New York Times
Author: Elizabeth Weil
March 2, 2008
This was a very interesting article to read. It dealt with the controversial topic of separating boys and girls in school based entirely on sex. It used personal examples of a school where this was happening in Foley, Alabama. The intro was very good and described the differences in the classroom atmosphere. The boys' room was light blue with cooler lights and it was kept at a cooler temperature. The girls' room was painted yellow with warmer lighting and a warmer temperature. Its' main source comes from a book titled, "Boys and Girls Learn Differently," by Michael Gurian. He entailed that children would excel if they were put only with other children of their sex. This article was informative, and showed me a side that I had never thought of before.
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This article sounds like it was very intresting. It sounds as though the author did some background research and basically new what they were tlakign about. However I wish he would have included some type of scientific background. I personally find it hard to believe that boys and girls learn different, but if i were given evidence it would be more believeable.
I have heard of using different colors and setting up different atmospheres for the classroom on the basis of sex. I went to an all girls school and I know they repainted all of our rooms warm colors, such as yellow. I think this article was very interesting; however, I agree there should have been more scientific evidence.
I really liked this article. I thought it was interesting and fun. I think that there could have been more scientific background information, but overalll it was a good article. I also agree that atmospheres can affect the way kids learn, and it can affect boys and girls differently.
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