The issue here is that schools have no clue where to start. Edweek Blogs state that
“Many teachers and leaders do not know where to start. They usually begin by using
words like tolerance and acceptance (I prefer acceptance over being tolerated).” People
have different viewpoints, and we need to accept it to be a norm for teachers to start
teaching health for the broadest spectrum of students. Edweek also states that schools
have trouble introducing LGBTQ+ sex ed because the administration is unsupportive
and also parents push back. Parents do have a huge say in what gets introduced, and
some parents do
not like schools to mention this taboo topic. “Teachers will not test the
waters of LGBT topics in their classroom if they feel that parents will push back and
administrators
will not be supportive,” says Edweek. This is a huge factor in why LGBT
topics aren’t mentioned in sex ed.
The bottom line is that our country is changing and evolving and we can’t stop
that. A new generation is upon us, and we need to adapt. I feel like we need to start
addressing the fact that people are different, and there is no black and white anymore;
there is a gray area. Schools need to start teaching their students more than just straight
sexual education. We need to start talking about this topic, before it’s too late.
Sleep Is One of the Biggest Issues in Education
Today
by Colista Bird
Many teenagers believe that the most important things in their lives are their
phones and cars. However, sleep is arguably the most important thing in teenagers’
lives. With such early start times at high schools,
however, nightly sleep goals cannot be met. This
hampers academic performance and tempts
students to skip class.
We've all heard that popular excuse: I overslept.
It is used as a reason why a student is late, or
even fails to attend class. Now, the student may
have stayed up late the night before, but that is
simply due to their internal clocks calculating
their precise circadian rhythms, which govern
which hours they are awake enough to function.
If school start times were set to a later point, this
issue could be somewhat resolved.