Parents Outraged Over Sex Ed Poster In Middle School

Posted by khalling 11 years, 10 months ago to Education
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why do these stories always come out of Kansas anyway?
"It takes a special kind of stupid to teach children that vaginal sex and anal are examples of an abstinence-based curriculum."

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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 11 years, 10 months ago
    These people are shocked and appalled that schools teaching their kids the truth. Parents should be free to keep their kids away from any lesson, until they're adults. People encounter the truth one way or the other, either by chance, the Internet, or by reading the very-non-PC version in Gilgamesh, the oldest written story known to humankind.

    Oddly, I hope my kids, now 5 and 3, encounter it first in Gilgamesh, in parallel with the Our Whole Lives program at church. Hopefully by 13 they'll be getting a bit of the critical thinking skills to evaluate msg from the gov't, pop culture, Internet, etc; and they'll make lots of mistakes in the process. Even if they go to public schools, which we're not ruling out, a sign at the public schools won't outrage them or us. The world is run by people who show up, and I insist they show up and do something, even things I don't agree with. Passively reading gov't signs is not acceptable.

    A sign stating the simple truth is no big deal whatsoever. The shocked and appalled people would have been shocked and appalled by something, so let it be this sign.
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  • Posted by khalling 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    cg, you and I both know that it is provocative to be posting signs in the hallways discussing anal sex, genital touching and vaginal intercourse. 12 year olds!!!! Inappropriate and off the charts! kids are naturally inquisitive I get that, let's just put a nudge in their direction-sickOphants
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  • Posted by rlewellen 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I pay for a service I should have a say so as to the quality of that service. I tried to look up the company that provided the material. On their website they are a global education provider founded by a Dr. somebody.
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  • Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 10 months ago
    “A lot of parents view the school as a babysitter,” he said. “My message is to stand up. Let’s take charge of our kids. There are so many out of control kids in the nation.”
    "It’s the parent’s job to parent, not the schools.", Mr. Ellis said.

    This really seems like an attempt to test the waters of parental outrage. I'd like to talk to the creep who hung that on the door and thought it was okay. Really???

    The gov has NO business discussing different types of affection or sex. If you REALLY want to make sure your kids get taught what you want them to be taught and not a bunch of other junk then HOME SCHOOL. A=A.
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