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Post by Virgil Showlion on Nov 26, 2012 12:24:58 GMT -5
I may not be as ahead of the curve as some. According to Optimist, her grade 5 and grade 7 sex ed courses taught her about vaginal lubricants, techniques to promote fertility, and a detailed analysis of the ovulation cycle. I'm a bit surprised she didn't graduate high school with a degree in gynecology.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2012 12:48:33 GMT -5
We had a health class for one semester of grade 7. Boys and Girls were segregated and it covered the whole range from puberty for both girls and boys and the various changes our bodies were going through, pregnancy (including how to cause pregnancy) and fetal development and the various paraphenelia that goes with sexuality including tampons, pads, condoms, and female birthcontrol.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2012 12:51:21 GMT -5
It's funny, now that I am thinking about it, I don't recall either abstinence or birth control being promoted. I came away with the impression that I needed to know about the period stuff then and the sex stuff for some undetermined future time.
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Post by thyme4change on Nov 26, 2012 13:22:45 GMT -5
I remember the film about STDs and they showed how Bobby gave it to Suzy, and Suzy gave it to Jimmy, and Jimmy gave it to Carol, and Carol gave it to Ronny, and Ronny gave it to Alice and Alice gave it back to Bobby - and I thought "Wow, not only do these people get around - but they sure have a tight knit little circle!"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2012 5:32:44 GMT -5
I didn't read the whole thread, but my kids' got sex education and puberty education in 5th grade.
I also am very open with my kids. I started discussing puberty with them around 8 years old (thank god because my DD started her period at 9). I have also discussed sex ed with them. We talked about BC and that if they are thinking about taking that step that they need to come to me so we can make sure they ae properly protected. We talk about everything. I want my kids to be educated and also to know that they can talk to me about anything. Some may think the way I do things is wrong. I don't care. So far it has served us well.
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Post by Apple on Dec 15, 2012 6:11:58 GMT -5
In fourth grade the girls were kept in the classroom and shown a video "starring" the girl who played Little Orphan Annie (all grown up). In it they talked about what a period was, how girls develop, what was normal, etc. For many of the girls, myself included, it was the first time they had been taught about any of this. The boys and girls were taught together in either 5th or 6th grade. In 8th grade we had to watch a film of real genitalia with real STDs. In high school we watched a video where Magic Johnson talked about AIDS and Sinbad dressed up like a condom. The only exposure we had to the "material" was on the video.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2012 8:58:53 GMT -5
Hey guys! I got a really nice the Superindent of the School. The school board was unaware they cut the sex ed programs. So, they are not going to institute a program for 5th and 6 th graders that is age appropriate and the gals will be taught to the female school nurse and boys are going to have a class with a male teacher. So, i am pleasantly surprised that the school actually listenend responded.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2012 14:14:24 GMT -5
Update: The Super called me yesterday and invited me to review some of the materials they were going to be instituting for the 5th and 6 th graders. She said the program fell through the cracks when they had done a series of realignments and we have just finished a major overhaul construction of the grade school. So, in Jan i am going to meet with her. I am very pleased to have been heard.
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Post by Apple on Dec 22, 2012 14:49:49 GMT -5
Update: The Super called me yesterday and invited me to review some of the materials they were going to be instituting for the 5th and 6 th graders. She said the program fell through the cracks when they had done a series of realignments and we have just finished a major overhaul construction of the grade school. So, in Jan i am going to meet with her. I am very pleased to have been heard. That's good that the school board took it seriously and wants to do it right!
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Post by mizbear on Dec 23, 2012 16:07:52 GMT -5
YAY!
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Post by cronewitch on Jan 22, 2013 1:09:25 GMT -5
My mother told me about periods ahead of time because her sister started at 9 and thought she was dying. Mom showed me where the supplies were and told me to tell her when it happened. I am sure she didn't teach much but just a heads up it was coming.
6th grade they had someone come talk to the girls from a female product company. They gave us free samples and a calendar to write down when we had periods. It was useful information, I don't know what the boys were doing but it would have been mortifying to think they knew what we learned. When mine started I told mom but made her promise not to tell dad.
That was the end of sex ed until the end of 11th grade in health class when they told us about STDs. I had never heard of them and I don't know if they told us about condoms, pretty sure they didn't talk about sex or birth control beyond STDs. I didn't have any clue about birth control, the pill had been invented but I wouldn't have known how to get one or that they came in multiple packs.
Since the school taught sex ed my mom assumed we knew all we needed to know. I figured out what a man did to me must be how people get pregnant.
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Post by grits on Feb 11, 2013 1:33:04 GMT -5
Most of our health teachers were coaches. The male coaches didn't tell you a thing, and would get embarrassed if someone asked a question. When I was a senior, you had to take a whole year of health ed. One of the coaches that taught it showed films that told everything. I didn't get him for that part. The coach I had totally avoided the subject. They still don't tell boys enough. They don't teach them how to do self-exams for cancer.
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Post by herekittykitty on Feb 22, 2013 13:04:21 GMT -5
OK, we did this in Jr. high. The funny and very bizarre part was that my best friend's mom was an OB-GYN, so she did the talk (bad enough, right?), but then proceeds to tell everyone at what age my friend was going to have her first exam! WAAAAYYY too much information! My friend was mortified.
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Post by 8 Bit WWBG on Jun 28, 2013 18:23:53 GMT -5
I remember getting something in 5th grade. I forget who did it, it might have actually been parental volunteers. They did something together, and then split us apart.
If you are going to volunteer to teach this, then be prepared for what is going to happen to you. The teacher said "you there ask a question, a really embarrassing one". The kid he pointed to (not me) said "whats a 69?". Everyone laughed.
The guy paused for a moment, and said: "very simple, its the number after 68 and before 70". Wuss. The appropriateness of explaining soixante-neuf to 5th graders aside, he set himself up for that.
I think we had something in 7th grade. The teacher was pretty cool and various things were discussed.
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