Sex education: At home, at school or both?
1.06 million is the number of abortions took place in the U.S in 2011 according to Guttmacher Institute. This is not a small number in compare to the whole population of the world. 1.06 million abortions equals to more than 1.06 million babies have been killed before they even have full bodies. That’s a very sad statistic to look at. And what is the main reason why this sad number exists? We could blame poor education in sex for this controversy issue. Lack of knowledge about sex and how to have safe sex could lead to pregnancy and the outburst of sexual transmitted diseases. If the pregnancy was unexpected, the mother will get abortion; which is not only pitiful to the unborn child but also very
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In the past, sex was something that people tried to avoid talking about it, neither less teaching. Sex became a mystery, and a mystery would always trigger people’s nerves, especially teenager’s curious minds. That leads teenager at that time, who had no idea about sex, wanted to have sex to know about it. And when they had sex without any protection, they easily got STDs or HIV or even pregnancy. The case awakens society that sex education must be taught for students at the very first when they enter middle schools. But the way sex was taught those days was very much different from today. In the article “What the sex educators teach” posted on the Opposing View Point in Context website, Dana Mack has written about her experience when taking sex education class when she was a teen: “At the age of ten or eleven, girls and boys were herded into separate rooms - usually in the company of a parent. There, in industrial-gray pictures and solemn monotones, they were introduced to the world of gametes, ovaries, and menstruation. Not exactly titillating material, this reproductive information.” (Mack). Back in those days when sex was a newly revealed topic and sex education program had just been operated, people are still very shy to talk about sex and they often avoid having this kind of …show more content…
A class usually last for only one hour. It’s not enough time for someone to remember or understand an aspect thoroughly. When talking with parents about sex, students not only feeling more comfortable but also have unlimited time to discuss, unlike in class.
Thirdly, sex education at home would avoid “class” prejudiced. The people who are being given sexual education are teenagers and they have a stereotype about the word “class”. They normally think class is the mixture of boring lecture and monotone voice so they would not pay attention. In other case, when parents giving lecture about sex, it would not be considered a class. It would be just a serious discussion of a mother or a father to the
From a young age, children are bombarded by images of the rich and the famous engaging in torrid public affairs or publicly discussing their increasingly active sex lives. No longer is sex education left to teachers and parents to explain, it is constantly in our faces at the forefront of our society. Regardless of sex education curriculums and debates about possible changes, children and teenagers are still learning everything they think there is to know about sex from very early on in their young lives. However, without responsible adults instructing them on the facts about sex, there are more likely to treat sex in a cavalier and offhanded fashion. According to Anna Quindlen’s essay Sex Ed, the responsibility of to education children about sex is evenly distributed between teachers and parents.
This education should start early for children before they reach puberty age, and before they make wrong actions. Giving education about this subject to students at a young age will give them more knowledge about it. “Providing basic information provides the foundation on which more complex knowledge is built up over time.” (http://www.avert.org/sex-education-works.htm#sthash.o4PTFWFA.dpuf)
In today’s society major issues are established on teen pregnancy and STDs. Many parents are against the abstinence only education program being taught to their children and others believe in teaching there parents that sex is bad. On the other hand sex education tells students what and what will happen if they have sex they will tell them how it happens, what the effects are after it happens, and how to prevent from getting pregnant or STDs. There are also parents that are very against both, the abstinence based Ed and the sex education courses in schools not everybody wants their children to be taught about sex. The course is usually begin during middle school and kind of fade away in high school, but in the middle there are issues within the teachers and the curriculum that they would have to teach.
Schools are very instrumental for the development of the child. Modern parents are so busy to an extent they do not have time to spend with their children. The economy alone cannot allow them, even if they really want, to have a special time with their children. That being the case, the parents do not have time to share pertinent intimate information of sexuality with their children. Therefore, there comes a need to have someone else who can do that work in a very reliable manner and impartially. You find that schools or rather instructors spent most of the time with the children and thus forms a central part of the children’s lives. Mandating them with the obligation of taking care of the overall development of the children is not an option. The overall development of the children here includes sex education. As any other education helps the child develop, this too should be added in the list. Considering how these children’s parents are tied up by very busy schedules, the teachers are the only solution into this problem and this confirms why sex education continues to be taught in schools.
