Good writing to share -- Advantage of Coeducation (by Debby)

In these days, there are still many opinions and arguments about which studying environment is better for students─coeducation or single-sex among experts and parents. In my opinion, I regard coeducation as the better one because it brings about two greatest advantages of it. One is that coeducation helps both boys and girls respect each other instead of stereotype. The other is that we can learn to know the differences of thinking and reactions to things between boys and girls.
Take myself for example. I studied in Wen-Hua Senior High, a coed school which makes me have a wider perspective on the differences. As far as my childhood concerned. I still remember that boys always put their life emphasis on play and they sometimes seem to be childish. However, when I was accepted into Wen-Hua, I found the fact that boys are considerate toward many things and concentrate on their study as well. For instance, once I was in a bad mood because of not doing well on mid-term exam. All of a sudden, a boy, my classmate came to me and tried to understand what happened. Then, he gave me some chocolate and told me that did not be so worried about it and many of our classmates would give me a hand if I need.I was so touched at that moment. This event gives me a shock in fact for I've never thought that a boy's mind could be so tender. From then on, I started to be open-minded to boys.
Respecting is an important lesson we have to learn, especially including gender. Another example is that although Wen-Hua is a coed school, in proportion, there are more girls than boys. In other words, it appears that sometimes girls have superior position. Nevertheless, I could also feel gender equality between us. In some conditions, such as voting an important policy applied to our class, we'll have each student express his or her opinion. On the other hand, if there are some heavy boxes or objects we need far away from our classroom, we won't only ask boys to carry them but girls are willing to help. Moreover, boys in Wen-Hua are like our friends or even family perhaps. We would play sports together, discuss homework together and even play jokes with one another. To sum up, for me, coeducation really helps the interaction in gender.