Yeah. A bunch of states declined the federal funding rather than teach abstinence-only.
Oh! I didn't actually know that.
You want to meet the real me now?
Mal ,'War Stories'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Feb 13, 2009 2:16:21 pm PST #6395 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hil R. - Feb 13, 2009 2:18:09 pm PST #6396 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Oh! I didn't actually know that.
Most of the northeast, plus California, plus some others. I'm sure there's a list somewhere online.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 13, 2009 2:20:55 pm PST #6397 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
That's my congressperson! She seems so reasonable!
Jesse - Feb 13, 2009 2:21:11 pm PST #6398 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I haven't paid much attention to public schools since I went to them, really.
Hil R. - Feb 13, 2009 2:21:37 pm PST #6399 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I think the part of the proposed new rules that I'm most impressed with is this:
teaches young people the skills to make responsible decisions about sexuality, including how to avoid unwanted verbal, physical, and sexual advances and how to avoid making verbal, physical, and sexual advances that are not wanted by the other party;
(bolding mine.) I don't recall ever seeing anything like that in any of the sex ed classes I had in high school.
Hil R. - Feb 13, 2009 2:35:23 pm PST #6400 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
As a contrast, one of the abstinence-only programs: [link] I actually found this part triggering:
“The young girl learning to understand her changing body often has no idea the effect it has on surrounding males. Signals she doesn't even know she is sending can cause big problems.”(Why kNOw?, 6th grade, p. 17)
So many things wrong in just two sentences.
Lee - Feb 13, 2009 2:36:03 pm PST #6401 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Blergh. It's raining again, and 280 was already flooded this morning, which means the drive home is going to be just FUN.
flea - Feb 13, 2009 2:37:23 pm PST #6402 of 30000
information libertarian
My coworker is on Jeopardy, for anyone watching right now. Diane.
Jesse - Feb 13, 2009 2:39:35 pm PST #6403 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
We're pretty excited about that bill at my job...
megan walker - Feb 13, 2009 2:42:28 pm PST #6404 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Hivemind:
Presidents' Day, Presidents Day, or President's Day? I keep getting emails with President's Day and that seems wrong.
ETA: Oxford comma!