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The Southeast Missourian asked students at Jackson High School what they thought of a pilot program in Kansas City which is using a girls-only trigonometry class to find out whether single-sex education makes a difference for girls.

Beth LeFebvre: "I think it is stereotypical to say that guys are more aggressive. In our classroom, I would say most of the girls are more aggressive than the guys. I don't think it's necessary to have separate classes."

Kristen Newell: "It doesn't bother me. Some of the guys have questions that help me. The more questions, the better we learn. I've been with these guys all my life, and they don't intimidate me."

Christa Millham: "In the work place when you get older, you will have to interact with males and females, so you should have to do it in the classroom. Everybody is equal, so we should act like equals."

Julie Brothers: "I don't think it makes a difference. If you are intimidated, you are intimidated with both boys and girls. I think having boys and girls separated like that in classes would be pointless."

Frank Miller: "I don't think it's a good idea. The girls in my class don't seem intimidated. I think it's one of those concepts that don't make any sense. A program like that would have no chance at Jackson."