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Once again, this was a vocabulary lesson. The reason it's helpful is because knowing and using the proper names and terms promotes respect. Respect for yourself and respect for others. We are not talking about little children. We are talking about young men and young women. Young men and young women whose bodies are changing. If you don't think that sex is on the minds of 6th-graders, then you aren't remembering 6th-grade accurately. Young women are growing breasts, young men are curious about those breasts. Young people are developing interest in other young people, and for some of them, whose interest isn't in the opposite sex, it's confusing. It's embarrassing, too. I remember having to take my purse with me to the restroom to change pads, and blushing the entire time. In a way, having the proper vocabulary gives students a certain amount of distance, a perspective, that is useful in lessening the embarrassment of puberty, of the whole "not-knowing" that is puberty.
i give up. basic sex ed would teach you all of this. changing bodies, menstruation, even sexual feelings, being attracted to others, etc.
no need to go into transgender and bisexuals and all of that. i never said 6th graders never have sex on their minds. and i also remember being embarrassed about my period and guess what i knew all about it. still embarrassing...
being embarrassed, it's what teens do!
i give up. i can't say anymore than i already have.
You don't know how it was presented in class. The only thing that's in the article is a fragment of what is a vocabulary test. I'm not sure what it is that you think they are "obviously" teaching.
i really can't be any more clear that i have been. you keep trying to twist what i am saying. i'm done, i can't say anymore about it that i haven't already said. we will have to agree to disagree.
Oral sex is safe sex, can't get pregnant that way. Okay, instead of bestially, how about teaching anal sex. This way little boys can be ready for sex with either gender. That sounds like it would be a real liberal sex ed winner.
Wow, I think you missed the sex ed class if you think oral sex is safe sex....It's not safe at all.
i give up. basic sex ed would teach you all of this. changing bodies, menstruation, even sexual feelings, being attracted to others, etc.
no need to go into transgender and bisexuals and all of that. i never said 6th graders never have sex on their minds. and i also remember being embarrassed about my period and guess what i knew all about it. still embarrassing...
being embarrassed, it's what teens do!
i give up. i can't say anymore than i already have.
It was a vocabulary lesson. I don't know why you think the class got "into transgender and bisexuals and all of that." It was a vocabulary lesson. Just basic sex ed.
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As any ideologue knows, "give me a child until he is seven, and I will give you the man."
Fundamentalist Christians are fine with childhood indoctrination, as long as children are being indoctrinated with fundamentalist Christianity. But if children are being taught about evolution or human sexuality in schools, the fundamentalist Christians go crazy.
Bingo, the same parents that think 12 is too young to learn about sexuality have no problem exposing much younger children to the sexual activity, murder, rape, genocide, and slavery that exists in the Bible. How many parents never even think twice about exposing their very young children on a regular basis to the image of a man being executed on a Roman torture device but freak out at the mere mention of the word transgender in their child's presence?
I truly believe that parents that complain about stuff like this don't care that their child is learning about sex, they are just freaked out that someone might teach them about something more than heterosexual abstinence only until marriage sexuality.
So let me get this straight, learning about all the different kinds of people out there is not something you want your kids to know anything bout?
They are going to learn about all these varieties of people eventually so its best to learn that in school.
Don't worry though, you can still teach your kids to hate all those varieties people they learned about. Or is it that you're bothered that once they know about people they'll have a harder time hating them?
Hmmm.
Yes, of course I do. Theres many different cultures in the world that I wold hope my kids would learn about. Cultures that are parts of all different types of people.
6th grade in my opinion is still too young for these terms. I wonder how many kids did this assignment and then the following day come to school and start calling people gay just to make fun of them?
Yes, as I stated before I have a older brother that is gay and I do not hate him. So if anyone would know about gays , it would be because I grew up with him since birth. I also accept who he is. So I am still wondering where you sense the false narrative that I hate gays, because I don't want my kids learning the term when they are not emotionally developed enough to understand?
Thats not hatred. Its a realistic approach to the matter.
Yes, of course I do. Theres many different cultures in the world that I wold hope my kids would learn about. Cultures that are parts of all different types of people.
6th grade in my opinion is still too young for these terms. I wonder how many kids did this assignment and then the following day come to school and start calling people gay just to make fun of them?
Yes, as I stated before I have a older brother that is gay and I do not hate him. So if anyone would know about gays , it would be because I grew up with him since birth. I also accept who he is. So I am still wondering where you sense the false narrative that I hate gays, because I don't want my kids learning the term when they are not emotionally developed enough to understand?
Thats not hatred. Its a realistic approach to the matter.
Well that is good to know because the tone of your OP was laced with venom.
But tell me then, when and how are you going to teach your children about all the different kinds of humans there are out there?
Will you wait until they ask you (by which time they have already been talking about it for weeks/months)?
Will you portray everyone as equal when you do have that talk?
The transgender lesson shouldn't take more than 30 seconds and two props: Some hedge clippers and a pack of ballparks.
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