There is an important discussion on the moot and teachers are divided in their opinions on this very important moot.Since HIV/AIDS education is of paramount importance to the peoples of the world,especially to Third World Countries that can hardly afford to purchase effective drugs to curb this dreaded virus ,I think pertinent information for/against the moot will help teachers to make important decisions as to where/when to introduce this type pf education.
2007-01-02 04:09:31 · 9 answers · asked by Errie Samaroo 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Junior high would be more appropriate
2007-01-02 04:11:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think because a lot of people still think it is only a sexually transmitted disease, and therefore you can't really talk about AIDS/HIV without also talking about sex and about prevention practices (i.e., condoms). Lots of schools are uncomfortable talking about that even if they may want to, because a lot of parents don't think it's appropriate for those sorts of things to be taught in schools. Personally, I think because it is such a growing problem, it should be taught in schools. AIDS/HIV is tearing the US and the world apart, and the more we educate the future generations, the better. However, because of the aforementioned stigma, it's probably going to stay out of the schools for a long time. And that's unfortunate.
2016-05-23 06:27:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hiv is taught as part of the sex education lessons in scotland when i was at school to children around the age of 12, that was about 20yrs ago, education has improved since then and more is knownabout hiv/aids. I agree that education sould be available to all far earlier kindergarden would not be too soon to teach about such a dangerous disease...so answering a few questions on sex and drug addiction from a five year old would be a fair price for the next generation to be free of aids
2007-01-02 04:21:19 · answer #3 · answered by steven m 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes...i think they should try teaching kids about HIV/AIDS as soon as possible. at an earlier age, kids are less likely to already have learned about it from the wrong people/places and less likely to laugh and make jokes like we all know older kids do.
If this were something that was going to happen, they might want to start it off small scale and see how it works out before they go and make it mandatory.
Knowledge never hurt anyone. even though these younger kids aren't having dangerous sex or sharing needles, they should be taught that doing these things can have serious consequences and that sex and drugs aren't the only ways that people contract the AIDS virus.
2007-01-02 04:25:50 · answer #4 · answered by Tiffany 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because liberals will be teaching the politically correct information for this politically protected disease, and they will be promoting "safe sex," condomizing cucumbers and all of this crap to young children.
They'll also be denying that it has anything to do with homosexuality, when that's what brought it into the world and then spreaded it into the general population.
2007-01-02 04:12:06 · answer #5 · answered by Joseph C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can barely remember, but I'm pretty sure I had sex education in 5th & 6th grade. Considering this disease is quite common nowadays, it should definitely be included when teaching about sex.
2007-01-02 04:13:59 · answer #6 · answered by cey12000 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, primary school children need to learn how to wash their hands so they don't spread diseases and brush their teeth properly. I don't see any need to unnecessarily shorten their childhoods any more than our society already has.
2007-01-02 04:11:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No because I don't think that 5 year olds are having unprotected sex.
2007-01-02 04:11:35 · answer #8 · answered by Glitter-Girl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. That pretty much steals childhood.
2007-01-02 04:17:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