Sex Education

[Atonement]

So, in Health I class, we are covering safe sex, STD's, STI's, and all that jazz.

So, I thought I would ask all of your about your sex education.

What was your sex education? In a class?

When was your sex education?

Do you think the sex education was appropriate?

Do you think there should be/shouldn't be sex education in public schools? If so, how much? And what age?

Any other comments welcome.

[DarkWingedAngel]

What was your sex education? In a class? We basically learn about STD's, STI's, forums or contraception, birth control and about our sexuality.

When was your sex education?Started in grade 8 and and we end it in grade 11(i think) but it is like on and off tho.

Do you think the sex education was appropriate?yea i guess saying that it sorta makes it easier for parents so they don't have to have "The awkward chat" with there teens and kids.

Do you think there should be/shouldn't be sex education in public schools? If so, how much? And what age?I think it's a good idea to have sex education in schools but i don't think it should start before grade 7.

[Zephyr]

What was your sex education? In a class?
In a class at school with my peers.
All of the basics and then some.

When was your sex education?
5th, 6th, 8th and 10th grade.

Do you think the sex education was appropriate?
Totally, from about 5th or 6th grade and up I think it's completely fine.

Do you think there should be/shouldn't be sex education in public schools? If so, how much? And what age?
It should be allowed.
5th grade- learn about your own body and puberty
6th grade- learn about how sex is the reproduction process and learn about the opposite sex's body
7th & 8th grade- learn about STD's and contraception
9th or 10th grade- reinforce previous teachings with more in-depth discussion

That's how it worked in my school system. It needs to start around grade 5 since this is about the time that most start going into pre-puberty stages.

[Oblivion]

What was your sex education? In a class? One big class for the girls and one for boys

When was your sex education? 5th grade at first. Now its every year, in health or if you don't have health, science

Do you think the sex education was appropriate? Sure

Do you think there should be/shouldn't be sex education in public schools? If so, how much? And what age? Sure. I honestly dont mind. Its good for kids to be educated, but it could cause discomfort.

[Gumleaf]

What was your sex education? In a class? it was done in a normal class. i remember because i've never seen a teacher look so uncomfortable. it was funny. lol

When was your sex education? yr 7

Do you think the sex education was appropriate? they taught us the facts, the dangers and stuff like that. the illustrations they used were crap though. i do remember that.

Do you think there should be/shouldn't be sex education in public schools? If so, how much? And what age? i think there should be. but for us it was useless as far as the puberty part of it goes. most people had already developed quite a bit if not finished the main part of puberty by then. i think it should be done in yr 6. otherwise i think its adequate i suppose.

[thiscityisdead]

What was your sex education? In a class? stds, stis, condoms, emotional recovery.

When was your sex education? last year, 14 years old.

Do you think the sex education was appropriate? yeahh, its necessary

Do you think there should be/shouldn't be sex education in public schools? If so, how much? And what age? i think there shoudl be and not alot but enoguh to keep them informed around 13-15 years old

[Random_oso06]

What was your sex education? In a class? Well i didn't have sex ed

When was your sex education?none

Do you think the sex education was appropriate?Well yes but not in a young age like 5th grader

Do you think there should be/shouldn't be sex education in public schools? If so, how much? And what age?Well yes and i think there should be allowed at the age of i think 10 year olds or thirteens since they start puberty at that age

[Atonement]

My turn in my own thread... lol

What was your sex education? In a class?
puberty: 5th grade
Biology: 8th
Health: 10th

When was your sex education? actual sex ed and how to be safe with sex was now, 10th grade in Health I

Do you think the sex education was appropriate? Yes, I actually think it should be taught earlier.

Do you think there should be/shouldn't be sex education in public schools? If so, how much? And what age? It is necessary to present shortly after pbuerty begins because honestly, I know of people in my district that had sex before puberty. Oral, whatever. Its necessary to keep people safe.

[Fiending_the_freedom]

What was your sex education? In a class?
In a class at school with my peers.
All of the basics and then some.

When was your sex education?
5th, 6th, 8th and 10th grade.

Do you think the sex education was appropriate?
Totally, from about 5th or 6th grade and up I think it's completely fine.

Do you think there should be/shouldn't be sex education in public schools? If so, how much? And what age?
It should be allowed.
5th grade- learn about your own body and puberty
6th grade- learn about how sex is the reproduction process and learn about the opposite sex's body
7th & 8th grade- learn about STD's and contraception
9th or 10th grade- reinforce previous teachings with more in-depth discussion

That's how it worked in my school system. It needs to start around grade 5 since this is about the time that most start going into pre-puberty stages.


thats how it works in mine too, and i think its perfect.
good timing for all those things.

