education Sex Education in the Philippines

[skitz]

At sinong parent ang magtuturo? Yung parent na hindi rin sex-educated? Akala ko ba ayaw nila sa blind leading the blind? Ay sus. Eto ang isang rason kaya hindi ako makabalik balik sa Catholic Church kahit matagal ko nang gusto. Yun mga ganitong KABOBOHAN ng liderato ng simbahan talagang hindi ko matangap.

[Darien Faust]

Actually, dito lamang ang mga public schools over private schools. I attended a public high school, and not only did the teachers, particularly those that teach Bio, handle the instruction, there were symposiums arranged by the school and the local Municipal Health Office about reproductive health.

 

In my opinion, I find it a great disservice to withhold sex education from the schools. One can be taught about the subject without being exposed to any lewd content. Besides, most teens won't ask their parents about the birds and the bees, and both the child and the parent might not be comfortable talking about sex. In that scenario, where else would the child learn about proper reproductive health, which is essentially the core of sex education, isn't it?

[skitz]

Ang problema ng simbahan, tingin nila sa SEX ay madumi. Samantala ito ay normal biological function of the human animal. Yung malice na nakikita nila sa sex ay ang MALICE NA NASA UTAK NILA MISMO.

[papaboar2]

I really don't understand why this is an issue. Sex education is best at school.

 

Parents are ok but not a lot of people can handle it in an objective manner.

 

 

Kids these days are smarter than they are being credited for, if detractors think the illustrations are bad, try porn sites?

[StaticJess]

Actually, medyo nagdalawang isip din ako nung una. Ang age gap ng mga batang tuturuan nito is from Grade 5 to 4th year high school. I wanna see the module din kasi kung talagang maiprepresent ito sa mga bata in a way na matututo silang maging responsable sa mga sarili nila, sa ibang tao at sa kinabukasan nila. Ang laman ng modules na gusto ko is Contraceptions, Family Planning (For young people mga high school siguro), responsibility, bad effects/outcome or sicknesses in which allows the kids to reflect, etc. Para kasing gusto ko rin i-shield ang magiging anak ko mga maling taturuan. In short wag nya akong tularan....hehehe

[kanski]

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i remember being taught the rudiments of sex ed in grade school. if memory serves me right, this took place in 5th grade and consisted mainly of the 'sperm and egg' talk. it was scientific in approach.

 

it was later (2nd year high) that sex ed started to take the form of an open discussion- bastusan na ang usapan. our instructor would liberally use words like fellatio and cunnilingus, knowing that we his students knew what he was talking about.

 

without knowing with certainty, i think that the curriculum that the dep ed has prepared for sex ed will somehow reflect what i have experienced in the late 70's to early 80's. teach the scientific aspect in the formative years, and progress to the more worldly stuff that more accurately reflects today's youngster's everyday life.

 

@darien: you don't know what transpires in a private all-boys school. i wouldn't say that we were lamang in sex ed, but we're pretty close to the most any kid could experience.

[mastertorero]

looong overdue na talaga to, napag-iiwanan na tau.

 

am also all for it.

 

 

wag na sna makikialam pa mga pari at obispo neto, ano ba morality pinagsasabi nila eh mas malala pa yung pagmomolestya at pangtsutsupa sa mga kabataan dba?

[friedkamote]

I'm all for Sex Ed being taught in school. The more kids know about it, the more responsible they become. Hindi naman mapipigilan maging curious ang mga kids, particularly teens, about sex. Kaya lumalaki population natin e...madami mga di marunong umiwas sa unwanted pregnancy. Kailangan maituro ito sa mga public schools sa provinces, lalo na sa mga liblib na areas. Dun kasi uso yung padamihan nang anak since minimal o zero ang knowledge nila about family planning.

 

Eka nga sa G.I. Joe..."knowing is half the battle"

[KristinLavransdatr]

At sinong parent ang magtuturo? Yung parent na hindi rin sex-educated? Akala ko ba ayaw nila sa blind leading the blind? Ay sus. Eto ang isang rason kaya hindi ako makabalik balik sa Catholic Church kahit matagal ko nang gusto. Yun mga ganitong KABOBOHAN ng liderato ng simbahan talagang hindi ko matangap.

