Due to a comment left on my webpage, I felt as though I should address the issue of sex ed. It was during a 5th & 6th grade Bible class when a kid asked “What’s a virgin?” due to a certain parable we were discussing. It was an honest question. I’m sure this particular kid had no clue as to what the term meant. This particular Bible class was not the time nor the place for this type of discussion. I’m sure some parents would have been upset if we had gotten into discussing sex in this class.
The very reason why we have sex ed classes in schools and school uniforms is because parents don’t want to do their job of raising their kids. School uniforms were brought about because kids were wearing outrageous clothing to school. This clothing distracted everyone’s attention. Everyone’s attention except the kid’s parents. Parents turned a blind eye to, or didn’t care what their kid was wearing to school. Finally the school board felt they had to step in and implement a school uniform policy. A small minority of delinquent parents ruined it for everyone.
Sex education in schools was the same way. I think it is pretty much universal in the 8th grade. I vagely remember briefly discussing sex in health class in 9th grade. But this generation’s sex ed class is much more involved. Much more time is devoted to it in school. Sex ed was put into schools because parents refused to teach their children about sex. At one point when couples have kids, they make a point to take part in their kids lives. During the very early years growing up, the son or daughter thinks their parents are their heroes. During the elementary or middle school years something happens and the kids don’t want to be associated with their parents. They think their parents are “uncool.” If parents are unwilling or unable to teach their kid about sex, then they should rely on a trusted friend, minister, or mentor to teach the kid about sex. You cannot and should not rely on schools to teach YOUR morals to YOUR kids.
Now we are relying on the school board to do the parenting for us. What is missing from the sex ed classes is the option of abstinence. Schools see this doctrine as a religious issue. They don’t feel as though asking teens to remain abstinent is being realistic. I however feel that there are teens out there with enough self control to remain abstinent until marriage. If you impliment good parenting early on, then kids will be more likely to follow your direction.
Looking back on it, I do feel it would probably been appropriate to tell the kid to ask their parents what a virgin was. The fact that the parable refers to them as virgins is not really important to the parable. The author could have used “young maidens” and gotten the point across.
Kinda reminds me how entire sermons are preached on the Biblical symbolism of circumcision, without actually discussing what the term actually means. It was in high school before I actually understood what it meant.
In other news….
OJ isn’t 100 sure he did not murder his wife Simpson Quote: “For years I’ve been pretty sure that I did not murder my wife, but if Johnnie [Cochran]�s not 100 percent sure, I�m like, hey, maybe I better take another look at this.�
(This article could be satricial, but I haven’t determined this yet).
At one time, Snapple had a flavor called Bali Blast.