On second thought - I might be wrong about the 'compulsatory'. It is quite probable that parents are allowed to not let their children participate. I'm thinking especially of religious fundamentalists, who don't want their kids to have anything to do with sex education. But in any case, this is the exception rather than the rule.
In secondary school, we had sex ed classes at least twice, because I remember two different teachers. The first time was in the fifth or sixth grade and was more or less the repetition of basic anatomy facts. At the age of 15 or 16, we received more thorough lessons, focusing on contraception, pregnancy and sexual diseases. I remember our teacher saying at some point, 'Please pay attention now. I don't want you to complain in cases of unwanted pregnancy that your biology teacher didn't explain it well enough.'
as well as an awful lot we didn't
*g* Ah yes, I can see that. Matters of sexual education are probably horribly stressful for both, educators and children.
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In secondary school, we had sex ed classes at least twice, because I remember two different teachers. The first time was in the fifth or sixth grade and was more or less the repetition of basic anatomy facts. At the age of 15 or 16, we received more thorough lessons, focusing on contraception, pregnancy and sexual diseases. I remember our teacher saying at some point, 'Please pay attention now. I don't want you to complain in cases of unwanted pregnancy that your biology teacher didn't explain it well enough.'
as well as an awful lot we didn't
*g* Ah yes, I can see that. Matters of sexual education are probably horribly stressful for both, educators and children.