My daughter complains that the 'boys are stinky and loud' and that's why she doesn't go into computer lab more often. She says that the majority of the boys in the lab are 'playing games' and are 'obnoxious'. If you've ever been in a computer lab with a bunch of middle schoolers, you will undoubtedly agree with her statements.
Simple solution? Build a partition down the middle of the computer lab and make one side for the girls and one for the boys.
Computers aren't expensive. Buy one for your daughter.
And then you go on about waiting in line for a restroom. Last time I checked, men are faster at peeing because we have different plumbing. Your argument is vague and not helpful when applied to the classroom environment.
> Computers aren't expensive. Buy one for your daughter.
Stop rendering bad advice based on assumptions about me. She has last year's 13" Air, a Nexus 4, my old iPad2 and an Amazon Fire. We weren't on the front page of the NYT for nothing.
Because the schedule plainly indicated how important adults thought those courses were relative to others, those courses were considered jokes by me and my peers.
Regular and frequent scheduling would probably be required, but even as a professional developer I think that wouldn't be the best use of student time. Students would probably benefit more from math, english, and history courses. (Particularly english and history, since there is a lot that is broken with how we currently teach children mathematics.)
And on the hygiene topic you sound a bit clueless. Parents, for the most part, aren't sending their boys to school smelly and grubby. They get that way while at school.