Cool as a cucumber sex-ed (Great Read on Homeschooling)

WorldNetDaily ^ | 3/12/05 | Callie Woodlief

[wagglebee]

I'm not certain.

[ladylib]

Here, call this lady and see if you can make an appointment to see if the video depicts anal or oral sex.

http://recallmontgomeryschoolboard.com/

[Pablo64]

"...paying for it somewhere else while not using what you've been paying for just isn't feasible."

My wife and I decided that our children are worth the price of driving old cars and living below our means for the few years they are in our home if that's what it takes to be able to homeschool them.

I'm not exactly happy about paying "double", but I will happily pay it for their sakes. Eventually they will be out on their own and then we can get a newer car or a bigger house, etc., if we want to (probably won't care about it then either, though).

[dufekin]

Color me confused, but aren't parents (especially the mother) supposed to provide day care for their progeny in their homes? Isn't that perfectly normal? Most of the children I knew as a child who went to any sort of day-care center absolutely loathed it.

[varon]

Won't the boys feel inadequate after seeing this and need psychological counseling ? ;^)

Perhaps to be PC they will reshoot the film and use a gherkin instead of a cuke ;-)

[Smartaleck]

"Here, call this lady and see if you can make an appointment to see if the video depicts anal or oral sex."

Why? Apparently there are those here who have already seen it or so they imply?

Somebody on WND who has seen it didn't report it "as a video on anal sex."

Perhaps there are different versions? One who for those who jump to conclusions and another for those who don't?

[muawiyah]

As you may have suspected, some people LIKE Mapplethorpe's pictures.

[Smartaleck]

"I'm not certain."

I wasn't either that's why I asked. Here http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43238 the writer who has seen it writes about the actress in the film saying and demonstrating the condom on the cucumber....
"Remember to use a condom for oral, anal and vaginal sex," the young actress says, noting that if the condom is accidentally put on inside out, it must be discarded for a new one."

Hardly a video showing anal sex?

[wagglebee]

However, it should also be noted that in the years since schools began promoting condom usage, STD rates among teenagers has risen dramatically. Certainly there are other cultural and scientific reasons for this; but at some point, a concession must be made that current sex education methods are not working.

[SpyGuy]

"Could it be that we as parents have grown so lazy in teaching our own children moral standards that we actually desire that the public schools do our job for us?"

BINGO!!! That is the main problem now in America and it WILL spell our demise as a culture and a nation.

Btw, now schools are referring to "Sex Ed" classes by different titles. I suspect they do this so that parents won't know to pull their students out of the classes, especially since they are now giving these classes to children at very young ages.

I was speaking with the 10-year-old daughter of a neighbor and asking her about her school curriculum. One of the classes she said she was taking was called "Life Skills." When I asked her what they were teaching her in the "Life Skills" class, she immediately became uncomfortable, as she sheepishly answered: "You know, that's where they teach us about sex and stuff."

[LauraleeBraswell]

My parents always kept the topic of sex open for discussion. And talking about sex with your kids shouldn't be awkward, there should not just ONE big talk about it and it's done.

[Graymatter]

You're dreaming if you think most parents can homeschool. They're mostly public school products themselves and unqualified to teach what they've absorbed so poorly.

And while some states may permit grandparents to homeschool, others require a teaching certificate from anyone except the parent. It doesn't matter how well-qualified and willing your neighbor is, he can't teach your child alongside his own unless he's government-approved. (We can't have anarchy, eh? /s)

[Graymatter]

Give me a child for the first seven years, and you may do what you like with him afterwards...

I thought that was Michael Jackson...

[Graymatter]

Here, call this lady and see if you can make an appointment to see if the video depicts anal or oral sex.

I agree! Smartaleck should do it! What say you, freepers?

[Androcles]

Groan....okay, that deserves 1st prize. Two nights sleepover at Neverland. (2cnd prize was a whole weeks sleepover at Neverland)...

[mrs tiggywinkle]

**I believe that parents should homeschool if it's feasible, preferably with the assistance of tutors.**

If tutors are needed then they're used. Great availability. :o)

The home education community offers much in the way of tutors, academic and enrichment opportunities, sports, choir, drama...

[nmh]

You're right! BUT parents don't want to admit it. They're too busy working. On weekends they want to believe that sparse time makes up for the neglect.

[Fred Nerks]

No, I don't think it was Lenin, it was the Jesuits who said, 'give me a child until he is seven and I will show you the man.' ( I think.)

[Fred Nerks]

don't miss this post by wagglebee...

[LibFreeOrDie]

Yes, it was St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuits who said that.