about Sexual Education...

One of the many problems in the debate over abortion is the fact people get pregnant in the first place. many talk about birth control, but what of personal responsibility and understanding of sex, pregnancy, and child birth in general? What about the sexual education taught to our children in school, or the lack thereof?

Many beleive that teaching children abstiance is the way, the only way, and everything else is playing dice with chemicals. Others say that properly educated children informed for not only abstianace, but also personal responsibility, contriceptives, and understanding of the remifications of sexual behavior would provide a better well rounded understanding and ability to choose their own sexual path.

what do you think about how children should be taught? at what age? in the school or in the home? and what should sex be taught as? As a negative -something to steer clear of and avoided till 'grown up'- or a positive -something wonderful, natural, but not without its ups, downs, and risks?

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"Nextly, public education was created to keep voters at the polls educated, due to the fact that their votes end up affecting the rest of the population."

"just because it was created for this doesn't mean it's its current purpose."

I know that isn't its current purpose.  That's a problem.

"are you saying that k-12 are mearly for voting purposes? sounds like BS to me, esp considering k-12 is a hellava lot more than politics and government."

What you are saying sounds like BS to *me.*  Anyone with a well rounded education knows that most of the subjects taught in school relate to each other, and to other things as well (such as politics), in some way or other.  A general knowledge of the four subjects, math, science, history, and english is required for a complete understanding of the big political picture, and is a practical requirement for informed voting.

"shit, if we were just going through public school for voting education, why did i take biology and gym?"

Exercise is helpful to the brain.  Other than that, yeah, PE is a worthless class.  Biology on the other hand, plays an obvious and crucial role in voting. 

"Sex education is as important to our society than how our citizens vote. no, i dont think it should be mandatory in schools, but the level of education given currently in the school that do have such programs isn't all that great."

So you don't advocate mandatory institutionalized sex-ed, yet you see a problem with what we have now? Well what do you want then?

"also, i agree it's the parents job to teach their kids stuff like this,"

Yes, not the state's.

"sure, mom knows some math and history, but we dont NOT have classes for those subjects."

If, suddenly, we just did away with public education alltogether, and closed down all the schools, do you really think your average person would then not know these subjects due to not having institutionalized classes in them? 

If public schools closed, private schools would meet the people's demand for education.  Sex-ed should be left to the private sector.