Here we go again ! A lot of wise men and women have been tasked with drawing up a " National sex education package " to guide our youngsters from primary through to their high school years.
What a thankless task !
The three things that most Australian's disagree over - are politics, football - and sex education !
Opinions range from the " teach them nothing " mob, who have the quaint notion that if kid's are kept ignorant they will not experiment with sex - to the " worldly wise " who favour " putting it all on the table " - and then letting the kid's figure out what to do with the knowledge.
And then there is the Catholic church !
Even the mere mention of contraception and abortion has them in a frenzy !
The Federal education minister, Julia Gillard calms the debate by promising that all interested parties will be " consulted ". That seems to be shorthand for an endless debate which will satisfy neither end of the moral spectrum.
Eventually some sort of compromise will be grudgingly reached - and then the second battle on sex education will begin. The parties who will have the task of implementing this package - the Teachers Federation and the Catholic Schools teachers will split into those " for " and those " against " whatever it contains.
Getting picked to serve on this task force is a bit like the opening scene from that venerable TV classic " Mission Impossible " - and the required task is similar !
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