#Person1#: In England today, our schools mixed or single sexed.
#Person2#: Well. There are both. 50 years ago, all schools used to be single sexed. I mean boys only or girls only. Then in the nineteen seventies, many schools changed and became mixed.
#Person1#: Do parents still prefer mixed schools?
#Person2#: No, things have changed. Today, many parents, especially parents of girls think that their children get a better education in single sex schools.
#Person1#: Why do girls do better in single sex schools?
#Person2#: Because girls learn to be more self confident and less worried about their appearance.
#Person1#: What about boys?
#Person2#: Well today, many parents of boys want to send them to mixed schools, they think that the girls will be a positive influence on boys.
#Person1#: So a generally speaking, who does better in mixed schools?
#Person2#: Oh, the girls. They get better exam results than boys.
#Person1# and #Person2# talk about the history of mixed and single sexed schools and discuss the different performance of boys and girls in mixed and single sexed schools
mixed and single sexed schools discussion