If knowledge is power, than deliberate misinformation, or the purposeful with-holding of education is the work of the devil. Leave it to the parents, and many individuals will be left with questions without realizing it.

As for what I recall, I think I had already figured most stuff out by the time we watched that video.

Sex ed SHOULD be taught. It is better for teens to learn from someone who knows what they are talking about and not from some loser on the street! Plus, they learn about protection and STD’S. Hopefully that will scare them from having sex until they are like 18-20!

I don’t think it should be taught in school at all. That’s not something you should learn from a teacher. The parents should be the one telling their child about this subject. A lot of kids are uncomfotable hearing abou this in class. I was not allowed to go to sex ed at any age. I found out the right way. But thats just my opinion.

I think sex ed. is important, but what about the REAL important life lessons? How to balance a checkbook…How to behave like a decent human being? Treat a man/woman with respect? Raise a child? Get a job? How to buy a house, and pay your morgage? I learned alot in school, none of what I learned helped me at all in real life! So what if I read “Lord of the flys”! It didn’t help me when I was a single Mom!

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In this day and age, I think it is best for parents to teach their children about sex well before this. They are going to hear cognizant of sex much earlier than I was just one generation earlier. For example, my wife and I felt it was time for my daughter to know about the birds and the bees when she started 2nd grade. We’ll likely do the same with our son.

That said, I think as long as parents teach *correct* principles about sex, I think it is ok for schools to elaborate on the concept and make sure that children know very well all of the issues of sex and how to either practice abstinence until at a safe age when they can practice safe sex.

I think it should be. All you have to do is go over to the pregnancy and parenting section of Yahoo answers to see why. There are people asking questions who don’t even have a basic working knowledge of menstrual cycles, ovulation, pre-ejaculation, birth control, and some aren’t even sure what it means to lose your virginity. It shows that they don’t even know basic human biology. Opponents to sex education think that it encourages kids to have sex, when in reality they are going to have sex anyway. I say it’s better for them to know how to protect themselves if/when they do have sex.

I’m in middle school and I began learning about puberty in sixth grade, and human reproduction in 7th grade. I think the school was right in teaching it to us. There was a rumor going around school that two kids ‘did it’ in the school washroom! The other day, mom made me read about a woman who got an STD (sexually transmitted disease) and told me all about hte risks and stuff. So, you can rest assured that I won’t be pregnant in 10th grade. Lol.

Junior high kids have sex. Junior high kids have babies and STD’s. Sex education is a MUST, unfortunately I’m not sure JR HI is early enough.

I think it should be taught BUT only the mechanics of it and the risks (diseases) of it should be taught in a clinical manner.

I DO NOT think that human sexuality issues and other “stuff” like that should be taught in schools– that is up to the parents to do.