Don't be obtuse. The sarcastic point was....keep educating health and safety. Some of it may very well stick.
I think you botched that analogy pretty badly. Using a seatbelt is more similar to using a condom than it is to not having sex at all. What you are advocating for, abstinence, is more like telling teens to never get into an automobile. Because those horseless carriages are the work of the devil! barfo
Teachers do have a tremendous influence on young peoples lives, in many ways. Whenever we go to a grandkids game it's not unusual for kids representing two generations to come up and give my wife a big hug, and comment on how she effected their kids lives in the class room. I agree with River on teaching, coaching kids on how to learn and apply themselves. The teachers responsibilities are huge, and it always upset my wife when she reported potential abuse, which is more common than you'd realize.
My guess would be that he'd rather it be used on those who've engaged in actions that might deserve it rather than on those who've yet to take a breath. Much like other rights, even the right to life can be forfeit.
Actually, I didn't botch a thing. If you had been reading some of my associated comments, I think you would realize that I'm all about the "education". The crash films analogy was the first thing that came to mind. Health and safety go hand-in-hand in many cases. I'm not naive enough to think kids aren't going to have sex before marriage. However, that certainly doesn't mean our educators throw their collective hands up and simply hand out condoms.....and even without parents' knowledge! That said, sex education begins in the home. Great place to start. Moreover, our schools are increasingly becoming unsafe environments. I've become much more of a proponent of home, charter, and/or private schools.
It's a really good, and complicated, question. In my mind, there are supporting cases either way that I guess part of me agrees with, and part doesn't. I know that's a rather lame non-answer, but I'm truly undecided on that issue.
I think you've got teens pegged all wrong. They're not interested in either sex or beer. Why, the very thought makes me want to find one and wash his/her mouth out with soap.
I understand green font quite well. I probably don't use it near enough. Anyway, it's all good. For the record, though, in no way was I directly equating the safety belt/sex ed examples other than to say they both deal with education. And, again, handing out condoms should not be the role of our schools! Speaking of handouts, check out what's been happening in San Francisco: Spend the public money to hand out syringes to drug user....then spend public money to clean them up off the streets. Makes total sense to me! What a deal! https://sf.curbed.com/2018/4/23/17272574/mark-farrell-syringes-san-francisco-clean-up
I would not depend on the teachers to provide that. The State and school board determine the material for which a teacher uses for their classroom. And the subjects are taught in a way towards State testing. That is not necessarily good. The teacher, depending on the subject, may only have 1 to 2 personal max minutes with each student every day. The teacher is advised heavily towards teaching to a test rather than expanding the child's mind. Besides, morality can have different views depending on the lens of the teacher. A vast majority of teachers in Portland teaching history, politics, and/or social studies tend to teach through a Democrat lens. Meaning they have few good things to say about the Republican party. This is just one example of a subject being taught to children that should be taught objectively and is not. These are some things to think about.
Sure, pull yourself up by your bootstraps and quit expecting handouts. Entitlement is not a right. (Oh, crap! Should that have been green font?! )
