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novapsycheTextbook debate in Texas over sex education
Of the four state high school health textbooks under consideration in Texas this summer, one says teenagers should “get plenty of rest” if they want to avoid sexually transmitted diseases. It also suggests students can help prevent pregnancies by respecting themselves. The book avoids any discussion of condoms.
[...] State Board of Education member Mavis Knight supports the inclusion of both condoms and abstinence in the texts. Through education “you can empower the students to make an informed decision about what lifestyle they would like to pursue,” said Knight.
Other groups argue teachers give conflicting messages by teaching students both the practice of no sex and safe sex.
“If you tack on another message, you are garbling the effect,” Jennifer Marshall of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington group, told the Austin American Statesman.
But Knight believes an educated message is the best option. “I think teachers should teach both because that’s what education is—teaching students about the pros and cons and helping them make the best possible choice for themselves.”
Of the four state high school health textbooks under consideration in Texas this summer, one says teenagers should “get plenty of rest” if they want to avoid sexually transmitted diseases. It also suggests students can help prevent pregnancies by respecting themselves. The book avoids any discussion of condoms.
[...] State Board of Education member Mavis Knight supports the inclusion of both condoms and abstinence in the texts. Through education “you can empower the students to make an informed decision about what lifestyle they would like to pursue,” said Knight.
Other groups argue teachers give conflicting messages by teaching students both the practice of no sex and safe sex.
“If you tack on another message, you are garbling the effect,” Jennifer Marshall of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington group, told the Austin American Statesman.
But Knight believes an educated message is the best option. “I think teachers should teach both because that’s what education is—teaching students about the pros and cons and helping them make the best possible choice for themselves.”
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Date: 2004-07-22 09:26 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2004-07-22 09:34 am (UTC)"I 've got a 'ole in me pocket"...
"I wouldn't pull that"..."Can't help me'self, I'm a bon Lever Puller"...
hehe... I gotta watch it tonight! :)