• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    4 months ago

    My school had a sex ed class although I can’t honestly remember anything that we were told in it. But basically if students managed to get to the end of formal education without getting pregnant that was generally considered to be a success.

    They seriously had no real interest in educating students at all.

    • FunkPhenomenon@lemmy.zip
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      4 months ago

      yeah - we had a sex ed class in highschool too - it didnt take. small town but close to 35% of my graduating class dropped out due to teenage pregnancy (or died because of drunk driving).

        • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          edit-2
          4 months ago

          Depends if the school’s in Texas or not. But more broadly In my experience the problem is that they go on and on about no sex outside of marriage which is an unrealistic expectation, and don’t actually ever explain things like preventatives.

        • FunkPhenomenon@lemmy.zip
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          4 months ago

          they werent very accessible, yeah. my folks learned though & got my sister on birth control early, so thanks be to God for modern medicine