How do you feel about sex education at school? Some people view it as a helpful source for their children to learn more about sex and to gain an abundance of knowledge concerning sex simply because they're going through their puberty stage. However, many parents would rather desire their children to be ignorant about sex and learn about it from them in the near future because some of the parents aren't able to fully monitor what the instructor of the sex education class is instructing or teaching them. Sex Education was made so that teenagers could be educated about sex and how they could prevent certain situations that may not be so bright.
What are your thoughts on Sex Education at school?
As long as the teacher stays textbook-friendly then I see no problem in it. It's whenever personal stories get thrown into the fray that it becomes inappropriate, and as much as I enjoy those type of discussions with a classroom of morons, I don't believe it should be included. Sexual education is very, very important. Regardless of that class, even in middle school I heard about sex constantly, whether it be in word-of-mouth rumors or just jokes portraying a movie. Sure, not everyone watched pornographic films on a PSP during class like my friend Dylan, but there is still enough talk going around to make you wonder.
Sex-education is kind of like rape prevention, but not really. I mean, it's got a lot going for it, and I think it's more about male and female anatomy than it is sex, at least in my experience. Unless we fit every woman with a stun-gun vagina protector, I think that sex education should remain a part of our education system.
I agree that Sex Education is beneficial to teenagers because they're beginning to learn about sex rapidly or gradually. However, for those students who simply hears about it from their friends or from strangers, they could be rather bewildered by some of the certain words they use. It teaches them that they should prevent certain situations from happening, therefore reducing things they shouldn't do. Some students who haven't attended a Sex Education class are probably ignorant concerning sex and are more likely to worry about themselves and what's happening in their body. During the teenage years of a particular person's life, a lot of things that goes on in their mind and body could cause that person to be perplexed with what is normal and what is deviant.
I don't think a class like this is neccessary. If a teenager is so interested in his new body, he can look it up in the biology textbooks. I see no need for them to have a whole class on it. Also, some parents do not like talking to their child about stuff like this and some parents might even think that their child is not old enough to know. What happens when kids go for those open house things and its very awkward for the parent and the child? Sure, it might help out on the kids educational level, but i'm sure, why do you really need to waste a whole school year learning about sex? I'm sure that most teachers can teach all about it in less than a week...
In my school, granted this was roughly eight years ago, sex ed was a week long course taught in eighth grade. In high school we had health as a mandatory class generally taken in ninth grade that had a section focusing on sex ed and most things that encompass sex at that age. I think that schools should stress less on the actual biological facts about sex and more on the importance of it/how it effects people. My school was a seething cauldron of raging sex and none of us really understood the levity of our actions. There were a few rapes, some trains, and a lot of people who walked away from encounters all f'ed up. I've since talked to a lot of chicks who have serious emotional damage from experiences in high school especially. Sex, whether or not we want to admit it, can have huge effects on the emotions. My suggestion would be to reform sex ed to cover the emotional damages that it CAN include if not practiced with at least some resemblance of sense.
My school had a very effective sex-ed program. Not just about how it works, but things that can happen. I think that it was a great idea. Some people just don't know because their parents don't want to talk about it. Granted, not everyone listened, but at least we had the option.
Sex education should be taught in schools at appropriate levels, from an early age. People that think that not teaching kids about sex will somehow stop them having sex, are deluded.
Not only should kids learn the mechanics of sex, they should learn the emotional aspects of relationships as well.
I think it should be in schools. It gives teenagers the knowledge to make better decisions, because sex ed isn't about just learning what sex is; it's about learning what the possible consequences can be. I don't think all the sex ed programs out there are terrific, but over all they are beneficial.
more beneficial than denial, and abstinace clubs...
Sex education should be a part of both school and home curriculum. The school should have a comprehensive program that discusses the acts, the risks (both physically and emotionally), and the benefits (both physically and emotionally). It should stress mature decision making but provide knowledge for those who choose not to.
The parents can and should teach their children the moral implications of sex and sexuality at home.