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Arguments around single-sex schooling can be highly emotive. However, perception is not always the reality. To put it simply, there are good single-sex schools but there are also some pretty poor ones. The same applies to coeducational schools.       David Robertson, headmaster at Shawnigan Lake School, a coed boarding high school in BC , says boys and girls ultimately have a more enriching educational experience when they get to learn together. "There's a cross-pollination that goes on in the academic environment," Robertson says. "The diligence and attentiveness of girls positively affects boys, while the liveliness of boys inspires girls. They learn from and are inspired by each other." Coed schools better prepare girls and boys for post-secondary school and employment by providing ongoing opportunities to work together, he adds. "They learn to work together productively, which is what they will be expected to do throughout their life. So the...

Being a woman is absolutely harder. In a developing country, this is pretty obvious. Women typically lack freedom in many respects, to the point of being blamed for being raped. But, even in a developed country, there are many disadvantages to being female: 1.          Women perform 66% of the world's work and produce 50% of the food but earn only 10% of the income and own just 1% of the property. 2.          Despite progress, men still outnumber women in paid work, and women are often relegated to vulnerable forms of employment, with inadequate earnings, benefits and working conditions. 3.          Every 90 seconds, a woman dies in pregnancy or due to childbirth-related complications. That is more than 350,000 deaths each year, 99% of which occur in debeloping countries: nearly all are preventable. 4.       ...