ТЕМА: Some people think that boys and girls should study separately at different schools.

What is your opinion? Do you agree with this statement?
Write 200 – 250 words.
Use the following plan:
− make an introduction (state the problem)
− express your personal opinion and give 2–3 reasons for your opinion
− express an opposing opinion and give 1–2 reasons for this opposing opinion
− explain why you don’t agree with the opposing opinion
− make a conclusion restating your position

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The tendency towards separate schooling is rooted in the history of different countries and nowadays it seems to be growing again. But is this way of education actually effective enough?
In my opinion, separating boys from girls is one of the most terrible ideas that have ever occurred to humanity. First of all, it deprives children of contact with the opposite sex. Boys are powerful and daring, girls are cautious and disciplined, they should learn from each other, make friends with each other to broaden their minds and have love affairs which are necessary when they have reached the sexual maturity. But all that seems rather impossible if they do not have a chance to observe each other daily. Secondly, such way of education creates a false atmosphere around the child, sooner or later they will have to interact with the opposite sex and they might not be prepared for it eventually.
There are a lot of people, however, who tend to think that boys and girls should study separately. It is believed that they are more successful when not distracted by each other. Some people are also convinced that there should be different approaches to teaching different sexes.
That may be true, but shouldn’t children learn to be successful without depending on whether there’s the other sex around or not? Scientists claim that boys and girls do not need different approaches as their brains work in identical ways.
Taking everything into account I should conclude that separate schooling isolates students from reality, creates misconception about what true society is like and deprives them of an essential part of natural development, which may lead to difficulties in the future.