JulieL said:
Unfortunately though, we are going to see more teenage pregnancies, more abortions, more sexually transmitted infections until the parents and the education system gets on top of things (so to speak!!!!)
Come on Julie, surely you aren't actually agreeing with the silly woman who claims the schools are to blame for her daughters getting up the duff!
Schools, hence teachers, are there to educate in
academic matters. This is why it can be referred to as academic study. Obviously the biological aspects of sex are covered by this, but I really don't think that the greater ramifications fall within a teacher's remit.
Moral and social study is totally different to academic study. If a school tried to force a bible-study class on all the pupils, there would be outrage. "How dare you force religion on our babies! You can't do this! The UK has a 400-year tradition of semi-separation of church and state!"
So why is it that schools are expected to teach other areas of morality and social study? I'll tell you why, because some parents are lazy and embarassed. Now, what use is it for a teacher to sit down 35 kids and tell them all at once? Children grow at different rates. Some need to know about sex early, some not so early. Some never.
Now, we are on a DIY site here. If you tell me you built a table, and I say "So, how did you build it?" you will proudly tell me of the wood you used, the tools you used to do it, and how many coats of varnish you but on it when you were finished. You might take 20 lines of text to do this.
So, if you make a child, and then later the child asks "So, how did you make me?"... is it REALLY too difficult to say a single sentence: "Well, I put my penis in your mother's vagina and 9 months later you were born"?! The child does not need to know the ins and outs of sex to understand what sex does! I knew that males have penises and females have vaginas at the age of 3. All I knew was one goes inside t'other and child is made, but that was enough for me to know. Anyone with children knows that toddlers have little shame. They run around naked and they don't bat an eyelid if those around them are naked. Anyone who has had a normal upbringing will have seen their parents naked as a young child.
Now, if you don't have the balls to explain sex to your own children, you shouldn't HAVE children.
So to summarise, teachers should no more have to explain sex to your children, beyond biological function, than you should have to explain calculus, Shakespeare and organic chemistry. The wonderful thing about having children is that you create them in your image, and teach them your moral values. It just so happens this ho-tard of a woman is sorely lacking in such values, and we tax payers are picking up her daughters' bill.
