Interesting find on ADN. It appears that some of the kids up there in Palin's home territory are standing up to what is important.
"I know exactly how bad the sex ed was, because I sat through it too," says the 20-year-old Palmer Colony High graduate. "We were not informed."
A number of college and high school students in Anchorage are petitioning for comprehensive sex education in schools.
University of Alaska Anchorage junior Amber Sawyer heads a group called Vox, Voices for Planned Parenthood. It is circulating a Planned Parenthood petition that has collected 1,100 names since late August.
It just seems strange that students.... students! are asking for this. Is Alaska that much out of step that the students are deciding it is time to stand up in hopes of making a mark?
I suppose the lack of leadership will only make those that feel misguided stand up eventually.
Oh Sarah....
Rick Luthi, superintendent of the Nome Public Schools, said students learn the biology of reproduction. "Contraceptives is not part of our curriculum nor is it stressed or talked about."
Sarah, even the children are crying out now for your attention.
Anchorage now follows an "abstinence-plus" model, taught in the eighth grade, that parents can opt their kids out of. It stresses abstinence as the only way to guarantee protection against sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies. Teachers also teach kids about what to do if they don't choose abstinence.
I could dwell deeper into this story but I am afraid I will most likely cross that line in some people's view.
Enjoy the read.
From the ADN article.