The Advantage of an All Girls School

If you were a type of kid that I was, generally scared to death of the opposite sex and most every thing else, an all girls school might well be the answer.

I excelled in my studies. I wore glasses (still do) and was 5'8" at the age of twelve. These are good reasons not to be in a co-ed school. Boys have a tendency to make fun of girls that wear glasses particularly if the girl in question is smarter than the average bear. In a same sex class you have a chance to show how smart you are without condescending remarks from the other side of the room.

When I was growing up, girls were expected to get a high school education, maybe go to college and then get married, settle down and be a good wife. A Susie Homemaker type.
I guess some of us are not cut out to fit in the previous mentioned scenario.

I was so smart and there was no way I could not hide it. Some of my classmates were adept at being Miss Cutsie in a social setting and doing a 180 turn in the classroom. It always amazed me, how do you do that? Nerd should have been my middle name. To add to this nerdiness I never studied. Having suffered from dyslexia the written word, until college, was my enemy. I could spell like a champ and could read fine. However, retaining anything I read was a don't be silly idea. I still have the same problem.
I became quite proficient at remembering all that was necessary just by listening in class.

When we lived in Mexico my parents wanted me to go to the American High School. It was all grades so the name is a bit deceiving. Anyway, the first day of school I never made it to my classroom. I hid in the hall, in a niche, for the entire day. I was scared skinny. Of what, I haven't a clue, anymore.
Probably the boys, the noise, the hugeness of the place. When it came time to go home, I marched out to my mom's car and announced that there was no way I going back to that place.
Mind you I was all of ten years old! My parents must have sensed something because I do not remember them making a big stink. Instead I was sent to a small private school run by a pair of English, spinster sisters.

There were boys in these classes. However, the classes were so small that not one of us could get away with much of anything. I stayed in this school for about a year and then I went away to an all girls boarding school.

I started at Radford School for Girls when I was eleven and in 5th grade. It was a bit scary, after all I was away from home. Far away, about 1500 miles.

I finished high school at Moravian Seminary for Girls. I did not attend a Woman's College. I went to NYU and graduated from that revered institution.

I transitioned to a co-ed situation relatively easily. I found that college men are finally ready to meet a woman as an equal whereas high school students did not seem to be up to the task. Of course, I, too, had matured.
Girl's schools have their advantages, for sure, and I got an excellent education.
I am a strong believer in the separation of the sexes in schools, particularly in the elementary and high school grades.
Boys and girls simply are different and they mature and learn at different rates.