Tuesday, March 23, 2010

let's talk about sex, baby

news headlines today "government is planning to have sex education in school".. one of the reason is because there's so many cases of babies' dead-bodies disposals... hmm...

it was twelve years ago when i heard kids as young as eight years old has were taught about sex education in schools - i was in UK back then. of course, back then, i do not have kids of my own, and i was in no position to comment whether it was a good or bad move.. as it was ok with the culture for teenagers to get pregnant by accident, baby disposals were not the case.. they can opt to proceed with pregnancy if abortion is not what they want.

and this morning, listening to the radio, i'm wondering if sex education would really help. our educational system has a lot of deficiencies - be it lacking of resources, not enough manpower and still searching and grabbing towards the light to find the good modules for the best education they can offer.. math in english and not, smart schools (and leave others being non-smart) and advanced program.. and that do not include the issues about teachers are not around because half of them are down on maternity leave and another half are taking some courses, during school terms...

and now, they want to impose sex education at school...

enough, i would say.. leave the sex at home. the problem with the westerners are their kids are exposed to sex all-round 24-7.. being a malaysian, i doubt we have that issues.. yes, they were kissing acts on the TVs, and my son keep asking me "why is the girl not wearing any clothes?" (and nope, that was not a scene from a porn movie, it was yesterday's sitcom that i decided to watch).. but as we are all aware, back in malaysia, though the TV channels are now more than the basic three channels, i still don't see that as the major factor that are exposing the youngsters to sex. and even it is, do we really need the government to implement the sex education at school...

part of life is sex. and another part of parenting is educating about life. we have young teacher graduates who barely have a husband that most probably teaching our kids about sex. government would definitely need to spend money (to their croonies..ooppss) for consultation and spend time in structuring the modules... and worst still, the consultant is a westerners, just because they have sex education back in their home - which is totally not suited to our cultures!..

i would say leave the sex at home! if an education is really needed, give it to the parents.. not the kids.. teach the parents how can they convey things to their kids.. when do they start.. how open minded should they be.. spend it on the parents, if really needed... leave the education fund for educating the kids about things, minus the sex. sex is not only showing pictures... it's about life education.. if they must spend it, then, spend on that...life education rather than sex..

and parents - come on, do you really think teachers would do a better job instead of yourselves???.. think twice.  

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