Strangely enough, all-boys schools seem to be very helpful on the "art and drama are OK" front.
Because, well, everyone knows that schools have art and drama. And at a boys' school, you can't say "well, that is for the girls to do", because if you do there will not be an art or drama program. Also, there are not any girls around that you might embarrass yourself in front of ;).
One of our faculty, whose son is a ninth grader, was trying to encourage sixth grade parents to keep their sons here for seventh grade. He said that his son had not only been in the plays, but had cross-dressed to play women's roles, and asked them to imagine the odds that he would have done that at a coed school. Point taken.
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Because, well, everyone knows that schools have art and drama. And at a boys' school, you can't say "well, that is for the girls to do", because if you do there will not be an art or drama program. Also, there are not any girls around that you might embarrass yourself in front of ;).
One of our faculty, whose son is a ninth grader, was trying to encourage sixth grade parents to keep their sons here for seventh grade. He said that his son had not only been in the plays, but had cross-dressed to play women's roles, and asked them to imagine the odds that he would have done that at a coed school. Point taken.