tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598304977794172897.post1594952466959817916..comments2014-09-25T12:42:45.447-07:00Comments on KatReadsBooks: My Abstinence Only Education StoryKatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07546681309422589499noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598304977794172897.post-45705411454772725872011-12-23T12:27:50.583-08:002011-12-23T12:27:50.583-08:00Oh. They were merely factually incorrect? Wow. Oka...Oh. They were merely factually incorrect? Wow. Okay. I had assumed that if they were going to be that wrong about something, they would have had some ulterior purpose.BenYitzhakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430486306830836961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598304977794172897.post-42087133980315430482011-12-23T07:20:04.919-08:002011-12-23T07:20:04.919-08:00They couldn't properly say what condoms ...They couldn't properly say what condoms are made of. If you are supposed to be educating a class, you should know your material.Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546681309422589499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598304977794172897.post-85803607470003629752011-12-23T06:10:14.390-08:002011-12-23T06:10:14.390-08:00What point were they trying to make when they said...What point were they trying to make when they said that condoms were made of plastic? I don't see what difference the construction material makes. (Aside from the condoms made from sheepskin, which is too porous to prevent the spread of many STDs)BenYitzhakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430486306830836961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3598304977794172897.post-72360236871358422011-12-21T17:58:12.571-08:002011-12-21T17:58:12.571-08:00Luckily for me, I convinced my parents to let me a...Luckily for me, I convinced my parents to let me attend a public high school after having to suffer through almost 8 years of Catholic elementary school. Nonetheless, I do remember that the administrators of my Catholic school forbid the teachers from teaching us anything about sex. They told them that if we asked questions to simply tell us that sex is a "special act of love" only permitted between a married man & woman and that we're too young to be discussing the topic.<br /><br />Fortunately, when we got to 8th grade, we had an awesome teacher by name of Miss Bauer who took it upon herself to give us sex ed classes in secret. She knew that some of us were already beginning to explore our sexuality, and she was worried we weren't making informed decisions. Therefore, once a week, she would take us down to the science lab, post one of the students at the door as a lookout, and would then have open discussions with us about both the physical & social aspects of sex. Major kudos to her. <br /><br />It seriously irks me how closed-minded some people can be about sex and how much misinformation they spread among young people. Don't they realize that they're probably doing more harm than good? The funny thing is that in my public high school graduating class there wasn't a single girl who had been or was pregnant. In the graduating classes of my friends' Catholic high schools, there were multiple pregnant girls. They were only taught about abstinence; we weren't. <br /><br />I'm sorry that you have to be exposed to such Bias & ignorance, but you're obviously an intelligent, open-minded young woman...so I know you'll be just fine. Stay true to yourself and hold onto your beliefs.Marg @ Clockwork Reveriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798495776647093913noreply@blogger.com