In response to opposition to MS Mandatory Sex Ed law

Schools have been "raising" children ever since they were instituted. It takes a village to raise a child (we've heard it a million times)...and schools are usually located in every village...so are churches...so is the nosy lady down the street. And whose responsibility is it for a child to learn how to be able to count and read...ultimately the parent, but we have no problem relying totally on schools. If there were no schools, who would be held responsible for preparing the country's youth? I would think their parents and, well, the whole community. A lot more goes into raising a child than the 6-8 hours a child spends in a classroom. Schools are not solely raising children, they are helping to prepare them for life. I would support more "life" training than mere math, reading, writing, and arithmetic instruction. It is ridiculous how many people graduate from school and don't know the first thing about living. Is it the school's sole responsibility to prepare students? No. But a part of the responsibility lies with schools, or why else are they around? Telling a child about preventive measures, choices, etc. as it relates to sex is no different than teaching them what foods to cook for a balanced meal (home economics...ask your mama about it), or how to stay fit and healthy (P.E.) or how to interact with people of different backgrounds (athletics). Just because the topic of the day's classroom lesson is sex, people want to get all up in arms.. It's SEX people. Get used to it. That's how the classroom came to be and that's how the school is going to keep on rolling. Students hear and see far worse in the hallways, bathrooms, behind buildings, in cars, in the back of the bus, etc. It is only right that these same institutions that harbor all of these uninformed sexcapades should be held responsible for trying to clean the mess up and actually educate these kids. No one is up in arms about all the uninformed, missexeducated kids running amuck in these schools, but as soon as the school attempts to educate these children, then people want to march and talk about the school is raising their children. Well that is exactly right...the school is helping to raise your child. I would hope that teaching your child about sex isn't the only thing a parent feels obligated to do. You should be helping with their math homework too. All of that goes into raising a child.