Category: Cram Session
How did your teacher lecture about this topic? Was it a bit weird? Do you think, there's a difference between learning sex education in residential blind schools or learning it from a regular public school? What materials did your teacher involve in the lecture? Did you feel awkward or did you became more interested about the topic after the lecture?
Well we never really talked about that in school. We only had a video of the "woman thing", but most of the sex education I got was with my mom. Of course, we talked about it in science classes and stuff, but it was more of the health type of thing, and not a whole lot of detail.
at our college, we split in to boy and girl groups. we had a video series, quizzes just to see how much we'd been following, and also we had items passed round to tuch. it was actually pretty cool, i did enjoy it
It started for us when we were ten with the period and stuff, which we were split boy girl for. but next year, and the two years after we really got into it in health class and genders weren't split. I got a teacher who was really enthusiastic about teaching us the anatomy and what each part did and how it all worked. It was slightly awkward for me, but that was because I was about 12.
I've never attended a blind school for education, only for little programs. But from what I've seen, it seems to me like they would downplay sex. I can't see teachers talking about it at all.
But my best sex ed came from talk sex with Sue. I love that woman. Great show.
Ewww, Sue is so creepy. Lol.
I went to a school for the blind, and we had the whole sex ed thing in health class. It was a long time ago so I don't really remember specifics, but we had the models and stuff (I mean plastic or whatever models, not live ones) and videos and quizzes. And we had to watch the "Nine Month Miracle" and these totally bizarre Adam and Eve videos about sex and pregnancy and stuff. I don't remember feeling awkward at all, but then it wasn't like I was learning anything new, and the teacher was really professional about it. And of course we split up for the whole period thing and watched a video that was probably around in the '80's, but for the actual health class we were all together.
I went to a public school all my life, and we had to split up in to the whole boy-group/girl-group deal when I was ten or so.
Other than that, I only recall having a little bit of exposure in eighth grade to this sort of thing in my Family and consumer Education class. All I remember from that was the childbirth video.
Then, in high school, we went on to a little more detail in my health class during my freshman year.
Pretty much all my knowledge came from a book entitled "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Amazing sex". it's written by a sex educator/public speaker named Sari Locker, and the National Braille Press may still have it; I'm not sure.
Mom was a little irritated when she found out I had the book. she's like, "What are you doing with this?" I told her I had already read through the whole thing. why is it that some parents feel that just because we're blind or visually impaired, learning about sex is bad or forbidden? It's odd.
Oh, and by the way, I have seen that show mentioned somewhere else. very good and informative program.
I've been goign to a public school all my life and i dont plan on going to a blind school anytime soon, only for little programs and such. but sex ed at school is just weird and awkward. our school is too poor to give us models to feel and stuff, lmao. nah, i was actually really interested in it. but the idiotic boys in my class kept laughing and making cracks about it. stupid boys, lol. but, it was slightly awkward, because i think most of the girls were really in to it, and the boys made it wicked awkward for us. about the period thing, we actually did it with the whole class, oys and all. i think the school wanted everyone to know about it. so yeah, sex ed is wicked awkward, but its really informative and i really cant wait for my teacher to start that part of health class this year. lol
I wet t a blind school for primary an high school. We called pse ad that was about cex education. or some times tey called SD. Personl social develipment. We talked a bit about periods in the science class. It was okay for me sex educaton. We had moddles to feel as well.
I never had sex education when I was in the Philippines or went to high school. All I know about sex, I got it from reading books and articles, and from talking with my friends about the topic. There is nothing wrong about getting informed about these things. I don’t understand the way of thinking of some parents. They are so ignorant just because they have a son or daughter who is visually impaired or blind doesn’t mean anything. As far as I know, everyone should know these basic concepts before its too late. It doesn’t matter if your blind or have other disabilities, everyone should get the same information about this topic. If know one told you, go find a book about it or search it online. There are so many ways to get information without having to take a class for it. Its just common sense. But personally, I think, one of the most important topics that they should address in sex education is the topic about birth control pills or other options for safe sex because right now, the population with sexually transmitted disease is increasing, and you don’t want to be one of these people, so its better to be safe than to get those diseases.
Its crazy to find out that some people who are blind or visually impaired get done with school and everything without knowing how to wear tampons, how to put a condom on, or even the meaning of sexual intercourse. Sometimes, you just want to blame it all on the parents of these blind youngsters, but in reality, their school also has something to do with their lack of knowledge.
i really agree cassandra. my mom never told me anything about sex, periods, or the birds and the bees to me at all. like, she just assume that i would know it automatically or what ever. but thank god for school, lol. and i think that schools do teach the kids about birth control and that kind of stuff these days.
Yeah, well, its better to be informed than to mess up the first time you do it with someone. Its really risky especially if both parties don't know what they're doing. I guarantee now, you won't find a parent that will give their 13 year old son a pack of condoms to practice on. They are not encouraging sex by doing this, they are just preparing the person, but from what i've heard so far, most parents feel awkward talking to their kids about sex which makes it more difficult to face future outcomes if things don't turn out right for instance, an early pregnancy or STD's.
I've never really received sexual education. In fifth grade, I watch the video on maturation with the rest of the girls in my class, but that's it. Any curiosities I've had, I just looked up on a trusty website. I've never received education in that area in person from a woman. My mother's one of those parents that says, "Not until you're 21." And although I want to save myself for marriage, that doesn't always work out, and I must learn about things before it's too late.
My mum doesn’t mind I am sure, but I just never ask, because I don’t plan on having sexual intercourses.
I never really had a sex education class, but I had have health classes for two semesters both covering sex. One was in seventh grade, and it was not productive, since half of the people in there was immature and couldn’t go through one class without disturbing it a thousand times. One example is this boy named carl, who couldn’t sit through one class and he did these things and more, hid in the closet, blowing a balloon and letting it go, throwing paper balls, making rude comments loudly, throwing a football, playing with his skateboard, and shouting across the room in order to talk to his girlfriend. My ninth grade health class, that was my other one, was taught by a guy. The class was a lot better, but really when you are being taught by a guy, well, it’s not the same. Half of the time I felt uncomfortable, as a guy was lecturing upon the subject.