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Sex at School Increasing
I read this headline and almost skimmed over it, then it hit me, “Huh?”
Increasing? Like there is SEX in school to begin with??? And now its increasing?
I know I’ve been out of the loop with all this homeschooling I am doing, but, come on! Where are the parents’ outrage? Am I the only one shocked by such a headline?
The article from the Washington Post starts like this:
Sex at School Increasing, Some Educators Say
“Perhaps the most shocking thing about students having sex in a high school auditorium was that other students didn’t find it very shocking at all.
“I glanced over and, whatever, I just let him continue on with his business,” said a 16-year-old linebacker on the Osbourn High School football team who, along with a friend, stumbled upon a couple engaging in oral sex. “I stayed for five to eight minutes, just talking. We weren’t worried about it. When the janitor came in, everyone started running.”
Manassas school officials weren’t as laid back. The students — eight in all — were quickly identified and suspended, and the matter prompted the small school system to confront an issue many adults would rather not face: in this case, two girls and three boys engaging in oral sex or intercourse on school property while three other boys watched, according to sources familiar with what happened.
“In all the years that I’ve been in education, I’ve never run into this one before,” said John Boronkay, the school system’s acting superintendent. “It’s a new one.”
Actually, it’s not so new. According to some teenagers, sex on school property is more frequent than adults might imagine. And some adults who work with teenagers said it’s happening more often these days.
There’s anecdotal evidence to support that:”
The article goes on to give one example after another, and right here in Maryland!
Read more HERE
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I was disgusted my senior year in high school (so long ago, it seems) when we found out how many of the *incoming* freshmen girls were already pregnant. That was revolting enough. I’m not surprised in the least that this is happening… just one more example of our society going down the moral drain.
I want to believe that these examples are exceptions to the rule. My three kids all went through the public school system and were active in sports and other extra-curricular activities. I was around a lot for assemblies, games, productions and so forth, and most of the kids I interacted with would never behaved like that — even if they were sexually active. I agree — it’s shocking that it happens at all, and I would think it would constitute immediate grounds for expulsion. Certainly if two teachers were caught having sex on campus, they would lose their job (oops… forgot about that tenure thing). Well, in the REAL world, when people get caught doing something illegal, they pay the consequences.
At the high school where my kids went to school, they had a full-time police officer on campus during school hours and a zero-tolerance policy against drugs and weapons. One strike, and you are permanently expelled. I wonder if public sex would be included?
I work in a small public school system in Virginia. Believe me I am
not suprised by this article. While most parents are involved and
caring, there are many who are too busy chasing the American Dream
and making enough money to buy “little darling” one more shiney new
toy to replace the one that was broken or lost yesterday they end
up clueless as to who their child really is. The teachers and other
“responsible” adults are often to frazzled licking their wounds
from the last encounter with “little darlings” parents to keep up.
Too many parents sad to say leave it up to the school to do all the
teaching, including manners, character, and the importance of
making good choices. Then when “little darling” falls down the
parent is shocked. Things will not change until parents step in and
step up and teach their children to do the same.