Should Sex Ed. be taught in schools? If yes how much do you think it would impact the students of the class?
916632
Yes.  I believe teaching it could help dispell many myths that parents don't touch on.
231703
YES!  I think it would especially help children from dysfunctional homes because they may learn ways to cope with their hardships and with their feelings.  A lot of children are afraid to feel and don't know that it's OK.  This could help children and adolescences cope more constructively rather than the acting out via eating disorders, violence, suicide, etc.  Ideally the home shoud nourish the heart and soul of a child and the school's job is to feed the mind.  But unfortunately many homes are not capable of giving the necessary love (and even worse, may be abusive) so the children need to learn coping skills to deal with their respective situations.  I could write on an on about this topic...  great question to bring up!
125185
yeh i do agree because teachers aren't too focused on motivating their students and standards are lower than they used to be. For physical ed, teachers dont care to teach that much, they just have the students play and assume that they know everything.
1042217
I agree that our society's unhealthy repression of our natural God given sexuality is the root of many of society's problems.  \n\nIf we were not taught from the earliest of ages that our bodies and its functions are dirty, shameful and sinful, and something to be hidden and never spoken of, and we were encouraged to embrace our sexuality in a healthy way, there would be almost no such thing as rape or child molestation.   Sex would be something wonderful that happens between consenting adults (or those mature enough to make those decisions on their own, without coersion).
1083748
yes ...tis sooo true...when we were kids...WE WERE KIDS!!!  nowadays...kids that are 10 yrs. old...are having sex..omg ..i was still playing cowboys and indians in the ditch with sticks for guns lmao....blame it all on society ...tv...with the onset of std's sexual education is no longer the parents job...the schools do that now...kids dont have to ask us anything...they learn it all from health classes.  which is good...to an extent...in anycase..yes the generations have changed...to sex crazed teens...body piercing and the likes...and what do we have to do...by societys means....accept our children for who they are....wow...i remember we could not even THINK this stuff without getting the look from mom....and we did not dare ask or try any of it...or we would get spanked...slapped...mouth washed out with soap...or knelt down in a corner for hours...ahhhh the good ole days...now if we, the parents think of spanking or slapping ...cps is knocking on our door the next day or sooner!
1016677
Did you not learn anything from sex ed.  It's girls like you that make this country what it is, it's too late to think of the consequences girlie, you made your bed now sleep on it.  Don't you wish you waited to have sex after you got married or had a steady life, sucks to be you.
304278
I think it's very important, and a good idea.  Not just "how to do it" but it's important for young people to learn the biology of the human body.  A lot of kids don't learn about this stuff at home.  They need to know what to expect when their bodies change so it's not a shock.  Puberty can be awkward, embarrassing and emotional- why not give them a heads up?\n\nI also think it's important to teach safe sex.  I'm not condoning teenage sex, but it happens.  What makes people think that once teens become adults they will automatically know how to use a condom, or how important it is if they never heard about it?  Of course parents want their kids to wait to have sex, but the surge of hormones that a teen goes through is powerful.  They need to learn how to control themselves, and what the consequences are if they have unsafe sex.  Keeping it all a big secret is dangerous. \n\nMy 16 yr old half-brother is home schooled and has never been told the facts of life.  I think it's sad.  \n\nKnowledge is power.
738638
Definitely choice A!  Sex can be good and bad, like so many things in life.  If young people aren't prepared for it, it will end up being a bad thing.\n\nI often compare sex to fire.  Both are very good things that are necessary for survival, but only when one knows how to properly use them and take adequate precautions against any hazards.  Most of the hazards brought on by fire will never be faced by the majority of children.  This is probably because they are educated about it early in life ("Don't play with matches" "Stay away from the stove!" "Only YOU can prevent forest fires!"  "Stop, drop and roll." etc) and come to respect it.  And yet, when educating children about the dangers of fire, I have never heard someone say, "Hey...maybe we shouldn't teach them about this...they might get ideas and try to burn down the house."  The same principle should be applied to sex ed.  Who knows?  Maybe there would be less STDs and teen pregnancies if children were educated about it before they got the drive to have sex.  Too many are simply unprepared because people don't want to give them ideas.
438386
Yes. First, the level of teaching is low. All sciences' basics are simple, but teachers don't know how to explain it. They are not trained and paid enough. Second, schools do not teach how to cope with life. They don't teach how to react to problems, get out of depressions, how to connect to people, or integrate in groups. Third, schools don't teach how to start a business, and what problems are associated with this enterprise. Even if you're an employee, still you need to know what's going on in economy. \n\nSchools don't serve students, but the society's status quo.
1016863
i think so . he don look like he evn know how to have sex. but i kud teach em. lol
236756
6th grade?? Discussing "sucking off" someone? What the hell kind of sex ed class was this anyway? Is that what our education system is teaching America's children these days?\nI don't ever remember that kind of talk when I was young.\nMaybe your Mrs. Johnson was a bit of a perv.\n**And BTW...no it's not sick if you are in love and committed to pleasuring each other.
726550
It should be taught in school that the act of sex is sacred and should be considered a very special moment between a man a wife.  Kids that young are too imature to completely understand how complicated it is.  That is why the school systems/governements shouldn't be giving out birth control, or saying it's ok if you get pregnant and want to have an abortion.  What ever happened to suffering the consequences of making bad decisions?  That is how you grow as a person.  It's ok to make mistakes if you own up to them.  The solution is to not make sex seem like such a casual thing, so that young people don't find it so acceptable. There is still hope.
1183302
I think that alot of parents think it will spark an intrest in sex that will make there children go out and try to figure out what they are talking about. the problem here is alot of the time parents either are waiting for the "right time" and over look it or are just tring to save there childrens "innocents", however if the parents do not help there children understand then some one else will and usally that ends badly.
828865
I don't think it'd be a particularly bad thing for there to be a religion course in public schools.  Religion is a huge part of modern society, and to be ignorant of (or worse, prejudiced about!) it is to lack understanding of a key factor in today's world.  You just can't fully understand events in Iran, Saudi Arabia, India, England, Tibet, Israel, France, Norway, the United States, or a myriad of other nations if you don't understand religion.  As for which religions should be taught, it should naturally be all the major ones, not just Christianity.
595467
I applaud all of you, a school is there to teach children not as another way of the nanny state interfering with the way we raise our children, I have a two (soon to be three) year old son and he will be starting reception school in september. I remember a few years ago the government wanted people to stop calling children winners and losers and instead use the term yet to achieve success in a bid to hep childrens self esteem. Has no one considered the effect of weighing classes of kids, possibly in front of other class pupils? and in any event what about the poor kids who have to take these letters home and the effect being told you're fat at such an early age may have on them, don't we have enough of a problem with eating disorders...
487923
I personally think that it's in the student's best interest to taught about how to protect themselves. There should be a message in there about abstinence, though. People have to understand that no matter how much you tell students not to have sex and educate them about the risks, they're still going to do it. The best way to keep them safe is to educate them about how to be the safest they can and not have any life-ruining consequences come of it. If they aren't educated about protection and are only taught about abstinence, the students who decide to have sex regardless of being taught about abstinence will not know how to protect themselves correctly and could end up with an STD or pregnant.
1173330
Yes, it'd be better if children were prevented from such events, because they may not truly understand the implications of sex, and fetishes, etc.\nst