[Gumleaf]

What was your sex education? In a class?
In a class at school with my peers.
All of the basics and then some.

When was your sex education?
5th, 6th, 8th and 10th grade.

Do you think the sex education was appropriate?
Totally, from about 5th or 6th grade and up I think it's completely fine.

Do you think there should be/shouldn't be sex education in public schools? If so, how much? And what age?
It should be allowed.
5th grade- learn about your own body and puberty
6th grade- learn about how sex is the reproduction process and learn about the opposite sex's body
7th & 8th grade- learn about STD's and contraception
9th or 10th grade- reinforce previous teachings with more in-depth discussion

That's how it worked in my school system. It needs to start around grade 5 since this is about the time that most start going into pre-puberty stages.

your system has it right. by the time ours start some people have nearly finished puberty already. we only have one lot of it too, then hear no more about it. i guess thats what the internet is for i guess?

[Jean Poutine]

My sex ed was stashed in the Catholic education class (LAUGH AT THE IRONY!)

I suppose I should do some explaining. No I didn't go to a Catholic private high school and no, neither my parents nor I are bible thumpers.

In Québec, state-run schools were NOT secular (I know Americans must going like GAAAAAASP! right now) until after I graduated (some of the primary schools in my towns still have crosses up and the whole shenanigans). Meaning that kids HAD to take Catholic Education unless their parents objected to it. And yeah, few parents of French Canadian stock did, because they didn't care. If you weren't in Cath Ed you were in Morals and who cares about the difference? A bullshit class' a bullshit class.

You know you graduated from a Québec high school when field trips consisted in going to the nearby church to learn all the motherfucking parts in all the motherfucking rooms in the zillion of sections of a church. As well as a pep talk with the priest. With a test the next day.

So I had to suffer through 11 years of Catholic education mandatory classes (6 in primary, 5 in high school, YEAH!). Starting around grade 8 there was a sex ed component thrown in which was basically the Cath Ed teacher telling us to use condoms (LOL! IRONIC YET AGAIN!) and showing us various ugly pictures of suckers with STDs (sadly, no THIS IS WHAT GOD DOES TO PEOPLE WHO DO NOT USE CONDOMS talk).

I don't remember being shown or told anything else, including actually how to put on said condom, but in that class I just folded paper planes and threw them around, so don't take my word for it. I mean I respect the religion I was raised in and all, but heck if I'm not going to make paper planes during Jesus pep talks.

The only other thing about sex ed I remember was one time, where we all wrote questions about SECKS on a piece of paper in biology class and the teacher would answer our question.

Being a teenager, my question was "is it true that sperm tastes salty?". And it was actually read aloud, although not answered. If you hadn't noticed, I wasn't a particularly angelic student (still had straight As, though).

The whole class (Cath Ed, not bio) was actually pretty pants. The only time it was cool was in Grade 10, where we had an open-minded (and actually interesting) teacher that took time to expose on other religions. And it had no sex ed component. For some unknown reason, the more teenagers approached an age where sex could be an option, the less they talked about sex.

So my sex ed was "put condom on sucka or you be catchin' teh diseases" intermingled with "jesus hates you if you use contraception". Great concept jerkwads.

I am told that after schooling became secular, that sex ed improved a lot. I'm kidding. My niece's teacher won't take questions she thinks are obscene, which are apparently all of them.

Are you sad for me yet?

[ShatteredWings]

as far as i know, we don't have sex-ed.

Ha, we nnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeedddd it though. It's truly amazing how many sluts are in this school.

[AutumnDae]

You watch a movie on puberty in 5th grade.

When you take 7th grade health you learn more. We didn't learn about anal or oral, but the class below me did.

Then in Health 10, you get into depth. More STD's, and STI's. We do a unit on parenting too, which I consider a part of Sex Ed.

[Underground_Network]

What was your sex education? In a class?
Meh, it's all scattered across different grade levels. We've learned everything from STDs/STIs and HIV to contraceptives and abortions and even pretty much "how to have sex." (The simple version)
When was your sex education?
Started in like fourth grade with a video I think, might've even been third grade. Since then I've had it every year except this year (had driver's ed this year) and then I have it again junior and senior year. But technically I don't have it junior year either, because health isn't focused on sex that year... 0.o

Do you think the sex education was appropriate?
Yeah, pretty much.

