Could you elaborate?
Posted on 10/23/2005 9:15:42 PM PDT by lexfreedom
Parents press for consent before school sex surveys By Brian Kladko, Globe Correspondent | October 23, 2005
Some Massachusetts parents, outraged that schools quiz their children about sexual behavior, are pushing the state to require parental permission before posing questions like these:
''During the past three months, with how many people did you have sexual intercourse?"
''Have you ever given or received oral sex?"
''Which of the following best describes you: heterosexual, bisexual, gay or lesbian, not sure, or none of the above?"
Such questions -- posed in confidential, anonymous surveys conducted by state or local school districts -- are meant to help public health specialists and educators learn more about student behavior and uncover dangerous trends, including the belief among youths that oral sex doesn't count as sex.
To some parents, however, the surveys represent another example of schools reaching too far beyond the basics, delving into intensely personal issues that are best left to families, not just sex, but suicide and depression.
Last spring, a Saugus father complained about a booklet in AIDS given to his 7-year-old, and a Lexington father objected to a book given to his kindergartener depicting same-sex couples raising children.
Parents also accuse school officials of leaving them out of the loop about their children's education, whether out of neglect or arrogance.
In Newton, Reading, and Shrewsbury, complaints about surveys led school officials to remove certain questions.
Shrewsbury officials, prompted by a father's complaint last spring, reduced the number of questions about sex in its annual survey of sixth-graders. The school system is also giving parents a more detailed explanation of the survey and a form to fill out if they don't want their child to participate. Previously, parents had to call the school administration.
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Could you elaborate?
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sorry, 23 is for you also.
LOL
Have you checked my profile page?
Your intensity is exceeded only by your lack of a sense of humor.
your family album is not much interest here.
Man- that ol' boy there in the pic is having a rough day! LOL.
When I was in high school -- many ages ago -- we all had to take President Kennedy's physical fitness test. The rumor was that boys who scored high would be drafted into the Marines. The boys' scores at our school were just pitiful. A year or so later there was a retest. By this time the rumor had faded, and we ended up winning an award for being one of the most improved school in the country! I think of this when I hear about these sex surveys. I can't imagine that kids are answering truthfully.
These people would complain about the intemperate climate in Hell.
And the school was probably proud of it, too. Man, some people will believe anything.
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