(Show me a husband from all-boys St Mary’s High School, Byculla, sending a son anywhere besides his alma mater and I’ll treat you to lunch, restaurant of your choice!) Cool by me. My brother and I had attended separate Jesuit schools, no harm done.

Several June terms later, it’s a fresh academic year. Up pops that oft asked question: Do girls and boys learn differently? The debate between Same-sex v/s Co-ed Schools goes interestingly beyond the obvious line: “Gender-mixed classrooms flow with healthy interaction between the sexes.”