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adrienner's review
4.0
As a mother of a very intelligent little girl, I am interested in giving her all the opportunities I can to get the very best education.
I firmly believe my sister and good friend received much better high school educations than myself. They attended an all-girls school whereas I attended a co-ed school.
Overall, the book was very interesting. It was more of a documentary/narrative style than argumentative for going to an all-girls school. The author basically referenced a study done in the early 1990s and assumed her readers would read that study and be convinced.
I thought the stress the California school girls put themselves through for college was amazing.
I firmly believe my sister and good friend received much better high school educations than myself. They attended an all-girls school whereas I attended a co-ed school.
Overall, the book was very interesting. It was more of a documentary/narrative style than argumentative for going to an all-girls school. The author basically referenced a study done in the early 1990s and assumed her readers would read that study and be convinced.
I thought the stress the California school girls put themselves through for college was amazing.
amyg42's review
2.0
This is a medium-old book, based on the school year of 1998/8, and published in 2002. The author follows students from two all-girl schools, a rich school in LA and a public school in poor NYC, and ultimately decides to send her daughter to the LA school. The author uses a lot of pages to tell the students' and teachers' stories, but it's not a scientific book at all: there aren't a lot of numbers to give any reference to how good or poorly the students are doing. She's missing a lot of information here as she doesn't compare how students do in similar co-ed school and she doesn't look at other country's educations systems.
The obvious bias of the author makes this one only worth a read if you are directly interested in how girls and teachers feel about single-sex education.
[I am rereading my old books and reviewing them as an adult.]
The obvious bias of the author makes this one only worth a read if you are directly interested in how girls and teachers feel about single-sex education.
[I am rereading my old books and reviewing them as an adult.]
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