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DA's sex ed warning befuddles Wis. teachers, kids
hosted ^ | Apr 9 | TODD RICHMOND

Posted on 04/09/2010 8:57:05 AM PDT by JoeProBono

MAUSTON, Wis. (AP) -- Mike Taake has taught sex education for 30 years, and he says he knows what doesn't work: just telling kids to wait.

The Mauston High School health teacher has used abstinence-only and comprehensive curriculums, and he said students need all the information they can get about sex to make the best choices. But teaching them about contraceptives could land him and other teachers in court...

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TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: abstinence; antiabstinence; condomsinschools; contraceptives; education; indoctrination; jpb; moralabsolutes; sexed; sexpositiveagenda; wisconsin
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To: worst-case scenario

Your son sounds like a very wise young man. You have done well!


21 posted on 04/09/2010 9:59:40 AM PDT by christianhomeschoolmommaof3 (Proverbs 18:2 A fool has no delight in understanding but in expressing his own heart.)
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To: christianhomeschoolmommaof3

22 posted on 04/09/2010 10:00:23 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

Training your body is one part of self control, however, you also have to learn control of your emotions. My brother in law holds several karate titles and he has no self control.


23 posted on 04/09/2010 10:03:38 AM PDT by christianhomeschoolmommaof3 (Proverbs 18:2 A fool has no delight in understanding but in expressing his own heart.)
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To: dan1123

It’s more than an assumption because they cannot tell them it’s wrong to have sex - even though it is illegal for them to engage in sex.

It would be like a teacher leading a class about smoking, and discussing smoking techniques, even though none of the kids can legally smoke. Without being able to tell them it’s illegal for them to smoke.

And it is a sad day that education experts think smoking is a far worse thing for a kid to do, based on all the punitive taxes, and discouragement tossed at teens, than having casual sex is.


24 posted on 04/09/2010 10:04:06 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: worst-case scenario

I homeschool, and have taught my own children a “Comprehensive Course”. Granted, these are my own children so that makes it different. I also know that the information they have is combined with numerous discussion through the course of life about all aspects of life - including sexuality, consequences, beliefs (morals), etc... But, the teaching about contraception and diseases, etc... doesn’t interfere with my teaching to them the basic moral fundamentals.

They are also far too aware of the hardships that face young couples who find themselves pregnant before they are married and ready financially — my husband and I started out that way, and they see how hard it is to get out from behind that 8-ball, so to speak...

Anyway, I guess what I’m saying is that with my own four daughters they are very informed, and very consistent in their beliefs despite knowing “all” the info. They are all Pro-Life, and “Pro-Waiting”. What should be allowed, IMHO, is the teaching of both because it IS true that some parents neglect teaching this crucial information - period.

Again, this is all JMHO. I have also seen some of the “info” that passes for educational material in some places courtesy of groups like GLSEN, and those teachers might be more the type that should be facing a DA vs. the average teacher, esp. in WI...


25 posted on 04/09/2010 10:53:03 AM PDT by LibertyRocks (http://libertyrocks.wordpress.com ~ Anti-Obama Gear: http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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To: christianhomeschoolmommaof3

I took some classes when I was in Jr. High (different kind of martial art though). Anyway, the great majority of those I knew involved had tremendous self-control. In my admittedly limited experience I would think (hope) that your BIL is an exception... But then he was at a whole different “level” in competition vs. knowing it and just using it “when needed”.


26 posted on 04/09/2010 11:03:31 AM PDT by LibertyRocks (http://libertyrocks.wordpress.com ~ Anti-Obama Gear: http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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To: christianhomeschoolmommaof3
Very good point. The problem is that so many parents don’t ever teach their children self control. They give in to every whine, tantrum, and demand.

I recently witnessed this phenomenon in a store. People were waiting in line at a counter to have their special orders assembled, each of which took a few minutes. A young woman with two small children had been letting them run wild in the store, making the piercing shrieks that only children can make, for the past half hour. When she got in line at the counter with the kids, the other customers in line were gritting their teeth at the shrieking at close range.

Finally the counterperson said to her, "Ma'am, is there anything you can do to help your children calm down a bit?"

The woman gave one of those side-to-side head moves and said indignantly, "EXCUUUSE ME?"

The counterperson repeated the polite request.

"NO, I CAN'T! (Hmmph! Hmmph!)"

"Okay," the counterperson replied.

A few minutes later, the older of the two children started telling her baby brother to "calm down." Even children know that limits can be challenging, and they can achieve things if they are expected to.

27 posted on 04/09/2010 12:43:00 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Liberals love the poor so much they came up w/ a plan to create millions more of them. - Ann Coulter)
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To: JoeProBono

Finally, a DA with some sense!


28 posted on 04/09/2010 12:49:15 PM PDT by Ol' Sparky (Liberal Republicans are the greater of two evils)
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To: christianhomeschoolmommaof3

Thank you; that is very kind. He is very confident and comfortable in his beliefs; that is the greatest satisfaction. Peer pressure doesn’t seem to affect him.


29 posted on 04/09/2010 1:22:40 PM PDT by worst-case scenario (Striving to reach the light)
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To: LibertyRocks

My BIL was a punk with serious martial arts skills. He took to it naturally. He had a horrible temper and no impulse control. He is a Christian now and doing better but he still has a hard time with self control.


30 posted on 04/09/2010 3:03:33 PM PDT by christianhomeschoolmommaof3 (Proverbs 18:2 A fool has no delight in understanding but in expressing his own heart.)
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To: Albion Wilde

Not a pleasant experience. My favorite is in the grocery store with the screaming child strapped to the cart with the seemingly oblivious parent shopping for produce.


31 posted on 04/09/2010 3:05:49 PM PDT by christianhomeschoolmommaof3 (Proverbs 18:2 A fool has no delight in understanding but in expressing his own heart.)
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