Religious exemption from health class (MS/HS)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand how your religion forbids your child from learning about health and the human body.

I don’t know why MCPS feels he need to force it’s views on sexuality and gender on my kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your child NEEDS this class. If you are talking about high school health - my child took it this summer.
Are you against learning CPR? Suicide prevention? Mental health? Telling kids that sex leads can lead to very undesirable genital warts?

I can tell you that the class may not be so out of touch as to preach abstinence, it clearly shows the dangers of sex as a teen and these kids get that message loud and clear.

Religious exemptions are for nut jobs and that's who your kid is going to be if you don't loosen up and realize that not being able to related to real life is going to make life tough for your child.

Thank you. I love this post. Well Said!

[Anonymous]

*the need

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Could be a ton of reasons - being against seeking nakedness in a locker room, being against touching by opposite sex that could occur during p.e. Who knows.

They're asking about Health, not PE.

my bad

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your child NEEDS this class. If you are talking about high school health - my child took it this summer.
Are you against learning CPR? Suicide prevention? Mental health? Telling kids that sex leads can lead to very undesirable genital warts?

I can tell you that the class may not be so out of touch as to preach abstinence, it clearly shows the dangers of sex as a teen and these kids get that message loud and clear.

Religious exemptions are for nut jobs and that's who your kid is going to be if you don't loosen up and realize that not being able to related to real life is going to make life tough for your child.

Have you had a kid actually take MCPS Health? It’s a joke and a complete waste of time with useless busywork.

No, no kids NEEDS this class. Especially not the way MCPs teaches it.

[Anonymous]

I don’t believe in volcanos or adverbs so i exempted my child from those units of earth science and language arts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand how your religion forbids your child from learning about health and the human body.

I don’t know why MCPS feels he need to force it’s views on sexuality and gender on my kids.

MCPS doesn't "feel" anything. MCPS is complying with the state law requirements for health education in the state of Maryland. Who decided those laws? The state legislature, elected by voters. You don't like it? Either pull your kid from public school or go to a state that isn't interested in a highly informed populace.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your child NEEDS this class. If you are talking about high school health - my child took it this summer.
Are you against learning CPR? Suicide prevention? Mental health? Telling kids that sex leads can lead to very undesirable genital warts?

I can tell you that the class may not be so out of touch as to preach abstinence, it clearly shows the dangers of sex as a teen and these kids get that message loud and clear.

Religious exemptions are for nut jobs and that's who your kid is going to be if you don't loosen up and realize that not being able to related to real life is going to make life tough for your child.

Have you had a kid actually take MCPS Health? It’s a joke and a complete waste of time with useless busywork.

No, no kids NEEDS this class. Especially not the way MCPs teaches it.

^ person who evidently missed health class

[Anonymous]

It is easier for both the school and the parents if people who object to public school sex ed are allowed to opt-out. There are fewer fights about the curriculum. Religiously conservative people feel more respected by an institution to which they also pay taxes. To me, as a liberal, that seems like a win-win. The MCPS curriculum doesn't look much different from the one I experienced 40+ years ago - lessons on plumbing, periods, disease, danger and death.
It's important that kids who might receive absolutely no information about puberty get that information. Aside from that, we do not have a national consensus on how to best manage human sexuality so it's hard for the school to go beyond the basics in any direction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is easier for both the school and the parents if people who object to public school sex ed are allowed to opt-out. There are fewer fights about the curriculum. Religiously conservative people feel more respected by an institution to which they also pay taxes. To me, as a liberal, that seems like a win-win. The MCPS curriculum doesn't look much different from the one I experienced 40+ years ago - lessons on plumbing, periods, disease, danger and death.
It's important that kids who might receive absolutely no information about puberty get that information. Aside from that, we do not have a national consensus on how to best manage human sexuality so it's hard for the school to go beyond the basics in any direction.

They're pandering to fools at the expense of their children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is easier for both the school and the parents if people who object to public school sex ed are allowed to opt-out. There are fewer fights about the curriculum. Religiously conservative people feel more respected by an institution to which they also pay taxes. To me, as a liberal, that seems like a win-win. The MCPS curriculum doesn't look much different from the one I experienced 40+ years ago - lessons on plumbing, periods, disease, danger and death.
It's important that kids who might receive absolutely no information about puberty get that information. Aside from that, we do not have a national consensus on how to best manage human sexuality so it's hard for the school to go beyond the basics in any direction.

They're pandering to fools at the expense of their children.

Exactly! Are we also going to be able to opt out of certian history lessons because they content they are teaching us somehow against their religion and politics? Stop this nonsense. Nothing in the health class is preventing your child from gong to church on Sunday and believing whatever they say there.

[Anonymous]

Can my kids get a religious exemption from math? Asking for a friend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can my kids get a religious exemption from math? Asking for a friend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, maybe you can opt your kid out from ever having sex, being sexually assaulted, having a urinary/gynecological issue, and being curious about the human body too?

Maybe the OP already educated their kid about the human body and sex and doesn't want the government's spin. Good for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, maybe you can opt your kid out from ever having sex, being sexually assaulted, having a urinary/gynecological issue, and being curious about the human body too?

Maybe the OP already educated their kid about the human body and sex and doesn't want the government's spin. Good for them.

They're welcome to send their kid to private schools or homeschool.