I do think it's the schools' responsibility to teach things important to kids. I don't think they should be going in and telling people to just go ahead and ignore consequences like WC always tries to strawman the discussion into, but I do think it's critical for people who are instinctively programmed to want sex (over practically everything else

) to learn exactly what the risks are and how to lessen them. I don't know that I'd have them learn how to roll condoms on cu bers in front of 30 snickering classmates, but I think I would send them home with a pamphlet, a vegetable, and a homework assignment provided they brought a signed permission slip the day before and I had personally talked to a parent on the phone. I do think facts that HIV transmission and pregnancy rates are drastically reduced with proper condom use should be universally taught, unless the child's parent objects. In that case I'd sit him in front of an episode of Sesame Street or something, I guess. The failure rates should definitely be part of the curriculum, but not the main focus. But overall, I think education goes a long way towards one making adult choices like an adult.