There has been an ongoing debate over whether or not there should be the equal number of males and female students in every lecture. Some are against this stance, arguing that this policy can detract students from thinking creatively. However, others firmly believe that male and female students can access different perspectives from one another. I agree with the former position and present my reasons below.
To begin with, what is the policy of maintaining the equal number of males and females in class good for? Even if this is plausible, in my opinion, it sounds possible just in theory, but not in practice. This is not only because each person has different tastes, but also because males and females usually have dissimilar interests. One can see this fact, relating to students’ choices of their majors. To illustrate, there were 34 female students and 5 male ones in my department (French language and literature) at undergraduate school. The proportion denotes approximately seven to one. In my department, females had shown more interest in French. Many studies have revealed that women possess more abilities connected to humanities, whereas men excel in engineering. Accordingly, the policy seems to prevent students from truly enhancing their aptitudes.
Even assuming the scenario above is plausible, people who disagree with my view argue that students can improve themselves by being exposed to a different gender. This is attributed that, in general, women better handle delicacies than men; yet, men can take care of a big-scale one easier than women. I still, however, emphasize my idea because there is a more important matter to consider: The policy is not conducive to our ingenuity.
If each country’s Ministry of Education establishes this policy, every subject at universities will make a compulsory one. All the school will attempt to control the size of males and females in every class. Eventually, this effort will be detrimental of students’ learning. They are frequently urged to take unwanted classes for the purpose of making the perfect proportion of genders. In stead of this, universities should offer autonomies where students can pursue an in-depth knowledge as well as expand their horizons in their fields.
To summarize, although each person may hold a different position on this issue, all things considered, in my case, I am for the idea of giving students self-controls. I have two reasons for this. One is that people have different interests. The other is that mandatory curriculum can have negative impacts on students.
