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listersgirl) wrote2005-04-08 01:51 pm
listersgirl) wrote2005-04-08 01:51 pm
Entry tags:
Sex, Drugs and RRSPs
I now have new cheques for the third time in as many months. And I don't write very many cheques, so the environmental guilt is getting to me every time I toss the 98 unused cheques in the recycling bin (torn into tiny pieces, of course). It's not my fault, though, I swear! And these new cheques are a cause for excitement, because they signify a new phase in my life in which I have no bank fees whatsoever. That's right, none. Not for cheques, not for debit, not for ATMs, not for money orders, not even a monthly fee. I (heart) my credit union.
Songs that should be about drugs, even though they're really about sex: Please Don't Touch My Bowl.
Speaking of sex, I heard on the news yesterday that New Brunswick is putting together a new "abstinence-based" sex ed program for schools.
The New Brunswick government is trying to take the sting out of teaching the birds and the bees by promoting abstinence in its new, hotly debated sex-education program.
Critics say the original program was too explicit for children 11 to 15. As well, they say it did not do enough to encourage abstaining from sex.
Education Minister Madeleine Dubé said yesterday that the province responded by reworking the curriculum for Grades 6, 7 and 8 to ensure all teaching materials are age appropriate.
This just drives me crazy. What teens (and pre-teens) need is information, factual information so that they aren't out there hurting themselves out of ignorance, and to be allowed to ask questions. They don't need everything to be hidden behind an atmosphere of "sex is bad".
(Now that I think about it, I don't remember having any formal sex-ed in school - just the girls-only videos on menstruation in grades 5 & 6. Oh, and the copy of Where Did I Come From that was in my kindergarten class, but I'm pretty sure that wasn't part of some sort of formal curriculum. Heh.)
Songs that should be about drugs, even though they're really about sex: Please Don't Touch My Bowl.
Speaking of sex, I heard on the news yesterday that New Brunswick is putting together a new "abstinence-based" sex ed program for schools.
The New Brunswick government is trying to take the sting out of teaching the birds and the bees by promoting abstinence in its new, hotly debated sex-education program.
Critics say the original program was too explicit for children 11 to 15. As well, they say it did not do enough to encourage abstaining from sex.
Education Minister Madeleine Dubé said yesterday that the province responded by reworking the curriculum for Grades 6, 7 and 8 to ensure all teaching materials are age appropriate.
This just drives me crazy. What teens (and pre-teens) need is information, factual information so that they aren't out there hurting themselves out of ignorance, and to be allowed to ask questions. They don't need everything to be hidden behind an atmosphere of "sex is bad".
(Now that I think about it, I don't remember having any formal sex-ed in school - just the girls-only videos on menstruation in grades 5 & 6. Oh, and the copy of Where Did I Come From that was in my kindergarten class, but I'm pretty sure that wasn't part of some sort of formal curriculum. Heh.)
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And don't even GET me started on the sex ed thing. Not this afternoon, when it's so nice out.
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No argument here!