i think Sex Ed should be taught in schools because now, due to the fact that 2 in every 3 kids in my school arent virgins anymore. just about all of my friends arent virgins anymore. they said that if they would have had a sex ed class, they prolly wouldnt have done what they did. i wish my high school provided us with a sex ed class. i think that everybody has the right to know about sex if they want to know, no matter what their parents or anyone else thinks.

I dont think sex ed is the solution at all. I do agree with childen learning about sex ed, but I remember sex ed and it was not a big help. I remember the teacher teaching about the male average lenght of his junk and the number of times the female can have orgasms. And that is information that just doesnt need to be taught. I dont really remember that much on the whole aids hiv issue due to the other information. But I still feel the best deterant is family awareness, talking to children and hearing your parents talk about issues affecting teens has always been in the top two reasons why children choose not to act out and due things like drugs, drink, or have premarital sex. Now if your parents could take the class with their children then maybe they would learn more or if the parents were aware of what there children were learning then maybe, they could help battle the aids hiv epidemic.

I think that sex ed should be taught at every high school and middle school. Students face issues with sex every day and don't always know the facts about it. I always hear people talking about sex and the issues of STD's but many times their information isn't correct and that misinformation could be dangerous in the long run.

Sex-ed is incredibly important to students of middle school and high school. In my school, there is a brief Sex-ed program in 5th grade, and then in 7th grade, in science, we learned all about the technicalities of it. I also believe it is just as crucial to be educated about drinking, drugs, and HIV/AIDS. In 7th grade we learned all about the dangers of drugs, and the damage that drinking can do.

Always,
Sydney

Sex ed should definitely be taught earlier. I was reading this article somewhere, and this school counselor was talking about how she was planning to offer a sex-ed course for seventh-graders. But then she decided to offer it to fifth-grade because too many seventh graders were already having sex. Sex can be a positive experience, but it can be so negative if you do not know what your doing. It's amazing how much kids really don't know. There are so many myths about sex these days, it's ridiculous. I mean, no wonder kids are so confused! There is much to learn about sex, and children should be taught about before they end up pregnant, dead, with an STD, or hurt.

I think that aids is nothing to play around with. Use protection if your'e having sex. And not always is condoms 100 percent. If you are sexually active i think you should go have yourself checked out. I think that many people don't realize that they are hiv positive due to the fact that they don't go get there selves checked out and I think that is because they don't know where to go. Especially young teens who have parents that would killl them if they were sexually active. I don't even know where a clinic is that will give me a test free and i live in white Plains New York and I wouldn't want a place in which my parents had to go with me. Even though I am a virgin i thin that some people should post up some places that they know that will provide you with confidential tests. I will do my best to find out for the people who need it even thought I really don't need it. Okay thankyou for reading this.
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Redchick4life

I belive having sex-ed is great but they need to tell the kids more about the bad things that happen out there when you do have sex, not about just using a condom, or something.

how bout just abstinence until you're married? whatever happened to that?

add in sex-ed that condoms are only 98%effective
and that out of 100 of them(less than 4 classes of students),2 of them would run the risk of pregnancy or contracting an STD,AIDS included.

A lot more girls are having sex. Most of them aren't taught about protection so yes I do believe that earlier sex education is better. It's greatly needed. It was said in my schools last newspaper that over 75% of my schools student body has some form of an STD. So I'm glad that my boyfriend doesn't go here. Because I know that I don't have any at all. I think that it's a good thing to get tested sooner as well.

yah, also most teens never take statistics seriously. I think it would be way more effective to have someone with AIDS to come in and give a talk. The more real it is maybe the more real the scare will be taken

It is so sad that no matter what teenagers learn about desieases in sex education, they still go out and have sex, adn unfortunately catch those dieasies, like AIDS!!! I think that kids in elementary school, like 4th grade, when they have their first sex education class, should also be taught about STD's, like AIDS!!! The earlier they will know about it, the more time they will have to realize that AIDS is very deadly and realize not to have sex as teens!

i definetally agree that sex ed at a younger age is a good idea. younger kids are first of all more likely to listen to and respect their teachers and when morals or information is instilled in someones mind at a younger age it is more likely to stick if it is enforced. plus they may even be more scared of getting these diseases than older people are so there are some good reasons to give to school teachers and parents alike why it IS a good reason to start them younger.

