Posted on 08/07/2014 2:50:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Too much information. That's what parents are saying about the "birds and bees" lessons in a new health textbook for high school freshmen.
Parents say the book mentions vibrators and bondage and is inappropriate for 13- and 14-year-olds. More than a hundred parents showed up at the district offices to check the book for themselves.
The book at the center of the controversy is “Your Health Today.” In less than three weeks 2, 400 ninth graders will be using the text book in their health classes. But already more than 1,200 people have signed a petition to pull the book, claiming it exposes students to sexual games – even sexual fantasies and bondage with handcuffs, ropes and blindfolds.
“The movie industry has long ago figured out that there is a big difference between appropriate content for 13-year-olds and 18-year-olds,” one parent wrote. “The FUSD school board action essentially amounts to choosing a NC-17 or R-rated movie instead of a PG-13 movie to show to our 9th graders."
Others commented the content might mislead high school students.
Becky Bruno, the mother of a 13-year-old about to enter night grade, came into the district office Wednesday to check the book out herself.
“The information in there is factual,” Bruno said. “There’s nothing in there that’s going to make him go exploring more than they have access to on their smartphones or Internet. Nothing made me feel that it was inappropriate.
Health teachers from all six high schools in the district recommended the text book to replace an earlier one which is 10 years old. The board approved the new book in June.
“The teacher’s really said ‘what’s the best up-to-date material,’ and this was their recommendation – and I supported that recommendation,” said district superintendent Jim Morris. “Books have been ordered and school begins on Aug. 27.”
If parents are still upset about the book, they can have their children opt out of health class.
I believe they would be better of if they simply opted their kids out of public schools.
Hell, I'm 65, and it's inappropriate for me!
The book I had in health class (late 50s or early 60s) didn’t go much further than admonishing us to wash our hands with soap and warm water after going to the bathroom.
Will there be a , bring your Favorite Hooker Day ?
They were just testing the waters to see if it was okay to put in sections about sodomy, pedophelia, or bestiality yet. Looks like it migh be amother year....
So, what you are saying is that this book is really just a bunch of consumer advertising.
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As horrible as this is, just be thankful that they didn’t mention God, religion or morals in the book. That would have turned them into little deviants.
Sex positive advocates are decidedly anti-abstinence.
If conservatives were as militant as these liberal perverts, we would not have these types of problems in the schools.
Another Reason to Homeschool
ARTH
If parents are still upset about the book, they can have their children opt out of health class home school their children or enroll them in a quality, Conservative Christian school.
Yes, those are expensive option, but these is your kids we're talking about.
Nothing made me feel that it was inappropriate.
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That quote from the mother of a 13-year-old who is entering 9th grade just sums up for me the disgusting level that our culture has sunken to. I am willing to be that there is no father in the home.
Very interesting, as well, that she is the only parent quoted here, whereas there were apparently many parents who did not think the material was appropriate.
So, what you are saying is that this book is really just a bunch of consumer advertising.
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It is worse than that; it is a recruitment tool for the perverts.
Well, I guess the child is about to enter 9th grade. The article actually says, “about to enter night grade”. Today’s modern and brilliant “journalists”....
Then start firing.
What needs to be pulled out are the morons who approved the book.
Some of my favorite times teaching history was tearing apart lies in the textbooks.
Get your children out of the government schools - NOW!
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