[nabs-l] Sex Education Curriculum

[Jewel]

Kirt,
I think the problem is that it's summer, and many students are getting
antsy and bored as it goes slowly by.
JMO,
Jewel (who has no comment on the sex education topic since it's been
covered plenty already)

On 7/16/12, David Dodge <daviddod at buffalo.edu> wrote:
> Carly,
> Thanks for your message. I quite agree that in some or most circumstances
> no adaptations would be needed. My point is that from a legal perspective
> sex education shouldn't be treated differently than anything else.
>
> David
>
> On Monday, July 16, 2012, Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Good afternoon, David,
>>
>> At least in my experience, a course in sex ed did find me via ways in
> which sex is supposed to be conveyed, on a purely, physical plane in which
> no particular adaptations or modifications were necessary. I mean, how else
> do people expect to learn these concepts, honestly? And Those weird,
> so-called anatomically correct googoo dolls they gave me in 6th  grade were
> corny, beyond belief in fact.  Besides, I know I only fully grasp concepts
> after seeing how it applies to my own experience.
>> In fact one thing I did learn from seeing the female googoo doll was that
> I don't need a fur burger. 'taught me about shaving. the20 AM 7/16/2012,
> you wrote:
>>>
>>> I do not think we can or should treat sex education different from any
>>> other type of education. If a person needs adaptations so that they can
>>> understand the concepts and any required assesmsnfs then that needs to
> take
>>> place in an qppeopraite way.
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>> On Monday, July 16, 2012, Wasif, Zunaira <Zunaira.Wasif at dbs.fldoe.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> > How is sex ed different than math or science or any thing else?  Most
>>> > subjects have a visual component.  Does that mean  that we need a
>>> > special curriculum for every thing?  You learn about sex in the same
> way
>>> > you learn about any other social interaction.  Like some other people
> on
>>> > the list, I don't understand why this can't be discussed openly on the
>>> > list.
>>> >
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> > Behalf Of Desiree Oudinot
>>> > Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 11:07 PM
>>> > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>> > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Sex Education Curriculum
>>> >
>>> > Hi all,
>>> > I don't see why this discussion should be banned from the list. This
>>> > is
>>> > just my opinion, and I don't mean to be rude, but it seems to me that
>>> > there is a lot of hesitation and outright disgust that's being talked
>>> > about here. And, let's be honest, how are we ever going to clear up
>>> > people's misconceptions if we don't talk about them?
>>> > I think it's probably easier for people to discuss these matters on a
>>> > list where they can be anonymous. Given the ages of some of the people
>>> > here, I can see why there would be some embarrassment involved if some
>>> > of you don't know what certain things are. I think it's probably
>>> > beneficial at this point to try and help each other out. It's a little
>>> > late for us to have better sex ed, so why not try to stop all this
>>> > nervous tittering about terminology? The terms Brandon used weren't
>>> > offensive. They were the anatomically correct terms. Plus, while I
>>> > hink
>>> > the examples he uses are slightly exaggerated, that's not to say they
>>> > can never happen, and I think if we're going to have a discussion of
>>> > this nature, we need to be up front about it. We're all adults here,
>>> > or
>>> > at least the age of consent.
>>> > I'm not talking about some of the religious convictions that certain
>>> > members have expressed. Those are personal, and if that's how you
>>> > feel,
>>> > there's nothing wrong with that. But please take a step outside those
>>> > for a moment and think of how this discussion benefits others who are
>>> > reading. I'll bet there are some people who are sitting here reading
>>> > this, and have questions and concerns they would like to express, but
>>> > feel they can't for whatever reason. I implore you all not to ruin it
>>> > for those who really could use this information.
>>> >
>>> > On 7/12/12, Arielle Silverman <arielle71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> Hi all,
>>> >> Don't take this the wrong way, but if any of you have anatomy
>>> >> questions, you can email me offlist at arielle71 at gmail.com Seriously,
>>> >> I did learn a lot about this stuff in my biology classes.
>>> >> Best,
>>> >> Arielle
>>> >>
>>> >> On 7/12/12, Ignasi Cambra <ignasicambra at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >>> Ashley,
>>> >>> I believe you didn't know about any of these things because you
>>> >>> didn't inform yourself, not because you are blind...
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Jul 12, 2012, at 4:23 PM, Ashley Bramlett
>>> >>> <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
>>> >>> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> Sophie,
>>> >>>> I, too, took a sex ed class and it was useful. But, we still lack
>>> >>>> knowledge usually. I don't think this replaces school education, it
>>> >>>> supplements it.
>>> >>>> Having nonvisual access such as a description, diagrams, or model
>>> >>>> would further aide in  our understanding of such a matter.
>>> >>>> Guys you may want to skip the next parag
>
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