Comments on: Sex ed advocates score state standards http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/03/13/sex-ed-advocates-score-state-standards/ Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Nextset http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/03/13/sex-ed-advocates-score-state-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-16188 Nextset Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:14:24 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/03/13/sex-ed-advocates-score-state-standards/#comment-16188 Venereal Disease is a huge threat to adolescents in CA – especially to the blacks who have VD rates at more than double that of whites. OUSD’s population is likely to become infected during the years they are at OUSD. We don’t even have to get to the pregnancy problem. And in case people think it’s a case of chosing behavior we have an issue with forcible or unwanted sex.

Going to OUSD is a bit like living in South Africa – you have to work with the infection percentages and plan behavior accordingly. If the OUSD kids are to survive they must be trained in facts and skills to stay in the uninfected group. It’s inmportant for the schools to have a serious Sex Ed/Disease prevention program to match the mortality rates we are experiencing.

]]> By: cranky teacher http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/03/13/sex-ed-advocates-score-state-standards/comment-page-1/#comment-16187 cranky teacher Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:37:10 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2008/03/13/sex-ed-advocates-score-state-standards/#comment-16187 The emphasis on standards in K-12 has eroded the time and energy spent on social development, community building, conflict resolution skills, health and sex ed (as well as trade skills and the arts) etc. Anything to counteract this drift would be good, in my opinion.

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