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                  ‘IACE’ girls from girls’ school

   As freshmen in the university, our conversations usually start with，‘Which school are you from?’

   However, my answer always brings controversy. I graduated from the only girls’ school in mainland China, Shanghai NO.3 girls’ middle school.

  Due to the stereotype, many of my mainland friends regard girls’ school as something out of date. Talking about girls’ schools, they would naturally refer to those girls from respectable families, wearing chirpaurs.  I can understand them since girls’ school truly faded out through the history of mainland China.

  Therefore, I always have to avoid the embarrassment when talking about my middle school by answering all those questions that I have already answered for hundreds of times. ‘Only girl students?’ ‘Do you have male teachers?’ And even ‘Do you have lesbians?’ All I want to say is that we are just like the normal girls. We like to dress up and we would like to have boyfriends.

  Taking a broad view into the society, whether the advantage of going to girls’ school overweighs the disadvantages is still debatable. An online research shows that only 15% of the people agree that girls’ school is good for girls’ growth.

Although I truly love my school, I still have to say that single sex school can really bring some problems. And the most serious one, from my perspective, is the vision of love. We are segregated from boys in the age that we are the most curious about them. That is to say, in that period, we learn boys from those TV series more than the reality. Then comes the problem, the main character in the TV series is always extremely handsome and gentle. However, when we enter universities, our fairytale breaks. And that brings the gap between boys and us. It takes some time for us to get along with boys naturally.

  However, never can I deny that girls’ school’s education truly brings some differences. Because of the absence of boys, we have to do all the things by ourselves. It is normal for you to see girls in my school to stand on the tables, trying to clean the ceiling fan on their tiptoes. Nevertheless, the experience of depending on us ourselves has influence on our future life. I still remember the first day I arrived at the student residence, a boy offered to help me carrying my luggage; I was surprised and refused his kindness, which embarrassed him.

   That is the reason why I think most of the girls from my school are very independent. They are powerful enough to live their own life.

   Except for the influence from the daily life, girls’ school always offers some special courses for girls’ growth. For example, in my school, we are required to learn sewing, cooking, piano, drama and Shanghai opera. People in my city always say that the girls who graduate from my school are more versatile and virtuous. As for me, I should be very grateful to my school. It allows me to develop in an all-round way so that I found no difficulty in living in Hong Kong by myself.

  In addition, girls are usually more exquisite and sensitive than boys. Therefore, in order to get along with the schoolmates well, we have to care more for others, otherwise, conflicts are unavoidable. That is to say, girls’ school’s life may build up a caring character for the girls.

   In a word, people would like to call the girls from my school: ‘IACE’ girls. ‘I’ for independent, ‘A’ stands for able, ‘C’ for care and ‘E’ for elegant. The four letters have become the letters of my life. I’d like to spare no effort to achieve them. Not only me, but most of the girls from my school have the same pursue. And that is the glamour of the girls’ school.