John Young, from Waco Tribune, "break(s) the silence" on the lack of sex education in today's public schools. Young points out that sex ed programs in school are teaching either false facts about sex or just teaching the alternative; abstinence. I think he made a really good point about sex ed in health classes. Kids are ignorant about a lot the facts and knowing that most of them will not follow the abstinence code, they need to be informed about STDs, AIDs et cetera. Young gives a great example comparing sex education to multiplication saying everyone would be shocked if kids today didn't know how to multiply, but its okay for kids not to know about sperm, menstruation and ovum. Personally, when I was in health or biology classes, we had about a week of sex education, with the teachers being very conservative and not actually giving all the gory details that need to be given. I believe this editorial needs to be read by parents and other adults around, because it could be their kids or relatives that are the naive ones and I think that kids should know the facts and from then on be able to make a personal choice what to do with their bodies.
Here is the full copy of Young's article Break the Silence on Sex Education
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