St Hildas just went co-ed

[bunn]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-5870398,00.html

Dunno if I think that is good thing or bad thing. Just thing, probably.

It was nice of them to email everyone to tell us though.

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[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

In almost any other context reducing choice and diversity would be regarded as unwholesome.

I don't think this is true. "Diversity" currently means that we should all be free to live our own lifestyle, and also must happily embrace and support other people's choices. However, free choice is only allowed if it embraces diversity. You aren't allowed to choose to set up a "no black people allowed" golf club, or a "no gays allowed" restaurant, for example.

There are far fewer single sex institutions than there used to, because they've been got rid of in the name of diversity and equality. Men-only clubs are pressured to let women in. Boy scout groups now seem to have more girls in them than boys. Interestingly, though, it doesn't go the other way as often. Boys don't join the Brownies; men don't clamour to get into the WI. Women-only Colleges have lasted decades longer than the all-male ones did.

(I'm not saying that I think all the above is correct and right; it's just my perception of how things are.)


As for choosing a College on the basis of academic performance... How many people actually do this? I chose Merton because it was old, pretty, small, and did good food. I told them so at interview, too.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

As for choosing a College on the basis of academic performance

I'm not sure there is any need to - not in History, anyway. I think I only took one option that was actually taught by tutors at my own college in my whole degree.

My Mum recently went on holiday to Croatia with the WI (male and female!), and had a whale of a time. She resisted them for many years because of their jam-making image, but I think now she has given in she's thinking she should have joined years back.