Warning -- a rant

[wen_spencer]

This might offend some people but it's been bottled up for several months. It is a reaction to people that believe that sex education shouldn't be taught in schools and that promise rings are the only reasonable approach to dealing with teenagers and sex.

Comments

[juglore]

Well said.

[tashady]

Made me smile because it's just so true!

[wren13]

Have you seen Sucker Punch? Your rant is a good description of that movie - and I agree with you entirely. This is why my sisters make sure my nieces are well taught at home, they don't leave it up to the schools.

[baka_kit]

Brava!

[adelheid_p]

Brilliant! My daughter went through the UU curriculum called Our Whole Lives (this one made the news for its sex education component). The 7th and 8th graders had a rather interesting, thorough, frank and diverse education on sex/love/physical need and prophylaxis (including a visit from our local Planned Parenthood). This is more than I ever had which was a clinical discussion of the mechanics and then I found my mom's book "Everything you ever wanted to know about Sex* : *but were afraid to ask" Which I know now had some serious misinformation and omissions.

[wen_spencer]

The "sex education" was a mixed class taught by the youngest teacher in the school when I was in 7th grade. I think he was like 22, quite handsome, married, and drove a motorcycle to school