SCHOOL UNIFORMS: Yay or Nay?

[Menegrothx]

I wore my ECW cap with pride in my exams back in high school and one ever said me a thing

[Luke]

I wore my ECW cap with pride in my exams back in high school and one ever said me a thing

You could have been valedictorian.

[Ivo]

The problem is that abstinence doesn't work.

I take issue with that statement. Abstinence is the only method that 100% does work to prevent STDs and unwanted pregnancies by fertilized eggs*.

* If you are Christian and very religious about it, you will want to amend the percentage a tiny bit lower, and if you know about the extremely rare cases where the gene splitting of the gametes doesn't occur leading to an egg containing both chromosomes from the mother and to an offspring that is a genetic clone of the mother, I wouldn't count that a "fertilized egg".

[AppleQueso]

The problem is that abstinence doesn't work.

I take issue with that statement. Abstinence is the only method that 100% does work to prevent STDs and unwanted pregnancies by fertilized eggs*.

I thought it was pretty clear from my post that I was referring to abstinence-only sex education.

[Ivo]

I thought it was pretty clear from my post that I was referring to abstinence-only sex education.

I know. I still don't think it was phrased properly. That, and I wanted to make the religion-related remark

Any other method mentioned in sex education won't also work if it isn't put in practice.

If the objective is to prevent STDs and pregnancies, I think abstinence should still be promoted as the single best solution, with the other options also clearly explained (and their lower prevention rates highlighted, and stressed that the rates get lowered when the other methods are not employed with care - another advantage of abstinence, no need to know how to apply any of the physical barrier methods, or remember to take pills etc.).

[ZeroAX]

no please no, let's turn back to uniforms. Let's not mention sex.

[Hobie-wan]

If you are Christian and very religious about it, you will want to amend the percentage a tiny bit lower

Only if you really believe in immaculate conception.

[Valkyrie-Favor]

If you're concerned about the government influencing kids' world views/opinions, then it's utterly silly to get concerned over a minor issue like sex education, when it's just a drop in the large puddle that is 9+ years of compulsory public education. Especially when that particular issue serves a rational purpose, reducing the number of unwanted children and young women dropping out of school before they graduate.

Why are you saying that sex education is an "utterly minor" issue when it is reducing the number of teenage pregnancies? That sounds like a big deal to me.

Your assertion that I shouldn't be concerned about this because there are other things to be concerned about is completely baffling to me.
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Maybe reducing high school pregnancies would help prevent bullying more than school uniforms do?

[Luke]

Why are you saying that sex education is an "utterly minor" issue when it is reducing the number of teenage pregnancies?

During sex ed. in the 5th grade a classmate asked the teacher "Can't you just pull out?" and before she could respond I blurted "Once you're in, there's no way you're going to want to pull out".

Being a virgin at the time I had no clue what I was saying, but to this day I still remember the teacher's reaction to my comment.

[BoneSnapDeez]

You were correct though! You were wise beyond your years.