Your account almost sounds like an argument for separate boys' and girls' classes. Learning styles are definitely very different, especially at that age (I hav

Your account almost sounds like an argument for separate boys' and girls' classes. Learning styles are definitely very different, especially at that age (I have a 12yo daughter BTW), so it's pretty intuitive that teaching styles should be also. Since it's hard to teach two ways in one class, the obvious answer would be separate classes. I'm not exactly advocating that, because there are compelling arguments both ways on this issue, but the specific experience you describe seems to point that way.