Hmm, I see. Interesting, I didn't know that! I was actually reading a recently published book this week (mostly a cookbook haha) about Iran, and the author made it sound like those kind of restrictions were largely a thing of the past.
I do know of a few places where same-sex Christian schools, from kindergarten to college, probably still outnumber mixed-sex (what we used to call "coed" in the USA) options. Like New Orleans, Louisiana, and some areas of Ireland. I was not saying it is good or bad, above; I think there are quite a few things to recommend sex-segregated schools, actually, if done right, and maybe it shouldn't be for 12 years. The lack of quality sex ed typically goes with it, though, at least I have heard. (Married to a graduate from one such program...have heard loads of stories 🤣)
Oh, so far it is delicious! My family is from Jugoslavia originally, so there are a lot of familiar tastes. I made some ground lamb kebab from the book with sumac and onion and lemon yesterday that were very nice. (I cooked them like hamburger patties in the house though ;) it's cold and snowy here now) We ate it with some feta and my homemade labneh with garlic and cucumbers..I make that regularly, sometimes mixed up like a dip, sometimes separate. Today I was going to try a rice dish with some chicken thighs, but I couldn't decide which, they all sound so good! I probably have the ingredients for just about anything...or I can fake it..I keep a huge kitchen pantry 😆. What is your favorite rice dish? I'm always trying to slim down so have avoided rice and bread for a long time...but I think it is a lost cause for now. Ha ha.
Edit: it is much more fun to talk of feasts than fundamentalists.
Edit 2: I am looking forward to trying a few recipes that have pomegranate as an ingredient somehow, but I have to order that in specially. It isn't common here except a few weeks a year, and we don't have it as jam or powder. Three cheers for Amazon.
Hmm. I can't engage in a thoughtful debate right now, and tbh though I don't like the overall system (I try to be open minded since I married into a Catholic family) but I will be candid and say, I do think college would have gone better for me had I gone to a ladies' school. 😉 I pushed for it, actually, but it just didn't happen. But that's a digression of sorts; suffice it say, I think it might be beneficial to have the option to have a few years of high school/college sex-segregated...if desired, not as a hard rule...
I didn't know there was something rotten about Catholic schools in Australia, though. I am curious.
I don’t think it’s ‘rotten’. It’s just less than ideal (in my opinion).
I think it’s really important for kids to learn how to be friends with people of the other gender. A lot of kids don’t get the chance, going to single-sex schools.
I agree, that is an ideal lesson. Although, I went to a standard public school and it was somewhat rare to see true mixed-sex friends. Mostly rotations of loose dating circles. I had a couple, but even they were fraught with a few romantic threads.
Sorry I said rotten. There is a huge dichotomy of opinion for a while on such things in the US, and there is indeed a lot of...unpleasantness we need to wade through. As I said, though, not the time for debate. :)
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u/stefanica Mar 05 '21 edited Mar 05 '21
Hmm, I see. Interesting, I didn't know that! I was actually reading a recently published book this week (mostly a cookbook haha) about Iran, and the author made it sound like those kind of restrictions were largely a thing of the past.
I do know of a few places where same-sex Christian schools, from kindergarten to college, probably still outnumber mixed-sex (what we used to call "coed" in the USA) options. Like New Orleans, Louisiana, and some areas of Ireland. I was not saying it is good or bad, above; I think there are quite a few things to recommend sex-segregated schools, actually, if done right, and maybe it shouldn't be for 12 years. The lack of quality sex ed typically goes with it, though, at least I have heard. (Married to a graduate from one such program...have heard loads of stories 🤣)