I’m surprised they didn’t say “Gay sex lessons at age 5″ seeing as the new statutory sex education guidelines now require gay and lesbian relationships to be discussed (although faith schools get a free pass to continue telling young gay people that they are going to Hell. . .)
Seems like a wasted opportunity to upset Mr & Mrs Disgruntled of Co. Durham.
Sex lessons? It’s just stuff like the basic differences between boys and girls and that babies come from mummy’s tummy at that age. And here we are with the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Europe. Jesus, when tweenagers are becoming parents something has to be done and it’s no good waiting until the kids are 16 to show them how to put a condom on a banana.
Drugs lessons? Be wary of syringes you may find in parks? They won’t be lessons in how to mix up the perfect speedball FFS.
By Mail logic surely any lessons in ’stranger danger’ would be out because they’d be teaching kids about pedophiles and thereby ruining their innocence. Explaining the dangers of fireworks would be preparing them for bomb making.
“Sex” lessons at age 5 are “The differences between boys and girls, physically”. That’s literally it.
The actual sex and drugs education they speak of is at 15. But that’s not a very good story.
So as usual, the Express has got the entire labour policy on sex eduation, from 15 to 15, grouped it all togethor, and come up with the sensationalist headline
“sex and drugs lessons at 5″.
As I said, I assure you, the only curriculem thing at 5 is:
Nearly all Express stories, are even more ridiculous versions of a Mail story the previous day.
The Mail printed this yesterday. But to be fair, explained that the actual sex education was at 15, and that at 5 it was just “this is the difference between a boy and a girl”.
Calling the express journalism is a real insult to the craft. I’d be amazed if they even hire that many journalists.
These sorts of stories are researched and written by news agencies.
I guarentee the Express just buys the story, and then twists the facts to make an article
So, it seems that the Express pulled the number 5 from out of its ass. The Times puts the age at 15.
Sex ed is a difficult topic. You’ve got to respect the rights of parents to decide the way they want to bring up their kid and not offend religious groups. At the same time, I don’t understand why on earth sex ed is such a big deal anyway. Surely learning about sex, contraception is something everyone needs to know regardless of whether you’re religious or not. You need to know how baby’s are made and how best to protect yourself from pregnancy and STIs. You need to know this as an adult never mind as a teenager! Surely the most important thing is for young people to be given all relevant information in order to make an informed decision?
“Back then if a girl got in trouble, her family would just ship her off to another state, and if anybody asked, they just lied and said she went to Europe. Then when she came back, they’d raise the child as a little sister. Not like today! We had morals and values back then.”
I’ve begun to feel a litlle guilty about the Express. I’ve begun to enjoy the headlines. First I was annoyed, then derisive. Now, I can’t get by without my fix.
Mind you, you’d have to go a bit to beat ‘Britain: The End’ and ‘You’ve ruined everything’.
It’s like reading the thougths of a senile teenager.
“Right, kids, pick up your syringes and stick it in your arm. No Jenkins, find a vein first! Stupid boy! Thats it, doesn’t it feel Gooooood? In time, you will learn yourself whether you prefer this way or smoking.
But that probably won’t happen until you are 6 or even 7 in some cases.”
Ugh, this is just like the Express. If they didn’t have these lessons, they’d be complaining about how the government is doing nothing underage sex. Which, somehow, would promote homosexuality, knowing the Express.
Bloody kids, they get taught everything at school these days
I’m surprised they didn’t say “Gay sex lessons at age 5″ seeing as the new statutory sex education guidelines now require gay and lesbian relationships to be discussed (although faith schools get a free pass to continue telling young gay people that they are going to Hell. . .)
Seems like a wasted opportunity to upset Mr & Mrs Disgruntled of Co. Durham.
What? No Rock and Roll lessons too?
Sex lessons? It’s just stuff like the basic differences between boys and girls and that babies come from mummy’s tummy at that age. And here we are with the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Europe. Jesus, when tweenagers are becoming parents something has to be done and it’s no good waiting until the kids are 16 to show them how to put a condom on a banana.
