A Minneapolis private school is getting some attention because about two dozen of its students recently visited a Twin Cities sex toy shop as part of a sex education class.
An employee who answered the telephone at The Smitten Kitten shop on Tuesday said she could not discuss the visit and took a message for the manager, but parents of children who attend the Gaia Democratic School told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that they were miffed.
"It's just a major breach of trust," Lynn Floyd, the parent of an 11-year-old and 13-year who took part in the risque field trip, told the news organization. "You can't erase those images."
No one could be reached late Tuesday afternoon at the school, but Director Starri Hedges, who also teaches sex education, told the Star Tribune that she wanted to provide a safe way for students to learn about sex.
"It was certainly the first time we have taken that kind of field trip and it will probably be our last, which I feel bad (about) because the kids had so much fun," MPR quoted Hedges as saying.
"It was certainly the first time we have taken that kind of field trip and it will probably be our last, which I feel bad (about) because the kids had so much fun," MPR quoted Hedges as saying.
Is anyone actually reading this article? There's no teacher's union involved, no public education system, it's not even a real school. They don't have grades, or report cards, and they let the students pick and choose what they want to learn. It's a for-profit, private institution affiliated with a Unitarian Church. The parents paid for their kids to go there.
Not having grades or report cards, and choosing what educational activities to do doesn't make it a non-education. I went to a Montessori school, where this is the norm, from 1st-3rd grade and I got a great education from there.
