed for both primary and secondary. I did really well academically, bit of a geek really, and was top or near the top of all my classes. I found that if you did well and respected the teachers, they returned the respect and went more out of their way to help you.

Would definitely not send my girls to girls only schools after seeing the state of most of these girls once they left home for uni. Once they were free to do as they pleased they just had no idea how to relate to guys as friends, and had far more boys through their rooms than anyone else!

In saying that tho, I loved my high school experience, but at the moment there is no way I would send my kids there. It has just gone downhill so much with a bad principal.

Jennz wrote: I'm one of those 'cram the night before and pass with flying colours' people that annoys all the real hard workers

lol I think I'm the same, or similar at least. In our classes we learnt what we were taught really well. I never studied before exams until I went to Uni yet I was at the top of my classes

We both went to co-ed schools and James will be doing the same.

I went to every type of school possible. Private school & then small country school in primary years, intermediate was also home schooled, secondary was first correspondence, single-sex high school and finally a co-ed high school.

I dont think it matters much as to whether you go to a single-sex or co-ed. I found that the study & learning was the same but at the co-ed we had better discussions and more diversity in conversations etc. It was different dynamics but the outcome was still the same. I dont know but it may be different for boys.