Young people here in middle Tennessee don't have sex. They don't get caught with unwanted pregnancies. They don't even have a clue what an STD is.
Why are these students so blessed? Because they abstain. You bet-cha.
Rodrick Glover, father of a Hillsboro High School senior, said he was aghast when his daughter began describing details of sexual techniques being taught in her leadership class using models of male and female genitals.
"It took me by surprise," he said. "My daughter thought it was pornography."
A Metro Schools spokeswoman agreed the information was inappropriate to share with students and that the content presented was not part of the district's standard Family Life and Sexuality Education curriculum.
"We know some district policies were not followed," spokeswoman Olivia Brown said. "We have taken proper action to correct any mistakes made by Hillsboro staff, and we are updating our policy to ensure that future instruction is only from our approved curriculum."
Teacher Susanne Frensley, who was Tennessee's teacher of the year in 2007, is in charge of the leadership class, but outside instructors gave the sex-ed lessons in question. They were guests from Nashville CARES, a nonprofit group that provides AIDS prevention information, among other services. The leadership class ended in March.
Glover said, "I am OK with the written policy with an emphasis on abstinence. How far can they go with this?"
via Tennessean
The schools should not be telling kids dirty stuff about sex.
ReplyDeleteThere are plenty of priests out there who will be more than willing to teach them all about it.
Kids don't need sex education. They already know how to do it. They need SAFE sex education so they can do it without getting pregnant.
ReplyDeleteWhat about abstinence? That's been a real success, hasn't it!
Maybe we should teach them about homosexual sex. No one would get pregnant then.
ReplyDeleteAm I correct in the assumption the the sexual techniques being taught were on how to apply a condom?
ReplyDeleteThe article is a bit confusing about what exactly the "graphics" were. I think the class in question were volunteers from Nashville CARES, an Aids educational non-profit. I'm assuming as well that the appropriate use of a condom would be important. But what do I know? ; )
ReplyDeleteAsking or telling teenagers not to experiment with sex before marriage is what happens in Islamic countries.
ReplyDeleteThis is a bit ambiguous and confusing. The CARES groups provides AIDS prevention info. OK, that's helpful. But the outside speakers who made a presentation to high school seniors gave "details of sexual techniques."
ReplyDeleteWas that part of their talk, or were they responding to a studen't question? Without knowing more details about what was presented it's hard to say whether Nashville parents should come down with the vapors or rise up in righteous indignation.
As a general rule, though, young people know far more than most parents think their offspring know — a longstanding tradition. Furthermore, high school seniors with a reasonably goood upbringing won't lapse into promiscuity because of what someone said in a school presentation. It just doesn't work that way.
I'm as confused as everyone else. I've read that article several times and still have no answers as to what happened when, etc.
ReplyDeleteThese are good questions but I have no answers. Maybe after the upcoming meeting more will come out.
Perhaps the schools might be encouraged to teach what one should do with an adoptable orphan from Russia?
ReplyDeleteGC: Good point. Some of these cases are very sad indeed, many ending with the death of the child at the hands of the adoptive parents. They are not black and white situations by any means.
ReplyDeleteShelbyville, TN is inhabited by people who aren't exactly educated, so the thought of getting professional help probably didn't even occur to her. But there's no excuse whatsoever in flying a little 7 yr. old half way around the world all by himself.
GC: Can't link to your site from here. Went there via the link on my blog list but the comment box was jumping around, so couldn't leave any words of wisdom.
ReplyDeleteLP - this is all Eve's fault for listening to that goddamned talking snake.
ReplyDeleteHere we go around the sex bush once again. The friggin Puritans are still alive and well, practicing their stupidity. "God" forbid we educate our children to be safe.