The average household will spend $660 on Christmas gifts this year.
ACTUAL pirates are attacking ships on the high seas.
These are two news items that stood out to me this morning on the way into work. Pirates? I find stealing to be pretty repugnant, especially on such large scales as piracy. BUT, what fuels that kind of thievery? Poverty. The pirates are Somali and their country is impoverished. A moral imperative then, to steal? I don't know. Does a hungry person have a right to steal from SA? I'm not sure.
For my master's paper, I've been researching forms of sex education because I'd like to create a curriculum that teaches sexual literacy-- a critical awareness of choices, thoughts, relationships, etc. It's a wild ride, no pun intended, exploring the madness to sex education in the United States. For example, did you know that Title V money, the money from the government that pays for health teachers, programming, etc. is only available to schools if they teach abstinence only? Did you know that abstinence education is designed to stress that marriage is the ONLY positive place a person can copulate? AND, that sex outside of that institution leads to psychological and physical/emotional distress. Now, don't get me wrong, I think the world of sex education and young people's burgeoning sexuality is a conversational minefield, but I don't know that the current approach is working. My aim is to design a literature course that allows for rich discussion about gender dynamics, relationships, sexuality, etc. So, that's what I've been researching. Eager to read posts from you all today. Have you read anyone else's blog this week?
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Becky at HS Graduation
Becky at HS Graduation
About Me
- Becky
- I am a middle school teacher in St. Paul, Minnesota. I am the proud mother of two: Quinn (7) and Lily (4). I live in St. Paul and enjoy the terrific food and shops of this great place.
1 comment:
i think that the topic you chose to research is a great one. the fact that the government stresses that schools teach abstinence only in their sex education programs is completely illegitimate and bogus.
If kids dont know what it's all about, which they already should because most do, and they tell them not to do it, they're only going to want to do it more. thats common sense. if you tell some one not to do something, they're gonna want to do it more.
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