word-that-must-not-be-said “sex”. Coming from a Middle Eastern background‚ the topic of sex was very taboo and was not openly talked about‚ especially with my parents. The lack of explanation and clarification of what this word really meant caused me to start picking up broken pieces of information from friends‚ school‚ and the media. In the schoolyard having two fifth grade kids talking about what they think sex was‚ is like the blind leading the blind. Growing up I had many bizarre understandings of what sex consisted
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Despite the opposition of the influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines‚ the Department of Education (DepEd) is standing pat on its decision to implement sex education in the basic education curriculum of elementary and high school students this year. It seems that DepEd has found an ally in the findings from a study of Mr. Jay Mathias Arellano from the College of Education of the University of the Philippines Diliman. Through a 50-item true or false questionnaire administered to
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Single-Sex Schools and Achievement The prospect of having single-sex based learning as opposed to co-education has set differences in students and their standards of learning. The question has risen whether or not single-sex classes and institutions of learning are actually effective in terms of the student thriving and gaining a better education. Males and females are born with separate brain compositions‚ and initially there is a clear difference between the make-up of the brain of a boy and a
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millions of dollars in Abstinence Only Education programs which have been proven to be ineffective programs. Even though abstinence is the best option for teens not to get pregnant‚ most teens tend to experiment with sex at young ages. Teens naturally have a sense of curiosity about their bodies and the opposite sex‚ not to mention that their bodies are going through hormonal changes (puberty). After the Obama Administration created a budget for sex education programs‚ teen pregnancies have been
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and desires‚ and abstinence only education programs were born. Though decades have passed and times have changed‚ the way the United State’s chooses to approach the sexual education of young people has not. Authority figures have been shouting‚ “Abstain! Abstain! Abstain!” at teenagers to no avail for far to long. The time for change is now. Abstinence only education programs do more harm than good for the nation’s youth. These sex (or lack there of) education programs aim to teach adolescents
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Single-sex education‚ also known as single-gender education‚ is the practice of conducting education where male and female students attend separate classes or in separate buildings or schools. The practice was predominant before the mid-twentieth century‚ particularly insecondary education and higher education. Single-sex education in many cultures is advocated on the basis of tradition‚ as well as religion and is practiced in many parts of the world. |Contents
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attending a single-sex school? The world today revolves around education and the benefits it shows to people. Attending a single-sex school can unmistakably influence the way you learn and how much you truly learn. Single-sex schools brings about progressed educating practices‚ supplementary educational benefits‚ continuous traditions of families and expanded classroom interest with better instructing techniques and methodologies. Despite these advantages of attending a single sex school‚ however
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Care encompasses different issues from family planning to maternal health and adolescent and youth care. Among these issues is my focus for this reflection paper‚ which is sex education. Also counted in reproductive health care is education and counseling on sexuality and reproductive health‚ and reproductive health education for adolescents. Firstly‚ the RH Law is a law passed to address the “universal basic human right to reproductive health by all persons‚ particularly parents‚ couples‚ and
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Sex Education and Premarital Sex Sex education is taught to every young person in virtually every school across the country. In the majority of these sex education programs‚ physical anatomy and safe contraception are the main focuses of the programs‚ telling young people what the physical rewards and consequences may be but avoiding some of the key issues relating to mental‚ emotional and spiritual effects. Proponents of these programs feel that we must educate our youth on "safe sex." It
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and pre-marital sex and other reproductive health issues are the common problems faced by the adolescents in our country today. For these things happen because of lack of awareness and knowledge about what sex truly is and its essence in our life. STD and HIV are diseases that we can get by having sexual intercourse with multiple partners. Thus‚ if we are aware of this‚ we can think of many ways to not just prevent this‚ even avoid it. Also‚ if you believe in the sacredness of sex and in the sanctity
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