Thank you, Chairman, distinguished judges, other debaters, fellow students, and hello! Today, our view is that sex education should not be listed as a middle school curriculum. Before we begin our discussion, we should first clarify that we are not opposed to sex education for middle school students. We just think that sex education should not be included in the middle school curriculum, but should be included in the middle school curriculum. The difference between the two is that being listed as a course is to open a new course for middle school students, while being listed as a course is to infiltrate sex education knowledge into the middle school education system. Start with the meaning and define it first. Sex education is about sex education. The main contents include the physiological knowledge and psychological development of gender identity, as well as the related knowledge, attitude and behavior of gender and other intimate relationships. Curriculum refers to a systematic curriculum with fixed teachers, curriculum standards and class hours. Next, I will talk about our views from two aspects.
First, why is it bad to list sex education as a middle school curriculum? As far as the subject of education is concerned, middle school students' ideological and moral concepts are in the establishment stage, which is easy to produce rebellious psychology. Taking sex education as a middle school curriculum is like Adam and Eve stealing forbidden fruit. After breaking the shackles of traditional ideas, middle school students' sense of shame and awe about sex will gradually fade away, and their rebellious psychology and curiosity will easily arouse their thoughts of imitation and experience. Once put into action, the consequences are unpredictable. According to the American demographic data of 199 1, after sex education is included in the middle school curriculum, the average age of first sexual intercourse for men and women is 15.7 years old and 16.2 years old respectively. Before sex education, most Americans would wait until they got married before having their first sexual intercourse. Therefore, the younger age of sexual intercourse is really our country. It can be seen that in the face of the immature psychological state of middle school students, listing sex education as a middle school curriculum does more harm than good.
Secondly, why is sex education better integrated into the curriculum system of middle schools? Sex education itself has a high degree of privacy and sensitivity, which makes it impossible to be listed as a course like China Mathematics. Imagine that students learn the knowledge of sexual physiology from biology class and the relationship between sex and morality and law from ideological and moral class, so that students think that these are general knowledge, not special courses. Isn't it easier for students to accept and better achieve the purpose of sex education? As early as1August, 1988, the State Education Commission and the State Family Planning Commission issued the Notice on Developing Adolescent Education in Middle Schools, pointing out that the development of adolescent sex education should follow the working principles of being earnest, active and steady, and be gradually popularized through experiments. To grasp the principle of timely and moderate sex education for teenagers, we must strive for social support and parents' cooperation. It can be seen that it is most appropriate to infiltrate sexual enlightenment into curriculum education in middle schools.
Our standard is to list sex education as a middle school curriculum, or to infiltrate sex education into the middle school curriculum, which is more in line with the current situation of sex education implementation and more conducive to the popularization of sex education. After various comparisons, we firmly believe that sex education as a middle school curriculum is unsafe, unreasonable and incorrect.
To sum up, we firmly believe that sex education should not be listed as a middle school curriculum. Thank you, Madam President.
Alternative draft: From the feasibility point of view, China people have a certain sense of shyness about sex education. If it is directly listed as a middle school curriculum, it may lead to immature students' desertion in class, and the effect of the curriculum is difficult to grasp. As far as sex education is concerned, its purpose is to let middle school students know about sex, so as to protect themselves and not hurt others.