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It's difficult to even finish the question. These are not the sort of things you generally ask people. Talking this way around the water cooler could get you fired.
Now, imagine what would happen if you were a teacher who posed the questions to eighth graders.
A teacher at Andre-Laurendeau High School on the south shore of Montreal can tell you exactly what would happen. First, several parents would seem to spontaneously combust. Then you'd get suspended, if only because the school board can't find a legal way to have you shot.
The Toronto Sun doesn't identify the teacher, but reports say school officials' heads are still spinning from the test students were given as part of a religion and ethics course.
In addition to questions about sexual positions and the size of African-American sex organs, students also were reportedly asked about sperm, anal sex and lesbian intercourse.
"I find the questionnaire dubious, even for college students," school board director Andre Byette tells the Sun. "We do not approve of the content of certain questions. How does this help the sexual education of students? It's totally unacceptable."
School administrators banned the test following parents' complaints. They also ordered the teacher to stop discussing sexual subjects.
The Sun reports the teacher argued the test, which she wrote herself, was aimed at fighting society's prejudices about sex. That didn't exactly help her case. More parents complained, and the teacher was suspended.
Julie Pelletier, a Quebec psychotherapist and sex columnist, tells the Sun the quiz was "inappropriate for the students of that age group."
Sex education classes have been eliminated from schools in Quebec. As a result, the Sun reports, teachers sometimes take it upon themselves to introduce sex back into the curriculum.
Sexologist Jocelyne Robert tells the Sun the teacher has been judged prematurely, adding that she didn't present anything kids haven't already seen on the Internet or talked about amongst themselves.
Things such as homosexuality and oral sex are not new concepts, Robert says -- even to 13-year-olds.
"It's there," she tells the newspaper. "It's not anecdotal. It's very known to young people. They see it wall to wall on the Internet. If we don't talk about it, we're sort of putting our heads in the sand."
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ReaderComments (Page 2 of 2)
12-07-2010 @ 2:26AM
Jim said...Are you sure the quiz mentioned "African American men" when it took place in Canada? It seems like maybe the writer of this article is an idiot.
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12-07-2010 @ 2:29AM
Michael said...How are they "African-American men" when this test was given in Canada. Wouldn't they be African-Canadian or American-Canadian?
Political correctness is cool and all but it ought to at least make geographical sense.
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12-07-2010 @ 11:54AM
Steve said...I'm pretty sure it's impossible to change your race. That means it would be impossible for an African-American to move to Canada, if that required that they change into an African-Canadian.
12-07-2010 @ 3:26AM
Chris said...Really? African Canadian ?
Last I checked the entire continent is the Americas. As in, North and South America. As in, African American is still a valid description.
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12-07-2010 @ 6:05AM
Ryan said...I like how they don't tell us what these questions are, making it seem much worse than what it has to be.
You see kids today, 7, 8 years old having sex. Who's to blame? The media, shows like Jersey Shore, and of course the parents. These parents refuse to believe their children could be like this, and therefore become prudent, shocked at some stupid test a teacher gave to their children.
Porn is just one click away. Adult Friend Finder is on an untold number of websites, so children have access to everything these days. Not to mention what we're shown on TV, what girls and boys have to look like, etc. The teacher was simply trying to educate them on what everything was. They're going to see it regardless, so it only makes sense that they should know what it all means.
If you want this problem to go away, you're going to have to get rid of the entertainment industry, and of course the internet. But, seeing as how this isn't really an option, you should teach your children yourselves, from a very young age. Otherwise you're going to see your 6 year old "princess" putting things in her mouth which she really shouldn't be.
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12-07-2010 @ 7:03AM
Rob B said...Why would it be African-American junk they discuss...wouldn't it be an African-canadian? Montreal is still in Canada, isn't it?
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12-07-2010 @ 3:35PM
RSQR said...Yes, Montreal is still in Canada. Is Canada still in North AMERICA?
12-07-2010 @ 7:42AM
Gordon said...She should be fired. Sex education does NOT belong to groups of people who care nothing about you as the parent and YOUR views.
Only the views of the collective are granted access. No thank you. While we're bothering about sexuality and whether it's OK for a man to suck off another man, China has leapfrogged past everyone in the things that matter. Science and Math.
Our kids are being short-changed because liberal pantywaists feel the need to brainwash children into their collective way of thinking about sex.
Losers.
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12-07-2010 @ 8:28AM
MW Smith said..."If we don't talk about it, we're sort of putting our heads in the sand."
I disagree. These parents were not putting their heads in the sand, but did "draw a line in the sand" when it came to the inappropriate intrusion of the teacher's morality into their lives and the lives of their children. This teachers behaviour was wrong at many levels ....
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12-07-2010 @ 3:36PM
davidwr said...I'm sure it's a little of both - some parents burying their head in the sand and some drawing a line in the sand.
12-07-2010 @ 10:22AM
Jason said...I want to know how well the kids did on the test!
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12-08-2010 @ 10:05AM
Sarah said..."Sexologist." LOL!
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12-07-2010 @ 10:02AM
Jeff said...Many of you do not know what the Bible says about sex. God created Sex, He intended it to be pleasurable. He did not re-design men and women after sin entered the world so it was obviously His intent for us to enjoy sex Between a man and his wife. Read Song of Soloman, here was a great man of God that totally enjoyed sex with his wife. Man has perverted sex, and teaching our children about our perversions is not appropriate.
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12-07-2010 @ 10:03AM
Valkyrie said...LOL
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12-07-2010 @ 12:36PM
Harry Kuheim said...What do you want to bet this "Teacher" was an Man Hating Dike with a chip on her shoulder against any accepted social norm. But she loves the Environment and believes in Global Warming !
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12-07-2010 @ 1:13PM
pinstriper921 said...As one can see from the foregoing group of comments,many are still confused about sex and the young,I ask this question when did you discover sex and what effect did it have on your knowledge,what questions did you have then,and who did you go to for answers,do you still have the same questions,or are you now experienced,I went out with a catholic girl's school graduate,way back but still a telling anecdote,she told me french kissing would MAKE her pregnant,so she refused to do it unless she was married.Many of us are still that naive about sex,the most hotly debated subject in American life, as this teacher's action proves, we need to understand,as much as we don't like it,youth of today have more knowledge of this subject via the net and media,both print DVD,reality shows etc than most of us,as the comments indicate.
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12-07-2010 @ 3:19PM
davidwr said...I had the necessary biology lesson well before I was capable of fathering a child. I must admit though back when I was in single digits I believed some of the rumors that were floating around the playground regarding human reproduction.