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Fifth grade is too late to start. Ten year olds are having babies!!!!!! There are programs that start as early as Kindergarten with basic hygiene and learning about different kinds of germs. Good luck, DC!
I find it astounding that it has taken this long for our capital city to wake up and come to it's senses. Now if only we could make this a national goal, instead of just this one city. Many of our towns and cities in Arizona will not even let any HIV information be presented on campus, let alone the distribution of condoms. Oh we are so very advanced and so very civilized; as we watch our youth, thorugh their ignorance, condemn themselves to a life of pain and misery with this disease!
I think that all the schools should implement a better cirrculum about HIV/AIDS since it is one of the fastest growing problems in the US today
Better late than never...
Vickie
Someone's head has been in the sand for years. Will they actually include discussions on condoms? I can only hope. I know that abstinence is the only fool proof method of avoiding HIV, but if we avoid the topic than we will not be providing our children with the knowledge and tools they need to protect themselves. Our society must be honest with our youths; they are exposed to too much sex and are blindly unaware of the consequences. I am grateful that we are finally doing the right thing.
January 23, 2008 • Tampa