 

nong nasa elementarya pa ako, nagkwento ang top student ng klase. sabi nya: "sabi ng mama ko huwag daw ako magpahawak sa boobs kase mabubuntis daw ako." yung bestfriend nya, ayaw magpatalo: "ang sabi naman ng mommy ko huwag din daw magpapahalik kahit saan kase nakakabuntis din daw yun."

 

kaya hayun, yung valedictorian nabuntis bago matapos ng college sa LB.

 

well, that's parental guidance (PG) sex education for you.

 

Eto nga daw pala yung SE modules:

 

Grade School: Basic Sex Educ (BSE)

High School: Advanced Sex Educ (ASE)

College: OJT

 

Edited June 25, 2010 by KristinLavransdatr

[kanski]

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it's time for me to take that second course i've always wanted.

[Darien Faust]

I just heard in the news this morning that the new DepEd secretary that Noynoy wants to appoint is a priest from La Salle. If this goes through, patay na ang sex ed sa mga achools. See it here from inquirer.net

 

@darien: you don't know what transpires in a private all-boys school. i wouldn't say that we were lamang in sex ed, but we're pretty close to the most any kid could experience.

 

You're right, I don't know what it's like in an all-boys school. All I know is that when I attended a private Catholic school, they just glossed over, or even avoided, the subject matter. Whereas when I attended the said public highscool, there was plenty of discussions about sex ed. From formal classroom lectures in Biology and P.E.H.M, to informal discussion during home rooom, and even those municipal government sponsored symposia. I knew plenty about STD's by the time I was 14 cause of all that.

Edited June 25, 2010 by Darien Faust

[dokitty]

where's the thrill of learning sex stuff if they are going to teach it in school?? for me, some things are better left that way and let their instincts direct them...they just need a good foundation though... and i believe parents should be taught first before their children... anyway its just my views...I'm just glad i had the best mentor for all these stuff.. :P

Edited July 11, 2010 by dokitty

[kanski]

and who should give kids a good 'sex education' foundation? their friends?

 

sex education isn't meant to be thrilling. it precisely aims to give a good foundation on the topic matter to youngsters growing up. i think later on, with the advent of puberty, even if sex education could be instructional and rigid, it will evolve into a more thrilling, more risque subject.

 

however, the real thrill should come with actual experience. hopefully when the time comes for a youngster to finally explore sex, he or she will be armed with sufficient knowledge so that the thrill won't be lost on a stupid mistake that may follow sex. a disease or an unwanted pregnancy should put a damper on the best sexual experience anybody could ever have.

[knoll1234]

I agree to all you folks.. sex education is better eduction, if european countries and the americas have it, i don't see why we shouldn't have it, i have harsh and bad words for the relgious hypocrites who oppose this. We are a nation of sexual deviants and hypocrites.

[GetBack]

"The State shall defend:

 

The right of families or family associations to participate in the planning and implementation of policies and programs that affect them." (Art. XV, Sec. 3) "

 

This is the hook that allows the Church to prevent sexual eduaction from being taught properly in public schools and in many parochial ones. They contend that it is better to have the family teach this than the school. The sex ed curriculum was scrapped recently because there were so many objections to the people who developed it...the Church wanted it to be less physical and focus more on abstinence, choice and sin. They wanted any mention of contraception to be omitted and to stress the rhythm method. Finally, they wanted the final version to be approved by their team of 'sexperts' first. That is unbelievable.

 

 

Oh abstinence-only education. Two words: Total. Failure.

 

http://nsrc.sfsu.edu/article/abstinence_only_failure_latest_research_shows

 

 

To the previous poster who says that Americans have comprehensive sex ed, only the lucky states do. For conservative states (Hey, you could include the good ol' Philippines too), abstinence-only sex ed results in more unplanned pregnancies and STD rates.

 

GOOD JOB, CHURCH. We're truly grateful for the misery you're forcing down our throats.