Crayons, snacks ... & HIV (Kindergartners will learn about virus come Monday)

NY Daily News ^ | March 17, 2006 | Kathleen Lucadamo

[Daytyn71]

Along with the ABC's, kindergartners will now learn about HIV. Beginning Monday, kindergartners in public schools will be told that HIV is a "germ" and "not easy to get."

The kids also will learn that HIV could lead to AIDS, which is hard to "get well" from, according to the city's new HIV/AIDS curriculum.

The changes are required by state law - but some parents and teachers fear kindergartners are too young to talk about the deadly disease.

"I don't think it is appropriate. It's scary for kids in kindergarten," said a Manhattan mom whose daughter attends kindergarten at Public School 166 on the upper West Side.

"How do you talk about AIDS without talking about sex and drugs?" she asked.

Elementary school teachers in all grades have been instructed to teach beginning next week from the updated lessons, which include a project that tells kindergartners to play "doctors" and discuss HIV.

Teachers won't mention that HIV is transmitted through sexual contact until students reach the fourth grade. At that time, teachers will provide little specifics, telling kids, "When you are older you will learn more."

Many parents got letters this week from their children's schools alerting them to the changes. Parents can opt their children out of the mandatory HIV discussion by writing a letter to the principal.

School officials said they have been required to teach students about HIV and AIDS for the past decade, but the specific language in the new lessons was created in December.

"The curriculum is absolutely developmentally appropriate and contains positive messages about staying healthy," said Education Department spokeswoman Kelly Devers.

Still, some elementary school teachers said they don't think students younger than 8 will understand what they are being told about the fatal virus.

"You can tell a second-grader there are different illnesses, colds and viruses, and they'll understand. But they don't understand the difference between cancer and HIV," said a fourth-grade teacher in Queens.

A third-grade teacher in Manhattan plans to ignore the new curriculum.

"They might understand to some extent," the teacher said. "But in kindergarten and first grade, it's impossible."

[Daytyn71]

Absurd...Kindergartners should be learning to read and write. 5 year olds (let alone 4th graders) are not old enough to understand the discussion. More people contract Herpes and Chlymidia...why aren't the New York schools teaching about those. Again the liberal school systems attempt to indoctrinate 5 years olds to promote the gay agenda.

[butternut_squash_bisque]

This is much too early to tell these kids about this stuff. Let them have a childhood and some fun.

The homo-sodomite agenda marches on...

[SmoothTalker]

AIDS education is an important priority for society. Much more so in Africa than over here. But start at age five? Crazy talk. Wait another seven-eight years.

[Sax]

Hello Parents,

We're excited about the upcoming year in kindergarden and the chance to grow and learn with your children. This year we'll be covering:

AIDS
Genocide
Cancer
Molestation
Terrorism
Rape
Drug addiction
Infanticide
Bird Flu
Global Warming
Murder
Colors
Shapes
The Alphabet

Welcome, and enjoy this fantastic new stage in your child's development!

[phil1750]

Why do the sodomites insist on introducing their sick lifestyle to children at such an early age. Wait till they are in jr. high (then let me design the curriculum, how unnatural fudgepackers are)

[Roccus]

I wonder how Miss Machard and Miss Lindsey (P.S. 13, 1949) would approach this?

[Wombat101]

My sister is a member of the PTA for a Staten Island, NY school, and has been fighting this tooth and nail for over a week now (when the PTA was informed by the principal that these things were going to be taught).

She was told (Paraphrasing) that if her children skipped parts of this curriculum (parents are given the option to keep their kids out of this class), that the ACS (Child Services) would be informed. This is Board Of Ed policy, btw. The Board of Ed has done this on it's own, without state mandates, either.

On the one hand, they give you the option of taking your kids out of these classes, and on the other, they threaten you with a report to the authorities.

Welcome to the world of indoctrination...errrr..education.

[ishabibble]

NEA New B Plan is up and running.

Please see companion article re FBI sting nets 27 people in Live Porn on Babies ring. A 29 yr. old man was arrested for allegedly performing oral sex on an 18 mo. old baby live on streaming video for sick scum all over the world.

What does that have to do with this? Everything.

[Daytyn71]

I'm all for Health Education which includes the discussion of HIV, Herpes and other sexually transmitted diseases. This was typically taught in 6th grade Health to 11 or 12 year olds. A larger number of these children will contract herpes or chlamydia than HIV in their lifetime. That's a fact.

This is nothing but a subtle attempt to promote a gay agenda, no different than when they were reading children stories like "Billy has two Mommies".

[Wuli]

"Public" education should,

(1)until the teen years, prepare academic materials to be sent (mailed) to parents, including guides for discussion with their children - if they chose;

(2)in the teen years, offer "aids education" as part of an ELECTIVE in "health education" and require parental consent to attend.

[Eastbound]

"How do you talk about AIDS without talking about sex and drugs?" she asked.

You don't. They know some of the kids will ask questions and that will afford the perps the opening to spend the rest of the time bending and subtly raping the minds of the children.

[dartuser]

Somehow I doubt they will mention that you are a gazillion times more likely to contract the disease if you are a fudgepacker.

[Mcirrus]

Come on now, at 5 years old are they they really concerned kids will be having sex or using heroin...

Exactly how many cases of kindergardeners contracting HIV have there been.

[Fintan]

Will this be taught before or after they learn how to perform oral sex?

[BenLurkin]

Rob Reiner wants compulsory pre-school in California.

I wonder if the recruitment will start at an even younger age.

[Getready]

If this isn't a call to end the domination of "pubic" (spelling?)
schools, I don't know what is.
Time to pool your tax money, start your own home school with
like minded individuals. And then start marketing your
school to others...it's time to end the monopoly.They are
not being inclusive because they filter out religious, or
political, or social, or economic ideas which the "rulers" of
the education kingdom don't like. What a bunch of perverted
hypocrites they are.

[little jeremiah]

Horrible. Both lists...?

Telling 5 year old children about AIDS?

[Kirkwood]

This is child abuse.

[Wombat101]

In the interests of Political Correctness, I will ask you to refrain from the use of the word "Fudgepacker"

Please use "Baloney Smoker" or "Rump Wrangler" from now on.

Thank you.

[peggybac]

Grade school children should not be introduced to this nonsense... period. It is up to the parents if they choose to discuss HIV, STDs, etc. with their child at such an early age.

"Teachers won't mention that HIV is transmitted through sexual contact until students reach the fourth grade."

4th graders (or any grade school child) should not be taught anything about sex - again, this should solely be up to the parents to give the "birds and the bees" talk to their child.

Where are the parents of these kids??? When are they going to say "enough is enough?"