I think society needs to realize that even kids at the age of 8 know about sex. However, what they know might not be the whole truth or truth at all. Sex ed. at a younger age might be a solution because then kids would know the real facts about STDs, how to prevent them, etc.

I cannot believe that some adults think these young children are oblivious to sex. If they haven't seen it on tv or in a movie then they have probably heard their older brothers and sisters talking about it. My 6 year old cousin has some knowledge of sex, but not any about AIDS or other STD's. We teach the children of America about cancer, germs, bacteria, but they have no knowledge of what could happen to them if they have sex. If you tell people over the age of 11 the side affects of sex they will probably just ignore most of what you're saying, but when you reach the age where children first start their sex ed in 4th or 5th grade, then they are probably more likely to wait until they are ready and when they do have sex they will be safe.

I agree with you guys sex ed neads to be taught at a younger age starting with the basics and then telling them about all the diseases such as HIV that you can get. In the 21st century telling girls abstinence is the way to go probably isn't going to work. Girls are having sex at a younger age now and i think that's partially the reason why the HIV stats are higher. The expectation of sex in a relationship is bigger now than ever before and i think because of this we should not be educating girls and guys that abstinence is the way to go (although it is the only garunteed way not to contract an STD) but instead show them safer ways to have sex and tell them to wait until they're ready ways to not get pressured in etc etc teachers need to get in touch with reality it's not 1950 anymore with people who wait till they're married to have sex (although some still do) kids are having sex at a young age some before high school so educate them likewise

God Bless

Sarah

i couldnt agree with you more!! i most deffiently think a good way to help prevent girls from getting HIV/AIDS is to start teaching every aspect of it at an earlier age. i remeber starting sex education when i was in 4th grade. and we didnt even learn about deseases. and i know some parents dont think sex should be taught early in school, but they need to wake up and realize we are in the 21st century.. by not educating young children about HIV/AIDS they are putting them at a higher risk of getting it. if a younger child has the idea of what a horrible thing it is to have, maybe when they are older they will make better choices, and do all that he/she can to prevent themselves from getting it.. and think of it this way.. if every young child in the world learns about it at a young age, when the age comes that they are expierimenting with new things, they will already know what the outcome could be of having sex, or taking injection drugs, and maybe that will make them not want to do it!! teachers act like talking about sex, and AIDS, and other sta's is a bad thing in school... and say it is not appropriate.. well by talking and informing the students, they could very possibly be saving someone's life. as i have said before i think their is a time and place for everything, and in my opinon, school is a great place to inform people about this!!

Yes more teenage girls are getting aids then ever before, but we have to remember that less then 100 years ago aids barely existed in the US it makes sense that more people would have it today then ever before. But 117%?!?!?! that seems like a lot to me. Better sex ed. is an option and the sex ed in many schools needs to impprove and reach younger children. But no matter what these people say some of these teenagers are going to have sex anyways for whatever reason whether it is showing off to friends, pressure from boyfriends, or the constant sex scenes on tv and in movies. Whatever the outcome the teachers (of sex ed) need to give more then facts. They can teach these children to believe in themselves, and do stuff when they are ready. Teaching them about safe sex is not going to make these kids go have sex, it might instead save a few lives from the AIDS virus. our society needs to get away from the whole can't talk about sex in school, because if children learn more in school, or at home they may not jump at the fact to do whatever they see in movies. I think that schools need to wise up, and girls need to believe int hemselves a little more, because we are worth more then some sex with some guy, and we need to realize that are futures matter more then some guy(s) we think are the world now. So shoot for your dreams and think before you make any move you may be uncomfortable doing.