2014-11-12 Evening: coeducation

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: read p. 27-28, answer questions in part B (29-30)
1 c
2 b "It may or may not have produced better mothers, but it did seem to produce fewer mothers."
3 a
4 c "By the turn of the century more girls than boys were graduating..."
5 c
6 c
7 c "In fact studies do not show that girls fare better in single-sex schools."
8 b
9 (c)
10 c
11 a
12 b "It's impossible to know what the survey means."
13 b
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part C
1 born with qualities
2 order or command
3 advocates
4 do
5 general agreement
6 open to doubt
7 later
8 mutual relationship
9 causing something to happen
http://tylervigen.com/ - "Spurious Correlations"
10 equality
11 set in a way...and not likely to change
12 relying on observation and experiment

advocate, graduate, moderate, duplicate, estimate
record, rebel, permit, conflict, address, produce
(verbs are stressed on the last syllable, nouns/adjectives on the first)

Today a return to single-sex schools may hasten the revival of separate gender roles.
hasten: make something happen quickly
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1 shortchanged
2 overall
3 support
4 swipe
5 consistently
6 warrant
7 adolescent
8 absorb
9 self-confidence
10 prevent
11 foster
12 beyond
13 alma
14 mater
15 electing
16 placement
(AP - classes and tests to get college credit while in high school)
17 renewed
18 way
19 costly
20 foregoing (doing without / giving up)
21 make
22 parochial
23 experiments
24 blossom
25 worth
26 They're
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Homework: 37-39 (explanation and exercise)