"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 2020-10-30 1:00 p.m., U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>
>> I don't see how the current U.S. population benefited from classes
>> that included sex. ed. , drugs, dating, etc., It seems to me that
>> young people were capable of finding out about stuff like that all by
>> themselves.
>
> Sex ed is probably a good idea for kids raised in families where stuff
> like that is never discussed. OTOH, it should only be taught by people
> who are capable of being honest about. My friend went to Catholic schools
> and was disgusted by the priest who taught sex ed and told his class that
> a girl can get pregnant by holding onto a boy's penis for 10 seconds.

Our teacher couldn't do it. She cried and ran out of the class. We had to
have the boy's teacher (a male) teach the class. It was all so clinical
though, that it was really rather meaningless.