GENITAL WARTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: Does Sex Ed Undermine Parental Rights?

         Sex ed. Hmmm this class brings back so many warm and fuzzy memories, doesn't it? The awkward silences, Ms. Cameau pulling teeth to get an answer out of the students, and the punk in the back of the room that cries out "GENITAL WARTS!" Ahhhh, those were the days. I learned and saw things in that class that I never will forget! ....I couldn't even if I tried..... Sex ed; such fond, fond memories...I assume it's safe to say that for the majority of students, sex ed is uncomfortable, but not unbearable. Students may dread going into class and giving a presentation on herpes and gonorrhea, but they walk away from the class feeling like they really learned something; something vital to their health and well being. Sex ed, in my opinion, is crucial. Students need to be educated about all the dangers out there in this world that could potentially harm their health, and devastate their lives. That being said, I strongly believe that sex ed shouldn't be taught to middle schoolers. Why expose them to something so mature so early on? Why educate our children on how to be/act like an adult? Teaching them about sex ed so early will most likely only give students 'ideas' if you catch my drift. Sex ed should be taught to all students, but not to 10 and 11 years old. At least wait until highschool. However, some schools do not see it this way, they make sex ed mandatory for children during their first years of middle school. As one could imagine, this outraged and shocked many parents who did not want to expose their children to such a mature curriculum. WHY TEACH BABIES ABOUT MAKING BABIES? " Should the government force parents — at least those not rich enough to afford private schooling — to send their children to classes that may contradict their moral and religious values on matters of intimacy and personal conduct?" Nope! The right of a parent is to raise, educate, and protect their children, this curriculum is infringing those rights. " But it is not abuse or neglect to protect the innocence of preteenage children or to teach one’s children more conservative, as opposed to more liberal, moral values. Nor is it wrong or unreasonable to limit the state’s control over what one’s children learn and think about sensitive issues of morality. On the contrary, that is just what is required if parents are to fulfill their duties and exercise their legitimate rights. " Our society is sexualizing children at younger and younger ages. It's every parent's and every citezen's job to stand up in opposition, and preserve our children's innosence. There's a time and a place for everything, it is not the time for sex ed in middle school.
         I chose "Does Sex Ed Undermine Parental Rights?" by Robert P. George because of the title's lingering question. I wanted to know the answer to that question. The author relys heavily on a mix on ethos and pathos to answer this question. George argues that "turning a classroom into a mandatory catechism lesson for a contested ideology is a serious violation of parental rights." He believes that it is a parent's responsibility to shield and educate their child, and that the school systems are stepping in the way of them being able to carry out those responiblities. Parents should have more of a say of what goes on in their child's classroom. Whether you're liberal or conservative, you can't dispute that parents should have more of a say on such personal matters.

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