Have Sex, Do Drugs,' Speaker Tells Students

[Gawain of Orkeny]

A guest speaker at an assembly at Boulder High School in Colorado has told students as young as 14 to go have sex and use drugs, prompting school officials to say they will investigate.

The instructions came from Joel Becker, an associate clinical professor of psychology at the University of California at Los Angeles.

"I am going to encourage you to have sex and encourage you to use drugs appropriately," Becker said during his appearance at the school as part of a recent panel sponsored by the University of Colorado's Conference on World Affairs.

"Why I am going to take that position is because you are going to do it anyway," he continued. "I think as a psychologist and health educator, it is more important to educate you in a direction that you might actually stick to. So, I am going to stay mostly on with the sex side because that is the area I know more about. I want to encourage you to all have healthy, sexual behavior."

The assembly was mandatory for all students.

PS they invited him back next year.

[naut]

At least he wants them to act appropriately while using drugs/having sex.

[TB666]

Well he has a point.
They are gonna do it anyway so might as well teach them to do it properly and act appropriately.
Especially sex.

[Husar]

It all depends, but he's a funny guy.

While this may be true for many, I personally never did either, and I'm 21.
So it's not necessarily so that everyone is going to do it anyway.
Maybe I should see a psychologist like him because I'm way too different and old fashioned.

[sapi]

Well, he does have a point.

I will tell you now that as soon as anyone starts making trite statements, however true, about the dangers of drugs and unsafe sex, the majority of students switch off.

At least by a statement such as that the speaker would have gained the audience's attention and been able to make positive improvements to their attitudes.

[Cowhead418]

Well, he does have a point.

I will tell you now that as soon as anyone starts making trite statements, however true, about the dangers of drugs and unsafe sex, the majority of students switch off.

So true. As a teenager right now, anytime an adult says "DON'T DO IT" it almost guarantees that I will have the urge to do it.

[Kuni]

Who knew an associate professor of psychology might try reverse psychology?

The biggest teenage buzzkill after all, is doing something an adult thinks is cool, how lame.

but seriously, education is the key specially with drugs.
My first post in the backroom, hey!

[HoreTore]

I really, really can't see anything wrong with this...

[Odin]

My first post in the backroom, hey!

To steal a term from another backroom patron welcome to the

cesspool

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Well Ive found a better link


Heres another one of their assemblies

Principal bans parents from pro-'gay' seminarPublic district students offered guidance on being homosexual

Im sure you are all in favor of forcing children to attend such things without their parents approval.

They had a second class where school officials ordered their 14-year-old freshman class into a "gay" indoctrination seminar after having them sign a confidentiality agreement promising not to tell their parents.

The sophomore, Daphne, had been required to attend the panel called "STDs: Sex, Teens and Drugs," and accused panel members of presenting one-sided views and discrediting abstinence.

The White family said the conference statement wasn't even accurate.

"The panelists irresponsibly advised Boulder High students to have sex and use drugs," the family responded. "Teenage abstinence was dismissed as an unwise choice and indicative of religious hang-ups."

LINK

[ShadeHonestus]

I am going to encourage you to have sex and encourage you to use drugs appropriately

The assembly was mandatory for all students.

PS they invited him back next year.

Back on topic, so I can go off topic.

This reminds me of when one of my brothers as student body president and economics major once invited a black economist to give a series of lectures at his campus. My brother was celebrated among the liberal economic professors, endorsements all around. The not so secret secret to anybody who actually knew the field of economic players at the time, was that he was conservative. After the lectures my brother received threats all around, repeatedly being referred to as that conservative S O B by most professors (this is the same crowd that will spend your tuition dollars for half a semester, trying to convince you that Reagenomics were the antichrist lol). When he asked if he should extend the invitation next year...well the answer was of course, NO. Things that make you go hmmmmmmmm.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Who did he invite Walter E. Williams?

[ShadeHonestus]

Who did he invite Walter E. Williams?

Yep

The university was St. Olaf in Minnesota...not a conservative think tank to put it mildly. Although they did have an extremely high academic rating back in the 70's and early 80's, they have lost a ton of cred since then.

[Reverend Joe]

I return to say this:

I refuse to even read any of this thread.

I say only on reference to the speaker noted in the original post:

Far out.

(Albeit sex at 14 is kinda weird...)

[Strike For The South]

Things must have been allot better in the 50s with people farting roses and throwing up lollipops, granted the kids who grew up then are the baby boomers who have run this country in the datgum ground. My parents aernt very strict with me at all now becuase when I was younger they instilled good vaules in me while they did use some throw back methods they were also realists and told me never to drive drunk and always wrap it up knowing tell me not to do it is just sheer idoicy. The ones who are really screwed up are the kids who are tuaght its bad. There loons

[Gawain of Orkeny]

granted the kids who grew up then are the baby boomers who have run this country in the datgum ground.

You do realise your condemning those who started this whole thing you support. I agrree with your assessment but for just the opposite reasons. We messed it up alright by telling everyone have sex anywhere anytime its good for you. How allof you can ignore the baggage that comes with sex is beyond me. Kids should enjoy being kids for a while. It cracks me up how some of can claim their mature enough to have sex with a 14 year old but not with an 18 year old or older. Like that changes the maturity of the younger person. Your either mature and old enough to have sex or your not.

[Zaknafien]

Honestly, our more civilized ancestors view on sex was much more liberated than our own and they were just fine. It wasnt until the advent of sexually repressive Christianity that sex became taboo in the West.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Honestly, our more civilized ancestors view on sex was much more liberated than our own and they were just fine.

More civilized than who?

It wasnt until the advent of sexually repressive Christianity that sex became taboo in the West.

This is all pretty much the doing of one man though his name escapes me at the moment.