Drugs lessons? Be wary of syringes you may find in parks? They won’t be lessons in how to mix up the perfect speedball FFS.
By Mail logic surely any lessons in ’stranger danger’ would be out because they’d be teaching kids about pedophiles and thereby ruining their innocence. Explaining the dangers of fireworks would be preparing them for bomb making.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Kind of predictable to be honest.
“Sex” lessons at age 5 are “The differences between boys and girls, physically”. That’s literally it.
The actual sex and drugs education they speak of is at 15. But that’s not a very good story.
So as usual, the Express has got the entire labour policy on sex eduation, from 15 to 15, grouped it all togethor, and come up with the sensationalist headline
“sex and drugs lessons at 5″.
As I said, I assure you, the only curriculem thing at 5 is:
“This is how girls and boys are different”.
PS.
Nearly all Express stories, are even more ridiculous versions of a Mail story the previous day.
The Mail printed this yesterday. But to be fair, explained that the actual sex education was at 15, and that at 5 it was just “this is the difference between a boy and a girl”.
Calling the express journalism is a real insult to the craft. I’d be amazed if they even hire that many journalists.
These sorts of stories are researched and written by news agencies.
I guarentee the Express just buys the story, and then twists the facts to make an article
Personally, I’m amazed to discover that parents can currently prevent their children receiving sex education until they are 19.
How the **** do you get through GCSE biology calss whithout being able to correctly label a fallopian tube or a cowpers gland?
Yeah cos being so up-tight and keeping our kids so badly educated about sex is producing such great net results, eh?
Pathetic.
So, it seems that the Express pulled the number 5 from out of its ass. The Times puts the age at 15.
Sex ed is a difficult topic. You’ve got to respect the rights of parents to decide the way they want to bring up their kid and not offend religious groups. At the same time, I don’t understand why on earth sex ed is such a big deal anyway. Surely learning about sex, contraception is something everyone needs to know regardless of whether you’re religious or not. You need to know how baby’s are made and how best to protect yourself from pregnancy and STIs. You need to know this as an adult never mind as a teenager! Surely the most important thing is for young people to be given all relevant information in order to make an informed decision?
Presumably the “drugs” bit also includes something about pills not being sweeties?
It’s about time. I asked a 5-year old to skin up for me the other day, and she put the roach in first!
Fucking amateurs.
As Martin said in Frasier:
“Back then if a girl got in trouble, her family would just ship her off to another state, and if anybody asked, they just lied and said she went to Europe. Then when she came back, they’d raise the child as a little sister. Not like today! We had morals and values back then.”
@ Sarah,
“You’ve got to respect the rights of parents to decide the way they want to bring up their kid and not offend religious groups”
To get a bit Dawkinsian, the kid doesn’t have a religion. Imposing their parents’ fairy tales on them is frankly a bit cruel.
Not wanting to teach children about sex because it “offends religious groups”?
Now that is political correctness gone mad!
This is just funny. The Express has officially become a parody of itself.
I’ve begun to feel a litlle guilty about the Express. I’ve begun to enjoy the headlines. First I was annoyed, then derisive. Now, I can’t get by without my fix.
Mind you, you’d have to go a bit to beat ‘Britain: The End’ and ‘You’ve ruined everything’.
It’s like reading the thougths of a senile teenager.
The Senior Master taught buggery at our school.
“Right, kids, pick up your syringes and stick it in your arm. No Jenkins, find a vein first! Stupid boy! Thats it, doesn’t it feel Gooooood? In time, you will learn yourself whether you prefer this way or smoking.
But that probably won’t happen until you are 6 or even 7 in some cases.”
Ugh, this is just like the Express. If they didn’t have these lessons, they’d be complaining about how the government is doing nothing underage sex. Which, somehow, would promote homosexuality, knowing the Express.