School daze...
So it seems there's a school in Massachusetts giving children health survey questionnaires which ask 11 and 12 year olds about "oral sex." School Committee President Deborah Peeples defends the questions by stating:
"...the survey at all levels helps faculty reform curriculum to address issues with students."
I guess their reforms will be sure to include a history lesson on the Bill Clinton legacy.
Feebles goes on to point out that the survey also includes questions about "tanning beds and eating habits." Well, that's a relief. How many times have we all told our kids -- "No eating in your tanning bed!"? Of course, I jest. Unless of course your child is Haley Joel Osment.
Does anyone know where I can get one a' those Home Schooling Starter Kits?
"...the survey at all levels helps faculty reform curriculum to address issues with students."
I guess their reforms will be sure to include a history lesson on the Bill Clinton legacy.
Feebles goes on to point out that the survey also includes questions about "tanning beds and eating habits." Well, that's a relief. How many times have we all told our kids -- "No eating in your tanning bed!"? Of course, I jest. Unless of course your child is Haley Joel Osment.
Does anyone know where I can get one a' those Home Schooling Starter Kits?
posted by Wonderdog | 10:48 AM | Permalink
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Update: They meant "Oral Roberts". They ran into Church and State Problems with that so they had to change it to oral sex, which is ok to talk about in school.
They thought about changing it to "Oral Hersheiser" but decided it might make it look as though they supported "three strikes and you're out" legislation.
Wonderdog, you need to stay informed (often made difficult by the system) and OPT OUT your kids from surveys such as these. Better yet, find other concerned parents and get the whole survey stopped. They've tried that kind of stuff in this area but, thank God, we've got just enough conservatives to block it.
Maryland planned to use this spring a video, narrated by a young woman, that involved a cucumber and a condom in what conservative parents called "soft porn." (I didn't see it.) When parents joined together (helped by local conservative talk radio), the school board not only canned the entire program, but fired the advisory board.
Here in the Old Dominion, we've got a fight coming over the school board's definition of abstinence. They seem to think it means: everything but intercourse, until you're "ready" for sex. Yeesh.
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