<p>What kind of sex-ed did you get in middle/high school? Abstinence only? Safety first? None at all? Most importantly, did it 'stick'? Meaning, do you practice it now?</p>
<p>I'm just asking because we're discussing it in my anthro class and it seems like most people don't practice what they were taught (whatever that may be). </p>
<p>As for me: Abstinence only (Catholic school) and yes, it stuck:)</p>
<p>I don’t even remember, which just tells you how much I paid attention in Health. It was probably abstinence-only, though.</p>
<p>But yeah, it stuck. But I don’t have a sex drive anyways so it isn’t like it wouldn’t have stuck.</p>
<p>Abstinence-only is also just a terrible way to teach sex ed, IMHO. Most people are going to screw in college anyways. Might as well teach them how to do it safely. I don’t think we even had a condom demonstration. (I would have remembered that, at least.)</p>
<p>I had to take two different health classes, one in middle school and another one in high school. We were not taught abstinence only, but abstinence was recommended over all other forms of birth control. </p>
<p>We learned about all the different kinds of contraception and how to use them, but the way the book and the teacher went over it made the instructions for use sound really complicated. It also seemed like every form of contraception had side effects and was not 100% reliable so I left the class thinking it would be much easier just to be abstinent. </p>
<p>I guess it stuck, because I am still abstinent to this day, although that may be caused in large part by my lack of a social life.</p>
<p>We got kind of an ‘our bodies’ talk in 5th grade, and a ‘health class’ freshman year. I frankly don’t remember much from either, but my parents were also pretty open about answering my questions and I grew up in an era of “use a condom use a condom USE A CONDOM”.</p>
<p>But I would say all of that stuck, yes.</p>
<p>none at all…</p>
<p>^same. Nothing, at all</p>
<p>How to put a condom on a Penn15.</p>
<p>Middle school was abstinence only. Catholic school.
High school was preferred abstinence but they taught us birth control as well.</p>
<p>I’ve been sexually active since I was 15. Always on the pill, always use a condom. My parents always stressed birth control over abstinence.</p>
<p>Jr. High I had this very old-school conservative teacher. He taught abstinence only, to only marry virgins, abstain for homosexual activities and if you don’t you’ll die of aids.
…Yep.
Sr. High, the health teacher was more…new-era style. Had us write all the slang words we could think of for “pen15” on the first day of class. Then he also told us about every single type of birth control out there and its effectiveness.
Results? Had a few pregnant kids in HS, lots of kids having sex. Quite a few not using any form of birth control…it’s just too hard to get.</p>
<p>…ummm… we saw pictures of infected things I’d never like to see again</p>
<p>^lol so did I. We each were assigned an STD and had to make a powerpoint on it. Had to be a picture on every slide. The teacher stressed that if we had sex we WOULD get an STD or get pregnant.<br>
Effectively scared the hell out of me, even though I know it’s lies.</p>
<p>No sex education… that’s what the internet is for!</p>
<p>Mine was abstinence only…definitely didn’t stick, lol. I had to see the STD stuff too…and now that I’m in a Human Sexuality class I have to see them alllll over again :(</p>
<p>I feel like by the time I got to health class (I don’t remember having sex ed in middle school) I already knew about birth control and safe sex, so I basically just chuckled through the abstinence stuff. And felt sad for those who didn’t have any other form of education and therefore didn’t know how to put on a condom.</p>
<p>Wow, I was actually going to sign up for a Human Sexuality class for the Fall (I need an Arts/Humanities class to take for my major) thinking there would be lots of females in the class… Good thing I didn’t lol… I’m taking Self and Society (Sociology) instead. :)</p>
<p>take an environmental class, tons of girls</p>
<p>Interesting. As a computer science major this is my one chance to take a class that has more then 1 girl in it lol… so I’m going all out. Well actually there was a women’s fashion class but I’m not going THAT far… ha</p>
<p>Only had it in Middle School which was Catholic so of course abstinence only. It stuck more or less, mostly because I don’t really get myself into a position to worry about it, which from what friends have told me is a good thing.</p>
<p>So you accept an appeal to authority as valid? Does it make you feel safer adopting the convictions of other people instead of thinking for yourself?</p>
<p>In public high school (last year, as a freshman) we had abstinence only, complete with scary pictures, a list of the cost of raising a child, and descriptions of “emotional trauma”. I wouldn’t say it’s effective at all, at my school that is. I’m a virgin as I really don’t try for any type of relationship with girls (or guys!) but as far as effectiveness, I’d say it’s utterly pathetic.</p>
<p>For the most part, sex education at my high school was very open-minded. It was included as part of our freshman year health course. We were educated on the varieties of contraception, pregnancy stages, male and female biology, etc.</p>