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Uh? parents don't teach their kids about sex hence all of the "Maury Povich/ DNA test/Jerry Springer shows on TV!
I had Sex Ed classes in the 7th. grade and knew about contraception and STDs then! Education is fundemental!
Why not teach kids at a early age?
7th? That's too freaking late.
We had our first sex education in 5th grade. Yes, because girls at 11 were already getting their periods, and the school thought it best to start teaching about sex ed at the time. We learned about condoms and the like, as well as what happens if you have sex without protection. Although, I already knew about sex by the time I was 8 years old. My parents were very forward thinking.
"I think the principal handled it appropriately at the time; she only gave factual information, no demonstrations,†said Onalaska Superintendent Scott Fenter." No demonstrations ? Must have left a lot of kids disappointed. Maybe next time.
We had our first sex education in 5th grade. Yes, because girls at 11 were already getting their periods, and the school thought it best to start teaching about sex ed at the time. We learned about condoms and the like, as well as what happens if you have sex without protection. Although, I already knew about sex by the time I was 8 years old. My parents were very forward thinking.
I knew about sex at 6. My school started teaching sex ed in 5th grade (age 10/11). A lot of kids know about sex way earlier than their own parents realize--especially if that kid has ever been sexually abused (which is a lot more common than people want to believe). They learn way more about sex, way earlier than anyone would think. A lot of other kids learn about sex through classmates and overhearing adults, who often act like a kid can't hear them just cause they're upstairs, lol.
IMO, the only people who think they learn about it later are the adults, who want to believe their children are more "innocent" than they are. I remember so many conversations as a kid where an adult would be trying to keep something from me they thought I didn't already know about, and it always took great amounts of restraint to pretend like they were actually keeping me "innocent" or whatever.
I don't think this principal was in the right to get so graphic, though. I think she should have framed it at least a bit more academically, and left the graphics to slumber parties where the kids share all their secrets and play truth or dare, etc. It's just awkward to hear that stuff from your teacher, rather than your friends, and I do wonder if there wasn't an ulterior motive for wanting to go into such graphic detail. Maybe she got some kind of emotional high from it? I don't know. It does seem like she way way beyond what was required of her.
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"I think the principal handled it appropriately at the time; she only gave factual information, no demonstrations,” said Onalaska Superintendent Scott Fenter." No demonstrations ? Must have left a lot of kids disappointed. Maybe next time.
I thought that statement was weird. So she didn't sexually abuse the kids by being an exhibitionist in front of the whole class? Well, gee, that's great. Thanks for pointing that out to us, Superintendent Fenter.
I think this parent summed it up nicely:
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"There are some questions you just don't answer or you answer them politically correctly; she was not politically correct,” said parent Jean Pannkuk.
If I had listened to my parents sexual instructions I would still be a virgin. One was a twisted sadist and the other an abused child. I learned from the other kids. They made sense. Teaching the basics in school would have helped a lot.
I knew about sex at 6. My school started teaching sex ed in 5th grade (age 10/11). A lot of kids know about sex way earlier than their own parents realize--especially if that kid has ever been sexually abused (which is a lot more common than people want to believe). They learn way more about sex, way earlier than anyone would think. A lot of other kids learn about sex through classmates and overhearing adults, who often act like a kid can't hear them just cause they're upstairs, lol.
Everyone realizes this.
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