Currently reading a book I happened to pick off the library shelf. All Girls: Single-Sex Education And Why It Matters by Karen Stabiner.


it is highly enlightening, arguing how in the co-ed school the biasness is steeped towards the boys. the boys fight for attention at a time when the adolescence girls undergo a drop in their self confidence and base their self worth on the views of others. this puts them at a disadvantage over the boys, and subtly reinforces the idea of male dominance.

a girls school, therefore, seeks to teach the girls confidence, independence, encouraging them to speak up and teaching them to base their worth not on the judgements and views of others (esp. boys, at their age) , but their own achievements by working hard.

it also provides insights on a girl's emotional and intellectual development through the teenage years and shows how an all girls school would cater to nurture girls based on these changes, which are very different from boys.


and im not even halfway past the book! isn't it cool. i never knew there was so much behind a girls school, thought they just did it to make up for a discrimination towards girls in the past.

and apparently i realised how lucky we are in singapore where we have, actually, a very fair education system allowing a fair chance to everyone from different family backgrounds. i feel so thankful after reading the stuff that happens in other societies, when sometimes your family background would just decide your destiny.

SO actually we are really well off in singapore. maybe we shouldnt complain too much and work hard instead. its just amazing how we don't really realise how fortunate we are.


the book is strongly recommanded!


anyway we're just rotting cause its the school holidays, and this book's thick