Sexism in the Classroom

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Single Sex Schools Compared to Coeducational Schools While parents are sending their children off to school, no matter what grade they are in wither it be elementary, junior high, or high school, they expect that their children will receive the best education they can get. They should be acted imposing questions, encouraged to participate in class, and should also be given as much help as needed to succeed by the teacher. However, this is most commonly not the case. Gender bias is not a noisy problem so parents and the children themselves are unaware of what is really going on in the classroom. Although boys and girls are taught together, should classrooms be separate due to the lack of female education compared to males? Females do not achieve all they can in coeducational schools because of the silent sexism going on each and every day. Little things such as calling on a student of one gender more often, making remarks about one gender’s certain abilities in a field (for example, science or math), “guiding” students into subject and career choices based on their gender rather than their interests or abilities, and assigning classroom chores or tasks based on their gender are all forms of sexism. Sexism in classrooms affects women’s self-esteem, overall educational levels, careers choices, and ultimately income. What seems to be a little more attention given to males really adds up to women underachieving throughout their lives. Although seism is a big issue, there are still some advantages in coeducation schooling suck as the communication between men and women. If we are not taught to work together as we are young how will we ever feel as equals and understand each other when we are older? Coeducational schools are typically cheaper than private or single sex school. If everyone is expected to function in a diverse society, then we should attend a
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