Sex Education

my school taught us sex ed when i was in fourth grade, but it was only about names and periods and such, and then in eighth grade we learned about STDs and such. and i think this year (tenth grade) our new health teacher might have a two week or so sex ed......but im not sure.

cuz one of the kids in my health class randomly yelled vagina, and the teacher was all like "We wont be learning about that yet" and then the class got all silenced.

but i wish our school talked more about homosexualality and such because the gays and bi's in my school get treated so horridly.

I got taught sex ed in years 5 and 6, we had to watch the video 'Where Did I Come From?' Absolutely hilarious. :tehe:

This year I had a bit of sex ed in personal development this year, but both times they weren't telling me anything I didn't know.

I learned more from my friends then I did from the classroom.

I was taught it in 5th grade and 6th, But that was pretty much it.

My school teaches nothing about sex at all.

I hate sex ed. I can't help it. Just...it reminds me of certain experiences and it's hard to control myself and not get hysterical. >>

My lord, our school covered the whole nine yards in 8th grade. All the 8th graders had to take about a week out of their schedule at one certain time of the day and take the class. I hated it. The girls were taken to a room and taught about everything and even had to watch a woman give birth. It was disgusting. I had to refrain from barfing two days straight. The other three weren't as bad.

I think one of the reasons sex ed. is so epically bad is because the teachers are embarrassed too. If they weren't bothered it wouldn't be nearly as horrible. xD

We do puberty/sex ed for a few weeks if it's our PSE topic, and then we cover 'growing up' in science.

claire13138:

I think it's just awkward if you get taught sex ed by a teacher of the opposite gender, especially if it's a single sex class. That would just be way too awkward. Thankfully, I got lucky and had an amazing young teacher who did a really good job on covering the unit. She realized that a very large chunk of the class was going to be sexually active anyways, so although she promoted abstinence, she also taught us how to be safe, and what could happen if we weren't.

I got really lucky as well with my class.

Considering that my health teacher is also the school's varsity football coach, it was certainly a good choice for him to bring in an expert guest speaker to cover our unit. It's a unisex class so I was definitely happy when it's a female teaching us so it was a lot less awkward to learn.

And yeah, the speaker also did a great job covering the unit and was able to answer every type of questions we have. We have a Planned Parenthood in our area, anyway, so I guess it was really out of necessity for the students to be very well informed in the subject.

sex ed at school is terrible. all we ever learn about is what can go wrong. as somebody with a keen interest in human sexuality, i want to know why we don't cover that more, rather than just the basic biology and all the don'ts.

I think that a background of the basics is a good thing to have, but not in school. In the fifth grade we had to go through a day of sex ed instead of having a class, and our everyday teachers taught it to us. It was awkward and just awful.

Sex ed is actually pretty good at my school.

Although I hate when it gets repetitive. I mean there's only so much they can say!

And I hate it when they say "you should always use a condom."

Obviosly if you don't know what their sex history is or you dont want to get pregnant then yes! You should.

But if I was at a time in my life where having a baby is a good idea and I know they have no STDS, I won't be using a condom. Unless of course I already have about 12 kids by then!

I really only had Sex Ed. in year nine. Eighth grade was supposed to be the basics, but I already knew what they were talking about and she didn't really tell us anything about STD's and contraceptives. She told us the board forbid her from talking about contraceptives in year eight because, "it might encourage the students to pursue sexual activity" and was only allowed to preach abstinence.

That was an awkward moment considering the girl I sat next to was almost six months pregnant at the time.

I learned all the stuff, that I admittedly already knew, the next year though.

We had a 'growing up' module back in Year 6 when we were all 11. It was an introduction to puberty and what will happen when you start your period. It made me feel like a freak, because by the time we had learnt that - I had already had my period for two years.
At the end of Year 10 we did a little more, except we ran out of time come the end of term and never got to finish it. We had two lessons on the whole 'love' side of it, but us sexually frustrated lot wanted the juicy stuff.
We had a great teacher, though. He was hilarious and let us use any terminology we wished to help us understand, as long as it wasn't the c-u-next-tuesday word, which is good, because I hate that one anyway.

Admittedly, yes, I knew it all anyway. Hence why the comment on my end of year report was, "Kirsty has a clear understanding of all the topics covered." I had to show my parents and all.

MyNameIsBob:

And I hate it when they say "you should always use a condom."

Obviosly if you don't know what their sex history is or you dont want to get pregnant then yes! You should.

But if I was at a time in my life where having a baby is a good idea and I know they have no STDS, I won't be using a condom. Unless of course I already have about 12 kids by then!

The reason why they always say "use a condom" is because they're teaching kids who are 12, 13, 14 years old. I would bet the vast majority of kids at that age aren't thinking about having babies and settling down. It's only realistic to repetitively tell students to use condoms. STDs are phenomenally rife, especially in people under 25 these days. I would say the "always use a condom" spiel should be mandatory in schools.

"Sex Ed" at my school isn't really about sex - the furthest they've ever gotten to talking about sex was explaining that "the only way to avoid pregnancy is to not have sex at all!"

Pretty much all that they teach us is puberty in the fourth grade. They separated the girls and taught us about periods and how to use a tampon.... Then one of my guy friends told me that all the guys were taught in their class was that they needed to make sure that they shouldn't have sex and that if they got erections (which, at that point, some of the kids weren't even sure what an erection was) they shouldn't be worried, but they should just ignore it until it's over :\

Other than that, the year eleven kids have to watch a woman giving birth in a co-ed Parenting class. It's pretty basic and not helpful at all.

Sex ed at my school consists of STD's and abstinence.
Yeah, it's such a useful class.
They pretty much taught us what we already knew.

Our school teaches us about STD's, contraception, homosexuality, abstinence and a couple other ideas in the compulsuary grade 9 physical education class.

Funny moment though, we had a lot of immature people in our class last year. Our teacher got fed up with the snickers all the time, and got us to chant (whilst pumping our fists in the air) terms like 'penis' and 'erection'. Awkward? Very.

We watched a Lifetime movie about underage sex, and then learned about STDs in eighth grade.

No putting condoms on bananas.