[Red Badger]

What's the problem? Sounds like they learned their lessons well..........

[JackOfVA]

"If we had math books from 1988, reading books from 1988, as a parent, I would be furious," said Patty Rafailedes, a physical education teacher.

Patty, dear, math and reading have not changed since 1988, nor, to my knowledge, has how women become pregnant changed. Perhaps the problem is not with the books but elsewhere.

Jack

[ClearCase_guy]

"If we had math books from 1988, reading books from 1988, as a parent, I would be furious," said Patty Rafailedes, a physical education teacher.

Has math, reading, or sex changed much in the past 20 years?

Personally, I'd be thrilled if schools around the country used textbooks from 1950.

[DustyMoment]

Sex Ed Changes At School With 65 Pregnant Teens

Sounds to me like the teens were doing their "homework" for the class. What's to change?






(Do I really need a "/sarc" tag? REALLY!!??)

[Always Right]

"If we had math books from 1988, reading books from 1988, as a parent, I would be furious," said Patty Rafailedes, a physical education teacher.

Wow, I did not know English and Math has changed since 1988.

[stboz]

These cretins don't need sex education...they need to be taught responsibility.

[rintense]

I've always wondered why they don't teach girls about their cycle, and the timing of sex and ovulation. Six days out of the month when a woman is fertile... at least wear a damn condom if you can't wait! Sheesh.

[avg_freeper]

I'm willing to bet that the new program will have no beneficial effect on the number of pregnancies. But it will reduce the number of babies allowed to live.

Modern liberal society thinks of its self as so advanced when in fact we've degraded our selves to a herd of animals to be culled.

[Bigg Red]

Yep, just throw some more money at the problem.
Our society has undergone a massive tectonic shift over the last 25 years. There was a time, when a girl fiercely guarded her "reputation" and considered it a great insult if a boy thought he could take liberties with her sexual favors. Being a virgin upon a marriage was the norm for a young woman. Today, girls are being told that they are "free" to experience their sexuality and that dressing like a slut is sign of their power.

There needs to be a massive society-wide refocus upon what it really means to be a woman. Until more girls learn how important it is to control themselves, to elevate themselves so that they inspire the level of respect from young men that a woman deserves, the numbers of unwed mothers will not come down and the misery that one sees among the women of Gen X, Y, Z, and whatever other strata follow will increase.

[ladyjane]

Blame, blame, blame.

Blame everything and everybody except the persons responsible.

Their babies will be born for free and then they'll get their own apartment, free food and a stipend every month.

And they really think it's old textbooks that cause pregnancies. Sure.

[RichInOC]

The Rev. David Morgan served on a committee that developed the lesson plans. He said the new curriculum moves beyond the "Just Say No" approach.

Pastor, it strikes me that that was the one thing they weren't learning in the first place.

[Jim Noble]

"If we had math books from 1988, reading books from 1988, as a parent, I would be furious," said Patty Rafailedes

What an idiot!

[Paleo Conservative]

"If we had math books from 1988, reading books from 1988, as a parent, I would be furious," said Patty Rafailedes, a physical education teacher.

Oh come on. Math doesn't change much at least not at the high school level. The reading materials written in the last 20 years are a buch of PC drivel.

[Hegemony Cricket]

They should really just reduce the amount of assigned homework...

[em2vn]

Any idea about the racial and economic make up of the school? Remember, some portions of our society think that having children by the truck full is fine without ever being married.

[Bryan24]

50 years ago, we had NO sex education in schools. We also had a near zero pregnancy rate.

I don't think that high school sponsored Sex Education is the problem here. Nor the solution.

[martin_fierro]

GO GO GO TIMKEN TROJANS!

[DungeonMaster]

On a positive note, they didn't have abortions. Maybe this percentage is typical of a lot of schools but most of them just kill the baby.

[308MBR]

Their names were; Tameeka, LaSonya, Reshonda, Atari, Lashonda, Lerhonda, Amahalia,........and Beth.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

10-1 says the ACLU and NOW goes after them for mentioning abstinence...