Sex education: Should it start in kindergarten?
By Dana LaRose
EDI 17 Psychology & Development of Adolescent Students
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
April 8, 2009
From the class’s discussion, it is obvious that sexual education is extremely different depending on the school district. In my school district, sexual education was very limited in the health classes and was more talked about in the biology classes. I believe the driving factor of this was curiosity. The health classes taught students about STDs while in biology classes, students felt comfortable to ask questions they were truly curious about, questions which would be of more use to them. Like Sean mentioned, this is something that they will use so it is important that they are aware.
The main problem is the inconsistency. Schools go about sexual education in different ways and one can never know what is going on at home. I do believe that it is ultimately the parent’s responsibility but I also think that the school should be allowed to play a role. Just as Dr. Boyanton had suggested, teachers should have limitations on what they can and cannot say about sexual education. It is wrong that we have to fear the consequences of helping a student but at the same time, I know these consequences cannot be eliminated.
It seems that individuals have different ideas about sexual education. I disagree that it is prevalent in schools to the point that the health curriculum is saturated with it. I believe more time has to be made to address this issue. Adolescents are very curious about everything and it would help them if they had a little insight to some of those things they are curious about. I think the world needs to be more open-minded and not make sex into such a taboo. It is something that happens and something that needs to happen to sustain life. What’s the point of sweeping it under the covers until one is old enough to see it for what it really is?
Long Island University, C. W. Post
April 8, 2009
From the class’s discussion, it is obvious that sexual education is extremely different depending on the school district. In my school district, sexual education was very limited in the health classes and was more talked about in the biology classes. I believe the driving factor of this was curiosity. The health classes taught students about STDs while in biology classes, students felt comfortable to ask questions they were truly curious about, questions which would be of more use to them. Like Sean mentioned, this is something that they will use so it is important that they are aware.
The main problem is the inconsistency. Schools go about sexual education in different ways and one can never know what is going on at home. I do believe that it is ultimately the parent’s responsibility but I also think that the school should be allowed to play a role. Just as Dr. Boyanton had suggested, teachers should have limitations on what they can and cannot say about sexual education. It is wrong that we have to fear the consequences of helping a student but at the same time, I know these consequences cannot be eliminated.
It seems that individuals have different ideas about sexual education. I disagree that it is prevalent in schools to the point that the health curriculum is saturated with it. I believe more time has to be made to address this issue. Adolescents are very curious about everything and it would help them if they had a little insight to some of those things they are curious about. I think the world needs to be more open-minded and not make sex into such a taboo. It is something that happens and something that needs to happen to sustain life. What’s the point of sweeping it under the covers until one is old enough to see it for what it really is?
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