I do have kids–two of them to be exact! I want them to learn about sex ed. What’s wrong with augmenting my home parenting with school-based education? Please inform us with comment based on “a little thing like reality”. Seriously, cite the data you base your comment on or don’t comment.

But don’t let a little thing like reality get in your way.

Which changes are those, Jay?

Yeah, well what about the fat kids? What about the ‘weird’ kids? What about the kids with the funny looking eye? What about the poor kid who has to wear the same clothes all the time? We don’t seem to focus any special education on them to prevent them from being assaulted, mocked and abused on a daily basis. I know. I’ve been on the receiving end and the giving end. Therefore, why is cross-dressing part of a sex ed lesson?

Oliver, while I find the idea to be noble, you keep focusing on teenage pregnancy and that’s not what that article focuses on.

You do realize that condoms already come with instructions, correct? Is it necessary to have a DVD presentation? Or is that for the benefit of the students that cannot read?

With all due respect, the public schools in this country as a whole have a very shitty history dating back over the last 35-40 years as they started to make these changes that were supposed to have been beneficial.

It’s the cynic in me I guess, but these changes you’re applauding won’t do much good at all.

I know you’re bitching just to bitch, but what you chose to complain about is just kind of silly.

Works for me. Maybe with a comprehensive sex ed class not as many different kids would be assaulted and killed because of their orientation. Can’t imagine why someone would have a problem with that. This type of class plus good classes on handling money are important steps to giving children what they need to live life.

Nah. Actually, I had the once a quarter health class in high school. We covered the scientific aspects of child birth, sexuality, etc.

It’s good to see we’ve progressed to teaching boys to make sure that condoms go on their peckers and not their nose and that Dave down the street is merely “celebrating his self discovery” when you see him wearing his sisters clothes.

Learning how to dissect a crayfish isn’t nearly as important as knowing how to prevent teen pregnancy and avoid STD’s.

Well, that’s not exactly what is going on.

Look what sex ed could have done for Jay’s parents.

Good one!

Certainly sounds like you’re protesting it one way or another.

Do some of you guys still do dissection? Only thing I ever dissected was a dandelion.

Every year from eighth to twelfth grade? Poor frogs!

Then maybe you had that boys-only “health” class taught by the assistant football coach?

Now we have instructional DVD’s to watch.

1st Period - English Lit
2nd Period - Algebra II
3rd Period - Ramses or Trojans?
4th Period - Study Hall
Lunch
5th Period - Best Pantyhose For Hairy Legs

But not biology!! No, no, no, no!

Frankly, I would find it rather stupid to see my property taxes being used to create DVD’s to show a kid how to put a condom on.

And we wonder why our students lag behind the rest of the industrialized world in subjects like math and science. But hey, at least Cellulose’s kid will know how to put on a rubber and why his buddy Jeff likes to wear women’s underwear.

What’s next? A field trip to CVS to discuss the different types?

Given the rate of unwanted teen pregnancy, I’d guess not.