My name is Jordan Large and I am a junior at Isaac Bear Early College. This BlogSpot is part of my graduation project, on the need for a comprehensive sex education in public schools. My goal for this blog is to inform the public about comprehensive sex education. So please leave comments or questions you may have.
Okay, so in New Hanover County, we currently have a two-track system, this means parents decide which program their children are taught. The programs are, abstinence-only or comprehensive.
Just in case you are not familiar with these programs, the fundamental difference is contraception discussion. Which, comprehensive sex education have and abstinence-only programs does not.
A bill promoting this two-track system in sex education, has been recently passed in one committee in North Carolina, there are a few more to go through!
This is a step in the right direction.
It doesn't seem possible in this century that anyone would oppose a comprehensive, well planned sex education program. We no longer have the luxury of trying to 'protect' our children from real life. Knowing the facts about sex and sexuality will make young people safer and wiser, not promiscuous!
ReplyDeleteKnowledge is the most powerful element in this discussion. I think the comprehensive curriculum is the best choice. The more informed the students are the better the decisions they are capable of making regarding sex. By not educating them properly will lead to bad choices and risk them being mislead about the facts about sex education. The more the students know the safer they will be.
ReplyDeletein the first sentence, it says my name Jordan Large but it should be my name is Jordan Large.
ReplyDeleteyour presentation was good but just dont say um as much.
thankss!
Although this is from 2003, I think some valid points are presented. Take a look. http://www.famyouth.org.uk/pdfs/LDM.pdf
ReplyDeleteTo really stop the statistics that America has against them I agree that comprehensive programs are the best choice. It won't make kids promiscuous but make them safer/wiser in a world where more and more people are having sex. Knoledge about what is going on around them will help them make better decisions. Which party is more prone to voting towards abstinence programs? Which one is likely to vote for comprehensive?
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ReplyDeleteDemocrats are more likely to vote comprehensive.
That is because Republicans are more conservative.
I believe that in regards to a subject such as sex, which is purely a morally opinionated topic and not an issue of fact, it should be seen as a priveledge that there is an equal oppurtunity for both parents who do and those that do not support the teaching of contrceptive use. I, myself, would rather have my children be fully aware of the oppurtunity of safe sex (although I would not condone the use of it), but that is based only on my reasoning, and should not be seen as the only "right way" to teach sex education.
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