Do you think there should be/shouldn't be sex education in public schools? If so, how much? And what age?
I think there should be, and it should start around 4th/5th grade and continue all the way through high school. It really does have an impact regardless of what people think. I know girls who have been so disgusted by sex ed classes that they've decided to save themselves till marriage. 0.o

[Mr. Smithers]

What was your sex education? In a class?
The first time was in the 5th grade. Then you have in again and later grades and they cover more personal topics.

In High School, it gets more realistic. You are even given a free safe sex bag. (In my school you did)

Do you think the sex education was appropriate?
I thought I was. It wasn't too inappropriate or the school would have not added it to the classes.

Do you think there should be/shouldn't be sex education in public schools? If so, how much? And what age?
I think that there should be. Its really important that you know about safe sex and STD's. Many people don't even know how to put a condom on properly and my sex class taught you all of that. Many other things too. So I think it should. It should get less scary at younger grades. Like at 4th grade about puberty and growing. Because they do have to learn that. In Junior High, more about sex and STD's. In High School more about Teen Pregnancy and AIDS.

[Halibut]

What was your sex education? In a class?
Ya it was in a class with presentations on the computor

When was your sex education?
grade 10 (kinda went over it in grade 6)

Do you think the sex education was appropriate?
yes but i think it should have been more indepth. like i knew more than they were saying. they need to be more brutaly honest

Do you think there should be/shouldn't be sex education in public schools? If so, how much? And what age? i strongly believe there should be in grade 8 and breifly went over in gr 6

[theOperaGhost]

What was your sex education? In a class?
The first time, just about reproductive organs and puberty. In junior high and high school, pregnancy, STD/STIs, sex, sexuality, relationships, all that jazz...

When was your sex education?
In 6th grade the boys met with the guidance counselor for about an hour twice. The girls also did. It was like alternating weeks.
In 7th grade it was about a month long in health class, with the whole class, boys and girls together.
In 10th grade only about a week with the whole class. This was more about relationships.

Do you think the sex education was appropriate?
Yes.

Do you think there should be/shouldn't be sex education in public schools? If so, how much? And what age? I think when kids get to be about 11 or 12 (6th grade most of the time) they should be taught about puberty. Maybe teach the reproductive organs sooner. Then learn about sex and prenancy and stuff in like 8th grade.

[alsoknownas]

In a class

had it in year 9 (9th grade)

told about STD's and contraseption

too little to late TBH

needs to be in all schools

[IBeRunnin]

What was your sex education? In a class? Well, I had a few in a classroom at school, and a couple at churches.

When was your sex education? During my middle and 9th and 10th grade.

Do you think the sex education was appropriate? Yes.

Do you think there should be/shouldn't be sex education in public schools? If so, how much? And what age? Of course there should be sex education. "Knowledge is power." Sex education (which I would think would also include info on puberty and the body) can begin when kids are young, and different topics can be introduced at different ages.

[ECGBUnni]

Our sex ed was late (in my opinion). We didn't do it until 9th grade, and by then most people do know the basics. What pissed me off the most though, was the fact that the school administration was not allowed to teach any form of protection other than abstinence (which does NOT happen at our school), and we were not allowed to cover anything about sexuality, a CRUCIAL part of sex ed in my opinion. Now, in my case, I have never had any issues with my sexuality, but I've been extremely self educated. I know how I relate to sex, and I know how I define *myself* in relation to sex. But others don't. And that's a huge problem. If our school is going to label itself as a secular school, and they are going to teach sex ed, then teach the parts that people might actually need. After all, your sexuality is the one part that people usually aren't as educated about. On top of that, the teacher could not cover abortion. I am personally not a huge fan of the practice, but it should be covered in sex ed.

ok that's my rant. I'm done.

[Talia]

What was your sex education? In a class?
My old school was a catholic school and they had a thing called family life that started every february which you had to get a permission slip for. In the younger grades it was more about just what's the difference between male and female, then later it would get a little more detailed. Then highschool they make you take health and stuff, so that's like sex-ed.

When was your sex education?
1st to 8th I took family life, and the summer after 9th grade I took health in intercession

Do you think the sex education was appropriate?
Yeah, I suppose so

Do you think there should be/shouldn't be sex education in public schools? If so, how much? And what age?
I think kids should always get sex-ed in any school. The age would depend on what kinds of stuff was being taught and how graphic it could be.