On 11/1/2020 1:28 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Nov 2020 14:20:36 -0000, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
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>> "Bruce" wrote in message ...
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>> On Fri, 30 Oct 2020 14:14:17 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
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>>> On 2020-10-30 1:00 p.m., U.S. Janet B. wrote:
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>>>> I don't see how the current U.S. population benefited from classes
>>>> that included sex. ed. , drugs, dating, etc., It seems to me that
>>>> young people were capable of finding out about stuff like that all by
>>>> themselves.
>>>
>>> Sex ed is probably a good idea for kids raised in families where stuff
>>> like that is never discussed. OTOH, it should only be taught by people
>>> who are capable of being honest about. My friend went to Catholic
>>> schools and was disgusted by the priest who taught sex ed and told his
>>> class that a girl can get pregnant by holding onto a boy's penis for 10
>>> seconds.
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>> Are you saying that's not true?
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>> That word was never used by our Nuns!
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> Nor by mine
>

In my 12 years there was no sex education taught at all. High school
(all boys) was a mix of religious and lay teachers. One day our English
teacher closed the classroom doors. He said this was a special class to
teach us some things not normally taught but we should know. It was
the one day every kid in class really paid attention, especially when he
gave a vivid description of the pains of some VD.