After reading through both 1998 and 2015 version curriculum, I actually think 2015 version is really much worse than 1998 version for below reasons:
1. Parents are out of picture in the new curriculum made in 2015, while they are premier educators in 1998 version;
2. 2105 version promotes kids to ask doctors and role module for reference. I think parents know the kids better and should be the first counseling resources;
3. 2015 version promote that sex is pleasure to have and is kind of promoting kids to have sex, unless they have specific reason to delay it;
4. In 2015 version, it doesn’t mention self-control, moral, marriage, family, responsibility, just pleasure and relationship. What kind of education is this? Sex is not a game that everyone can play and leave so easily. It is so misleading and so wrong!
5. In 2015 version, it exposes too much detailed info about sex, pregnancy, homosexual, six gender IDs, oral/anal sex to the children at too early stage! They know and they could try, even before they are fully aware of it. Grade 8 is only 14 years old. Why you want to expose so much detailed sex-related information to them? What’s the intention here?
6. New version emphasizes that the more you know, the better decision you can make. It also suggest students to make a plan and stick with it. What plan we are talking about here at such young age? It is really a joke here! At Grade 1 to 8, children will be taught a lot of misleading information, which could lead them to make mistake before they are really ready to tell right and wrong! This is like washing kids’ brain by pouring in all info, doesn’t matter right or wrong, and ask them to choose by themselves, with NO involvement from parents. I can’t help myself to ask, what are you doing here? What’s the purpose behind the scene?
7. The example list in the new curriculum is too specific. Our kids are not industrialized machines. They are individuals that parents know the best for when and how to talk with them about sex. We don’t want so-called professional teachers to teach them this so sensitive and private topic in public and in too early-age. What will be taught could be totally against our tradition and family value. For example, why it is suggest someone to bring condom if he/she feel to have sex and just consult the doctor, instead of control themselves and talking with parents? This is so ridiculous!
8.Actually, it also makes me feel that it is promoting some wrong concept to kids. My feeling in general is that a lot of items are really not appropriate and I really suspect the relations between this misleading info and our former duty education-minister, who pleaded guilty for children pornography recently.
Even though we need an updated curriculum, we need a good and proper one, not the one with so much improper information, participated by criminals and without consulting parents.
I guarantee you that most parents will be outraged after they carefully read through new 2015 version curriculum. You already heard this on Tuesday night!!! Last night, our Premier also heard parents’ shouting voice at Mississauga!