Posted on 03/13/2009 10:42:43 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
Students at a Chelsea middle school were alarmed by an embarrassing surprise when they mistakenly received condoms at a school health fair.
Students at Clinton Middle School said they where shocked when several classmates found condoms Thursday in their goodie bags given out at a school health fair.
"I heard like yelling in the halls, like saying that they got condoms in their goodie bags. It was like very weird for me I didn't understand," said seventh grade student Chloe Malave.
The Ryan Community Health Center gave out the bags as part of an HIV/AIDS awareness program and apologized for the mistake in a statement to CBS 2 HD: "This was an unfortunate error, and we are taking steps with our staff to ensure it does not happen again."
The condoms apparently came complete with a guide explaining how to use them, according to students.
"I saw some people that got condoms and they also gave little booklets on how to put them on which I thought was really weird," said seventh grader Lena Abraham.
A spokesman for the Ryan Center said it prepared about 250 goodie bags with key chains and pamphlets, and somehow, condoms were mistakenly included in about 25 of those bags.
The Department of Education told CBS 2 HD that the error violates their policy. The principal said she will investigate, and in the future review all material the Ryan Center wants to distribute to the students in the school.
April Thiam and all the other Clinton parents received an e-mail from the school as soon as the condoms were discovered. Thiam read a portion of the letter to CBS 2 HD: "This was done without our knowledge or approval. We are sorry for this unfortunate incident."
The e-mail led to an awkward conversation with her 13-year-old son.
"I said, 'Did you receive a condom?' And he said 'No, I got a lollipop,' so it was like oh, OK," adding she understood it was a mistake, but was not happy she was forced to ask her son about condoms at such a young age.
"We haven't actually had any conversations about the use of condoms because in our house I teach abstinence," she said.
Every year, the Ryan Center puts on about 20 health fairs for middle and high school students throughout the city, and to their knowledge this is the first time this has ever happened.
Public school teachers- gotta love ‘em!
“Condoms”. “Clinton Middle School”. It’s just too easy. Funny, but no cigar.
Does this mean next weeks practice exercise with the bananas is canceled???
Riiiiight.
I remember when this happened to the Beaver and Wally had to tell him what it was. Gee, childhood...great times.
Lets not overreact,,the ***Middle School HIV/AIDS awareness*** class didnt mean to give out condoms!
They were supposed to get the sodomy coloring books!
Is this a joke? “Chelsea” and “Clinton” are mentioned in this story. Is there really a town city called Chelsea and a town called Clinton?
"Students at a Chelsea middle school were alarmed by an embarrassing surprise when they mistakenly received condoms at a school health fair."
"Students at Clinton Middle School said they where shocked when several classmates found condoms Thursday in their goodie bags given out at a school health fair."
That's funny I missed that when I read it.
Uh yeah great episode. Do you remember the episode where Miss Landers got Beaver stoned and had sex with him in her car after school? /sarc
At thirteen, the kid has known about condoms for probably three years, or more.
Teaching abstinence - Good. What's her "Plan B"?
What is to teach? Every boy is a sponge for information on his self interest and especially sex. Every boy hears that you put on a rubber and voila! everything is cool, you can buy them at all of the places that the other boys tell you, such as filling stations and the 7/11, there is nothing to teach. Abstinence on the other hand is a life plan, a philosophy, it has to be planted, taught and inspired. No parent needs to "teach" their boys about rubbers that have been common knowledge for centuries.
It's all in the eyes.
That is absolutly hilarious.
Good job.
heck beave ya little goof!! or ward don’t you think you were a little hard on the beaver last night? (sorry, there might be some younger freepers out tonight who have not heard that one!)
That Ward one always cracks me up.
What color crayons do you use with those?.....
Chelsea is a neighborhood on the West Side of Manhattan—so is “Clinton”, named for DeWitt Clinton, not the Arkansas Horndog. Clinton is the name they gave to the infamous old “Hell’s Kitchen” neighborhood—to gentrify it.
It is a funny coincidence though.
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