Sex education is an informational class that teaches human anatomy and puberty, protection options for those who decide to have sex, and the basics of STD’s. In Arizona, sex education is optional; schools do not have to teach this class if not wanted. If schools decide to have sex education in the health class curriculum, it is usually taught to students anywhere from fifth to eighth grade. Very few schools offer sex education and according to the Senate Bill 1309 “The Parents Bill of Rights”, parents are required to sign a permission slip before their child attends the class (Innes). Most parents are opposed to sex education, because they want to be the person to talk to their child about sex. A problem with this opin...
Many parents and teachers are against teaching sex education to students because they think it should be taught from home and also they believe this will only encourage teenagers to engage in sex. It is said that instead of continuing with the promotion of safe sex, why schools don’t just offer teenagers sex education on abstinence and the importance of abstinence. Some parents believe the most secure option to prevent teen pregnancies and STD's is by abstinence. The question is "why don’t schools start by promoting that?" My answer to that question is because society shows that sex is good, it's pleasurable and acceptable. Teenagers lack the knowledge to make w...
This provides a chance for adolescents to engage in interactive discussion with each other. Some of their peers may ask questions that others are afraid to ask or questions that may have not been brought to their attention. For example, inside a classroom many adolescents are taunted because they do not know a particular slang term for sex such as “smash” or “knocking boots.” Interactive discussions among their peers provide a sense of comfort and universality. Different misconceptions of sex are most likely to surface during these discussions, and teachers will have the opportunity to address and correct any false beliefs and misconceptions. All the students will be provided with the same basic information about sex, reproductive systems, and reproduction, which will eliminate myths and help the students effectively practice what they have learned. This leads to the next benefit of sex education in school which is promoting healthy
Whereas, the Sexual Education program promotes safe sex and knowledge of the sex and it’s consequences. The motto would be, “Knowledge is Power.” As a result of this program has decreased the rate of unplanned pregnancy and sexual disease outbreak. This is why it is argued that Sexual Education should be taught in the public school system.
The point of the class is to go deeper into the sex conversation with students. Some students say that a “sex talk” with parents makes them uncomfortable and that they do not trust their parent/guardians enough to explain all of it, and that they would rather learn these risks from an educator. Teens don’t generally listen to their parents when it is easier for them to hear these things from
Having comprehensive sex education in the schools gives teens safe place to discuss these issues in fact it has been shown that. Seeing that some teens are shy about asking the important questions from their parents, and the parents themselves are not always comfortable or brave enough to answer these questions which can be harmful the child. Having this be taught at the schools wil...
Sex education has been a taboo subject for a long time, even out of schools. Usually an ignored topic of discussion, when adults would be asked such questions by younger individuals the answers were usually misinformation and complex euphemisms. This strategy, use merely so the adult avoided embarrassing themselves, would only further confuse the person asking and it would not even answer the original question. Such examples include babies being brought to the parents by a stork, the birds and the bees, and naming the sexual organs after objects. Due to culture, such customs have been hard to get rid of and improve upon, especially with many of this shame originating from organized religion. In recent years though, conservatism on this education
I believe that schools should teach sexual education. I think this because kids that are in school during this age do know or respect the dangers of being sexual active. They don 't know what it means to be protected, They will know about their own bodies and that of other genders. I believe they will have a new found respect for themselves and others. Teaching about it encourages students to develop themselves into better people. Anyone who values themselves and others are better equipped to develop great relationships with others. Pupils are able to take great positive approaches to managing their lives and develop skills that are needed to prepare them for the challenges that lay ahead. Not all parents inform their children about sexual
First, sex education gives the children general knowledge about the sexual side of life, such as the differences between boys and girls and puberty. Teachers must clearly and intelligibly ...
1- Introduction : Sex education should be taught in public school is often discussed in America today. Some schools allowed their teachers to teach sex education it is where the students learned about protections ,pregnancies ,STD's.They say that sex education demolish the moral code of people because they think that sex education instruct students about how sexual interaction is done and encourage them to do it . Teaching sex education in public schools will stop sexual diseases and teenage pregnancy it gives the youth the idea of what is right and what is wrong.
Many schools are now including sexual education in their required curriculum. Sex education can be taught to all grades, senior though preschool although this is more focused on middle to high school ages. Planned parenthood helps push sex education into school and suggests that school teach this to the middle school and high school students. This would help the student in the long run with the many unanswered question that could be to embarrassing to ask the parents. The youth are being more sexualized earlier in life; this could help with all the questions left unanswered that teens have. This subject alone would affect students more then any other subject demanded by the schools system these days. Sex education should be a required for high