Do you have any strong opinion on co-educational or single- schools? A supporter of co-educational schools would probably say that schools should be like the societies they belong to .In Hong Kong , men and women mix socially on a day-to-day basis .In many fields men are even likely to have female bosses .It is ,therefore, desirable that boys and girls grow up together ,go to school together ,and prepare themselves for a society that does not value ual separation. Some would go on to argue further that growing up with members of the opposite is important for personal development .Regular contact (接触) can remove the strange ideas about the opposite- and lead to more natural relationships .Single- conditions are seen as leading to more extreme opinions, and possibly even as encouraging homouality () ,though there is no proof that this is the case. Those who are against coeducation often also fix their attention on the ual side .Some parents fear that close contact with members of the opposite is erous for agers .They want their children to be attentive to their studies .Such parents feel uncomfortable with modern ways and the free mixing of the es. A stronger argument comes from research into school results .Girls grow up earlier than boys ,tend to be more orderly and are likely to be better at languages .In a mixed class ,boys who might do well in a single- class become discouraged and take on the rule of troublemaker .Certainly in the UK this situation has greatly alarmed (惊动) the government for it to be encouraging co-educational schools to have some single- classes .In the UK the best schools are all single- ,strongly suggesting that co-education is not the best answer .This may ,however ,not be as as it looks .It may simply be that the famous old schools that attract the best students happen to be single- ,rather than that being single- makes them better schools.