Tag: ruby speaks

so, our sex ed program has been repealed, apparently. we’re using the old curriculum again.

the thing is, it’s from 1998. kind of really outdated – especially in regards to like, not being a straight or cis person. sexuality and gender identity isn’t included in this curriculum at all, as far as i can remember. i think they mentioned potentially being gay in passing in high school, somewhere in the ‘you’re too young to know what being asexual means!’ lesson. but overall it was kind of useless to me, because it was outdated and didn’t cover a lot of issues that people face these days. apparently they aren’t even teaching kids about consent for fear of them ‘partaking in sexual activity’ or something like that.

so, as someone who went through the old system and found it useless, and who was overjoyed at the 2016 revision: go fuck yourself, ford.

and to all the kids who are like me: i’m sorry you won’t get the lessons you need and deserve. i’m sorry you’re going to be taught outdated stuff like it’s fact. take everything with a grain of salt and do your own research (which is honestly good advice for anything). i hope you can still get those lessons somehow, even though the government and the education system has failed you.