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Why should you send daughters to an all-girls school？
Cam 8 G类大作文的命题 - Some people think that it is better to educate boys and girls in separate schools. Others, however, believe that boys and girls benefit more from attending mixed schools.
下面这篇文章（节选），分析了混校里面女生受排挤的原因：男生占主导地位，加上老师对理科男的偏爱，并呼吁教育部门扩充教学大纲，以便数学女学霸在生物领域发展，避免跟理科男再次挫败信心。
关键词：confidence in maths
For girls at co-educational schools, the numbers just aren't adding up.
Female students' confidence in maths and science lags severely behind boys, according to an OECD study.
【点评】我们的essay完全也可以模仿，用一个实例开篇。有的同学问，我到哪里获得这些数据？自编！who care? 考官看的是你的文字水平。
The boys were more dominant and asked most of the questions in her co-ed primary school class, and she feared that she would be mocked if she asked a "dumb question". "Now, I ask every time I'm uncertain about something," she said. "Because the boys dominated, they were always louder, so it really felt like they were better".
The Melbourne University study compared the attitude and achievement of girls and boys at both single-sex and co-educational schools. It found that, in year four, boys were slightly more confident in their maths ability than girls in a co-ed environment.
But the confidence gap increased significantly by the time the students hit year eight, with the top male students proving far more confident than the female students, even if their ability was on a par (equally).
The paper's author, Dr Chris Ryan, said the trend reversed at single-sex schools, proving that a negative attitude to maths was not "intrinsic" to female students, but was rather a product of the co-ed school environment. And he said it was possible that teachers at co-ed schools were unconsciously favouring boys in maths classes.
"I think it's still the case that high-achieving boys in maths tend to get told to pursue STEM-related (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects, and high achieving girls in maths are less encouraged in that direction at co-ed environments," Dr Ryan said.
While other studies showed that girls in single-sex schools performed better in STEM subjects, critics suggest that single-sex students are generally more affluent, which might skews the results.
【点评】观点对比，是essay展开、有效凑字的利器。
In a bid to offer more female role models in maths, Professor Prince said the initiative was offering female students the opportunity to shadow women in maths-related tertiary and professional fields.
Professor Prince said he was also lobbying the national curriculum authority to broaden the maths curriculum to include biology, which is a subject popular among girls and increasingly relevant to the maths field.
