Comments on: What are they teaching at your school?

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:42:12 +0000

I have a bit of a complicated relationship with sex-ed. I’ve never really gotten any sex-ed from my parents, so my first source was fifth grade puberty class. We watched a movie that was, somewhat disturbingly, made by Disney about how anatomy and functions change. Nothing about sex, just puberty.

Freshman year of high school, we began our abstinence until marriage unit of health class (North Carolina). We were told nothing about birth control. Not even mentioned. We were told that only 15-20% of high schoolers have had sex, which I know is complete bullshit. It was implied that everyone who is sexually active has an STD of some type or another; if they didn’t have an STD, then they were pregnant. We were told that sex only happens when one horny teenager bullies their submissive partner into it, and always causes their relationship to collapse.

I only got a real sex education when I took an anatomy/physiology class in my junior year of high school. In our unit on the reproductive system, my teacher was fantastic. She talked about functions, birth control, and told honest and funny stories without being creepy. That being said, I had already known most of what she said through the internet anyway. Still, I appreciate that and she is one of my favorite teachers.

By: Dabbi

Dabbi — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:30:03 +0000

I am 14 years old. In my school there is not much sex education. I would like more of education on that field. The teachers have also admitted that there is not enough sex education.

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By: Taleena

Taleena — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:31:02 +0000

So. . .I’m basicly guessing that I actually learned what sex was from porn and friends since all I remember from that video was a cartoon guy on top of a bed and a voice tryign to explain that’s how babies were made. . .That seems really really sad. And the 5th grade “your Changing, Period video”

By: Taleena

Taleena — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:20:27 +0000

Basicly at our school they preached that absitenance is the best and only solution to sex and don’t have sex or you’ll get a STD and die, complete with horribly horible photos of infected people even though the majority of infected people don’t show any signs and there are still girls getting pregnant. I seriously think they need to pass out condoms and teach them how to put them on correctly instead cause it’s not working.
And I learned about sex from a cartoon video rented from the library when I was about 9 or 10 and it was never spoken of again until I was in 5th grade and all that was “YOUR GONNA BLEEED, The Period” And I still never really learned any thing until about 8th grade when our science teacher did sex ed again and actually encouraged us to talk about sex, then I went off to high school, got perveted friends though none had sex and was introduced to porn, Thanks Masturbation.

I never even had a sex talk with my parents either though. . .and in my parents eyes, porn is bad and any time they even think there’s porn or sex on my mind I’m yelled at even if there’s no evidence when they should really be grateful because I’m still a virgin and don’t plan on having sex anytime soon.

By: Nate

Nate — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:46:52 +0000

It’s been a while since I was in school, but I remember enough about sex education to comment.
In grade school, it came down to that it won’t be talked about. Nice information there… In High School, there was some basic coverage in Health class, but it was all from a text book, simply stating the mechanics. Teachers said no questions were to be asked because she didn’t like the subject. I asked her after class one day why she teaches this if she doesn’t want to, appreciably she was the only person that would teach it. I get put into a private school soon after, but I heard that they had a nice little assembly basically saying Abstinence is the best and only thing you need to know about sex. In my private school, there was no discussion unless asked. If it was asked, and time was available, they would inform you as best they could. If you wanted more info then the teacher would give, or there was not enough time, they informed the parent/parents that it was time for the talk.
I had the talk when I was in 8th grade from my mom. She was honest, but kept things fairly clean. From the private school I was in, I got more info from my mom that was more detailed and specific.
The reason for this info is because of a concern I have. The concern that sex ed is not that anymore, just simply a lecture on not doing anything at all until you are married. I can see how that would work in another world, but not now. To me, the best option to to point out all the dangers of sex, explain to the child/person that they should don’t do it when THEY are ready and want to, and to use protection. There is a lot more to go into obviously, but that’s the basics. Should I have kids, I won’t deprive them of proper knowledge. I know it will be weird, and difficult, but it will be needed.