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Originally posted by mu_agd
that's because just like college, high schools have requirements for graduation. we had to take a certain number of math, science, social studies, etc classes to graduate, and that usually works out to be at least one a year. i have many friends that went to all girls private schools, i applied to an all girls private school but decided i wanted to stay in public school. none of them were ever pressured, subtly or not, into doing certain things. that may have been your experience, but you can't generalize it to everyone.
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Taking two maths was not a senior requirement at my school or any school, public or private in Ontario. It wasn't even a requirement after Grade 10 (Grade 11 at my school). Girls at all girls' schools are more likely to take maths and sciences beyond what is required. Also, Mu, when did you graduate from high school (approximate year is ok)? I graduated in the late 90s, several years after the girls' school study was released (I think it was released either in the late 80s or early 90s). Now, of course, they're saying that boys also benefit from being in a single gendered classroom.