http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/nyreg ... ml?_r=1&hp
This should finally reduce spending of taxpayer money.
Telcoman
It's about time
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It's about time
New York City is on a roll
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/nyreg ... ml?_r=1&hp
This should finally reduce spending of taxpayer money.
Telcoman
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/nyreg ... ml?_r=1&hp
This should finally reduce spending of taxpayer money.
Telcoman
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Re: It's about time
Interesting.
I agree that sex education is very important. My son's private middle school has it available, but it is an opt-out system - if a parent chooses, they can have the child attend some other activity for those classes. FWIW, in my son's school case, most (I think it was close to all) children attended the sex education classes.
I guess my instinct is to react negatively to the "mandate" portion of the effort - I dislike things that do not allow choice (although I would have chosen for my child to attend). Like I have always said and believed, I should have the right to do anything I want to say and do, as long as it does not prevent others from having the same rights.
In this NY situation, if the choice were given and if a parent chooses not to have their child attend these classes, then they also need to sign an appropriate disclaimer from the possible outcomes.
If their child then has a pregnancy, the onus is on them (child and parent) to deal with the issue. No welfare, no state support, no public burden: "I am sorry, but tough luck. You were warned. Deal with it".
Harsh, but until we put choice and accountability back into the hands (of adults), we will continue to drift more and more into a failure mechanism: "I don't need to do squat or work at anything or make any choices - the country/government/someone-else will look after me and my whining needs"!
Z
I agree that sex education is very important. My son's private middle school has it available, but it is an opt-out system - if a parent chooses, they can have the child attend some other activity for those classes. FWIW, in my son's school case, most (I think it was close to all) children attended the sex education classes.
I guess my instinct is to react negatively to the "mandate" portion of the effort - I dislike things that do not allow choice (although I would have chosen for my child to attend). Like I have always said and believed, I should have the right to do anything I want to say and do, as long as it does not prevent others from having the same rights.
In this NY situation, if the choice were given and if a parent chooses not to have their child attend these classes, then they also need to sign an appropriate disclaimer from the possible outcomes.
If their child then has a pregnancy, the onus is on them (child and parent) to deal with the issue. No welfare, no state support, no public burden: "I am sorry, but tough luck. You were warned. Deal with it".
Harsh, but until we put choice and accountability back into the hands (of adults), we will continue to drift more and more into a failure mechanism: "I don't need to do squat or work at anything or make any choices - the country/government/someone-else will look after me and my whining needs"!
Z
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Re: It's about time
An interesting readszh wrote:Interesting.
I agree that sex education is very important. My son's private middle school has it available, but it is an opt-out system - if a parent chooses, they can have the child attend some other activity for those classes. FWIW, in my son's school case, most (I think it was close to all) children attended the sex education classes.
I guess my instinct is to react negatively to the "mandate" portion of the effort - I dislike things that do not allow choice (although I would have chosen for my child to attend). Like I have always said and believed, I should have the right to do anything I want to say and do, as long as it does not prevent others from having the same rights.
In this NY situation, if the choice were given and if a parent chooses not to have their child attend these classes, then they also need to sign an appropriate disclaimer from the possible outcomes.
If their child then has a pregnancy, the onus is on them (child and parent) to deal with the issue. No welfare, no state support, no public burden: "I am sorry, but tough luck. You were warned. Deal with it".
Harsh, but until we put choice and accountability back into the hands (of adults), we will continue to drift more and more into a failure mechanism: "I don't need to do squat or work at anything or make any choices - the country/government/someone-else will look after me and my whining needs"!
Z
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