Funny how that worked out.
They are now looking into a more fact based system for the Sex-ed classes.
Effective sex education is very difficult to find. The course I sat through in school was useless, focusing on the good girls don't view of sex. On the other hand, my church was blessed with a fantastic sex education class for the youth group.
One of the members of the church was also involved with a summer free clinic at the beach. One fall he was asked to give a brief lecture to the youth of the church on sex. His 30 minute, frank, direct, and informative talk was far more effective than anything the school tried.
He explained the mechanics and the emotion, the means of procreation and how it was prevented, the dangers of STD (pre-Aids) and how these could be avoided. Condoms, the pill and other forms of birth control were talked about. He encouraged everyone to carry a condom, and insisted that this was of vital importance for the girls. He also made one thing perfectly clear, that abstinence was the only thing that was 100% successful.He was honest, educational and effective. It was comprehensive sex education.
It is also a concept that is unpopular with many in South Carolina. SC PIE is a right wing group who is pushing for change in the schools of South Carolina. They favor Abstinence Only Education, the teaching of Intelligent Design in science class and school choice. I suspect that they would be very upset by the decision of the folks at Timken High School. These types of policies just assure that our students are undereducated, and early parents
The SC PIE web page also features an opinion piece by Karen Floyd, the Republican option for Superintendent of Education. It is about the importance of teaching Intelligent Design in science classes in SC's schools. This fact clearly shows that Mrs. Floyd doesn't' understand basic science, and is a flawed choice to head South Carolina's schools. It is also a good sign that her agenda may be broader than her position papers online may indicate.
Timken High School has seen the flaws of abstinence based sex education, I wonder if Karen Floyd would be supportive of their curriculum change, or attack it.
Anyone care to guess.
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Wow!
People who try and teach abstinance only sex education have their head stuck some where.
Sad the parents do not have the Guts to teach it at home. I get aggravated when parents call a Penis a (insert cute name here) instead of a Penis. Likewise a Vagina. what the hell do they think is going to happen when this kid gets older? Maybe an observant parent can see when a child is ready for a talk, be frank with the child. Talk in exact terms, talk about exact consequences.
What am I saying, most parents dont even look at a childs homework, or care what they are doing at all. I must be dreaming. But I agree with you John. That lady does not belong there.
OMG, that's my hometown, Canton OH, and I'm a product of that very same Canton Public School system.
Here's a bit of info not covered in the article. Canton City Schools has 2 high schools, and the students get to pick which one they want to attend. Most (including myself) choose to go to McKinley high school, some for its athletic program, some because it's the more popular choice, and many because it is the college prepatory school. Timken high school, on the other hand, has a much smaller student body than McKinley. To keep the high school alive, it is where most of the vocational programs are housed. Students who have no desire to attend college usually opt for a vocational education.
So basically, imagine taking an entire city system's student body, and looking at only the students in a vocational program like auto shop, cosmetology, etc. and you get an idea of why Timken HS has such high rates of teen pregnancy.
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