A California middle school is coming under fire today for a class that requires 8th graders in a sex education class to publicly state before the class how far they are willing to go sexually.
Parents of a Woodland Park Middle School in San Marcos, California, said their 14-year old daughter was forced to stand under signs labeled “smiled at, hugged, kissed, above the waist, below the waist, and all the way.”
The activity was part of a dating lesson in the “family life and health class” and the teacher instructed the girl and all the students to participate.
“To put them up in front of their friends to be humiliated or to be asked questions that I believe are personal, it’s really none of the school’s business,” the parent told 10News.
The goal of the activity is to discuss what is appropriate for dating at the middle school level, school officials told the station, but the parents of the girl who complained said the activity only made her feel peer pressured.
“For the children to get that confused is just another reason why it shouldn’t even be in the schools,” the parents complained.
The school’s principal has defended the activity saying the idea came from a community clinic and that it had been used for years.
“The parents sign permission slips for the class and can look at the curriculum prior,” the principal said.
“The of the lesson was to open the lines of communication between parents and students about dating expectations.”
The teen’s parents said an anonymous survey would’ve been better.
“They need to have it on paper, no names on it they can do it at their desk and put it in a private box if the school really wants to know,” the parents said.
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