Readinng two put into words a lot of the thoughts I previously had about the adolescent period. It wasn't very easy for me to really get into this reading, I kept finding myself asking what point the authors were trying to make other than that being a kid in middle school is tough business. From my experience at least, middle school was an awesome time even with all the bodily changes we all go through. I did like the insights made about how other countries view the adolescent stage in contrast with how Americans view it because it was interesting to see another spin on the craziness of puberty.
The other part of the reading that I really found interesting was when the author discusses how boys and girls each handle/view reaching puberty. Especially how the author explains that boys very rarely discuss the changes they're going through with their parents, this was something that mirrored my experience and made me think about why this is so. I figured it's because puberty is such a less scary thing for boys, what do we really need to learn or be warned about when puberty hits? Which brings me to sex education and how much of a joke it really can be. I don't mean this to be an attack on the foundations of sex ed, but perhaps 4th graders haven't reached the maturity level to learn about the human body. I remember being in sex ed in the 4th grade and I don't think there was a time in elementary school that I laughed more during class. Not only was my teacher not prepared to teach it (he always turned red) but I don't think I was ready to hear all that. I was more worried about recess and pop-warner football than I was about the difference between girls and boys and where babies come from. HOWEVER, I do think that sex ed at the highschool level can be informative. It's definitely too late to begin sex ed, but the whole idea of intercourse is much more real as a freshman than it was in fourth grade, and unfortunately so are the risk of STDs which is why I would argue that sex ed in the highschool should remain mandatory.
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I agree about your suggestion to make sex ed a little later. I too, had sex ed in fourth grade. Although it was helpful because I'm a girl and it was nice to know what to expect instead of thinking that I was dieing, I did a lot of laughing too and still was confused at the end as to how people have babies. I think that maybe there should be a pre-course in sex ed in fourth grade, a real course in sixth or seventh grade, and a refresher in high school. It might be going over board, but as the book states, people go through maturity levels at different rates and I think that by having these classes at different time periods, it may help some students who have questions they are too afraid to ask.
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