How should middle schools present sex education to students?
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Sex is just a way to have a baby and the parents love their baby i hate the other kind of sex.
i think that, as me being a high school student, kids should be taught sex ed as early as 6th grade because we get courious when we go to middle school.... the sex topic is brought up more and more.... thats when kigs/teenagers start having sex, start having unprotected sex, and girls can get pregnant, and also some of them could get std's... so yea that's my opinion...
I guess having both gender learning about each other.
Together probably makes the most sense
Having both girls and boys together learn about sex is very good!most teens are very advanced on ideas today..and they do not learn it from parents most of the time.most talk to both girls and boys to know the answers to questions they have.
I think the same sexes together talking about it would be weird, and uncomfortable because it's like being naked in a play! Saying your thoughts about the subject that is hardly ever mentioned.
Might be easier for them to learned at school than at home.
the sexes should be seperated. it makes for a better learning experiience all together.
I chose separated because it would be the easiest most comfortable way to to teach the subject, but learning about both sexes cause more information is always necessary for young adults.
its not the schools business what children do or do not know
You need to explain what you mean by "sex". Are you talking about biology? Contraception?
Parents are the best source for information about contraception. Schools may be the best source for biology, but still with genders separated.
Don't you think a topic such as this should be left out of an arena such as the MN Science Museum? I find the topic very important but this is not the place for such conversations.
its an embarrassing topic to start with and even more so with "boys" in the room
Boys and girls could become uncomfortable if they are together. They might not want to ask questions, perhaps b/c they could become embarrassed.
Why should we be embarrassed about talking about sex for both genders? We need to loosen up a little. It takes both genders.
Parents need to take a more active roll in the kids and the education of the topic of sex. If parents were more involved in this topic, maybe kids wouldn't be so scared or ashamed to talk to there parents in the first place.
It is important that they learn both sides so that they are more imformed.
Teaching sex ed didn't used to be such a big deal. It was called the birds and the bees and having too many cats and rabbits on the family farm! Most people no longer live on farms adn therefore cannot expereince the miracle of life thru watching animals. hence is has to be taught in schools
It is even weirder when the student's instroctors are teaching them about this topic. Some stuff are better unsaid and better for kids to find out and learn on their own. Also, going over it makes the kids know how to be sexually active...
thats so true!
but if you like whoever the person is and you dont showthem your true thoughts andyou dont show the real you then you can never have a relationship
because it is easier to ask questions when your not around the opposite sex its more comfortable. and then you wont get teased about your question either
this is innapropriate
Why is it inappropriate? This is a website for a Science Museum - a place that focuses on science education. And this poll is asking for peoples opinions on the best way to teach (so, that's the education part) teenagers about sex and their bodies. That's science - believe it or not, it really is biology. So we've got science and education. Seems a perfectly appropriate fit for an institution such as this.
Because they will learn better.
its more important to learn before 10th grade or somthing or even 8th grade because if you dont thats when you run into problems
its awkward to learn together, but important to learn both sexes.
i think its great for ppl to express themselves in a sexual way. its just good to wait for a committed relationship and have one partner. just wait to have sex until youre ready for a consequence no matter what. hurray for sex!!!!!!!!! there is nothing wrong with it, so stop acting freakay.
i think think that boys and girls should be sprateded and like yeah
They should be separate so they are comfortable talking about gender specific issues but also need to know about the other sex as well.
ppl do have to be mature about it
I was taught that sex is a gift from God and we should learn about it. But put both geners of students together, and it might give them the wrong idea.
i think that the school's should teach them cuz it would be much better especially wen they are in high schoolthey will be more safer if they decide to start having it at a young get more use to it and they will know it they have a desize
eventually both genders need to learn about eachother they should do it together because then it wont be so weird
Then you wont have questions about the other sex
if boys and girls are together, the whole thing would either be extremely awkward or just a big joke.
I think boys and girls should learn about this together because there should be no shame in learning about the other sex's body parts. I think peoplel keep this too hush-hush. Young adults are going to have sex at some point and it's better that they know about it before hand. That is my belief
i do not think that should be taught.
i think that such talk about sex and sex-ed should be tought by both parents and the shcool sytems i also strongly think and believe that it shouldn't be left up to just one person to talk about this one subject that it should be given in leason format by both women and men at the same time they should also have pepole that had to make big carier changes due to having sex at a young age and then therefor becoming pregant which of course as we all know that doing that will lead to not being able to go to shcool and from that falure that one person wouldnt be able to get a high paying job due to needing to take care of the child or childern. that is why it must be tought at both women and mens classes both girls and boys schools.
I would have to second this concern also...now days me being out of high school for 3 years already it just doesn't make any sense to me why so many young girls are getting pregnant at such a young age...not jus two or three in a certain grade level but the whole class year of 2007, or 2008 girls have gotten pregnant and or dropped outta school, and they think that they just have life made for them right now when really most of them don't know what they got themselves into...and didn't even stay in class long enought to talk about how to have safe sex, pergnancy and contraceptives...so I say not only should these courses be on the required list but there should also be older trusting peer counselors that been thru similar situations (Me being one of them) and can give every girl/guy a piece of mind to provide them with helpful information so that less girls would become pregnant and more will graduate high school...
That's dumb because everyone needs to learn about opposite genders caause thats just life we all need to find a new comfort level sooner or later I suggest sooner.
in my old school u had a year of learning ur own by yourself and then a year of learning the other with ur gender. then when ur a 6th grader u learn both together. so they ease u into it.
i think that genders should be seperated because of the comfort level it provides. If the genders were together, the comfort level would be low because i dont think boys would like to ask questions about the body with girls in the room and vice versa with girls.
cuz im bored!
okay...and i believe that students should have an understanding
way of learning together because they will grow up with thee
opposite sex or same sex but it shouldn't seperate the gender in
any case!
With pre-teens engaing in sexual activities at younger and younger ages, we need to be aggressive in making sure that they have received proper education about both the human body and the hazards of sex.
i think that they tell the kids that when there young to tell them that its not good thing to do then because there too young eventually they all discover that its not the best thing to do when there young. There are big responabilities that come with having sex. Some girls could beome pregnant or there's STD's wich can get you very ill.
I think they tell the kids that when they are young so that the kids wont go out and do it. There are alot of risks if having sex, like getting a disease or getting pregnant. And many adults dont want the kids to make a bad desicion so they tell them it is bad. Then they get older and find out that it is not exactly what their parents told them. Most kids or teens have sex because their peers are. So they want to fit in so they do it and alot might not even like it but they do it anyway. I believe in what God wanted. Not to have sex before you are truely in love and only if you want to make more humans.
Boys and girls should be kept separate because they would feel more comfortable asking questions without feeling embarassed. I feel parents should already have introduced sex ed to their children so they would have the control on how kids are exposed to the topic. Parents should continue this education in their home throughout the childrens' teenage years. Children should not trust sex ed from their peers, eventhough this is how most children learn about it nowadays.
i agreee totally and completly with you that was the real reason for God to make sex was the purpose of repruduction !!!!
The world is trying to make sex look like a bad thing when you're in middle school and high school, and then the world goes back on what they said and says that sex is only for pleasure. Both are wrong: God made sex to help us make more humans and a bond between husband and wife.
I think it is important that kids learn about both sexes, and I see no reason to seperate them. If they don't find out this way, thinhgs could be much worse.