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Your tax dollars at work: clown teaches abstinence-only ed in Ohio middle schools

by: Pam Spaulding

Fri Jan 16, 2009 at 07:00:00 AM EST


I sh*t you not. My jaw dropped when blogger Joe Sonka sent me this one. The AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland alerted him to the work of one Derek Dye, who is employed by the Elizabeth New Life Center. The organization landed an $800K grant to promote abstinence-only education.

Dye goes around to schools dressed like a clown to juggle and tell middle schoolers with statements like "Having sex before you are married is just like juggling machetes!" OK, never mind that the kids probably think this guy is asinine and ridiculous, take a look at the deep knowledge about sex ed that Dye brings to the table. Again, I sh*t you not:

His qualifications? A "Bachelor of Fun Arts" from Barnum Bailey Clown College, and an abstinence educator certification that can be purchased for $50.

...What's more, abstinence-only programs don't work - independent study after study has shown that students who receive them don't have lower pregnancy, HIV, or STI rates. And worse, students who receive abstinence-only programs are less likely to use contraception and condoms when they do have sex.

Then again, as one colleague told me today, nothing wants to make her have sex less than a clown... so maybe they're on to something.

Watch the scintillating Dye at work and think of your tax dollars going up in smoke (I'm warning you -- protect your keyboard):

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Metaphors made manifest
I always thought that the abstinence only folks were a bunch of clowns.  It's good to see someone embrace that and just run with it.  Now if they'd just all climb into their ridiculously small car and drive it off a cliff...

I'm only a click away.

I Do Hope
that when he does this "show" in the schools that the teachers are closely watching the kids. Otherwise he would be laughed off the stage. He is not even a good speaker generally, much less interrupting his speech constantly with that stupid juggling. I Hate speakers who contantly pace. That also is a disruption and causes the audience to focus on the pacing instead of the message the speaker is trying to give. All in all, a poor speaker, a lame message, and wasted tax dollars. He must be a republican!

Clowns are Scary
Unflippingbelievable.
A creepy dude in an argyle sweater that paid attention during the juggling workshop at camp is an expert educator now in abstinence.

I wonder if the adults in the crowd were able to keep a straight face.


I think he might be an expert...
in not getting laid.   But that comes from being a creepy dude in an argyle sweater who paid attention during the juggling workshop at camp.

Hate stops a beating heart.

[ Parent ]
Confused clown
Someone needs to tell this clown that "practicing abstinence" isn't the same as "not able to get any" :)

My god, I hate clowns
I hate clowns, I really do.  They don't scare me; they repulse me.  I hate clowns only slightly less than I hate mimes, but that is another story.

The thought of $800,000.00 of taxpayer money going to this guy (or even the organization he's with) makes me ill.  That is $800k that may as well have been thrown away in the trash.  The evidence is clear: abstinence-only education DOES NOT WORK!  It may be a noble goal, but it is simply not a successful method of sex education.  In fact, I would go so far as to call it the opposite of sex education: sex miseducation.

The concept of abstinence should most certainly be part of any sex education program.  It should be discussed as a good means of avoiding unplanned pregnancy and to prevent transmission of STDs.  However, we must be realistic and also arm children with correct information about sexual reproduction and methods of preventing unplanned pregnancies, as well as lifesaving information on avoiding STDs.

I'd be willing to bet that a real, qualified sex educator could do a much better job than this (literal) clown, and probably for less money.


Three words...
John

Wayne

Gacy

When you look for the bad in mankind, expecting to find it, you surely will.

- Abraham Lincoln.


yeah it's all hillarious, then your kid gets AIDS


"race, taste. and History finally overcome....and you ain't there"
by Tony Kushner


My feeling is schools should stay out of the sex business entirely.
Just like they should stay out of the breakfast business, the afterschool-care business, and the weekend babysitting business.

If you have Sex
I'll come for you in your sleep!


Besser ein ende mit Schrecken als ein Schrecken ohne ende

Scariest. Comment. Ever.
Thanks for the nightmares, Becca!

And as a friend's mother told her, "No one chooses abstinence.  Abstinence chooses them."


[ Parent ]
And I thought
KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE was just a movie.

I love this guy's list of all the things you should avoid.  The gist of it is, don't ever do anything that might make you feel good.  That is so obviously a message that isn't going to fly, I wonder why he bothers.

Cynic, n.  A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.  
-Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary


Bad Thoughts
My God, with images of juggling clowns, sex talk, and machetes flying everywhere, I'll never be able to masturbate again.  

Decades MORE of Psychological Abuse? - OR - Stonewall.  Nationwide.  NOW!

my lover has a phobia to clowns, and big head mascots


"race, taste. and History finally overcome....and you ain't there"
by Tony Kushner


Anyone remember this classic South Park?
http://www.southparkstudios.co...

I expect the clown gets about the same response.

Question:  What does an atheist do when they fall to the floor and start "speaking in tongues"?

Answer: Get a CAT scan.


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