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Okay, I'm not gonna lie, I felt that was really over the top. I'm no prude, either, but that was unnecessarily vulgar. Of course most kids at that age are going to be using that kind of language in private, but the classroom is no place for that. I'm not even sure I see how that is academically useful. We never had anything like that in my AP Psych class.
You should check out this same topic thread on the Politics & Controversial Issues Forum, where an incredible number of people approve wholeheartedly of the teacher giving this quiz and call anyone who doesn't, a "prude." Though, I doubt many of them are parents, but then my guess is the teacher in question wasn't either!
It's important to study their reactions, and their answers to such a quiz.
Why? He is not a professor, sociologist or psychologist studying surveys of adult volunteers or anything. He is a high school teacher. He is not going to impact the academic field of psychology, he is supposed to teach and guide his students. This is just immaturity and being crude for crudeness sake. Teachers are better than this. To his credit, his sleaziness is a lot less creepy than your suggestion of studying their reactions.
That quiz has been circulating on the internet since the days of DOS. At least as early as 2003, probably before that. The teacher probably thought it was funny, and that his students were mature enough to get a laugh out of it.
Actually, if I were a parent, I'd be more concerned about my kids being exposed to somebody with such a lame sense of humor, not for being offensive.
How was it not appropriate? Sex is a huge part of life. And an even bigger part of life when you're in high school. Sex is on the mind of most post-pubescent boys/men almost 24/7. It's important to study their reactions, and their answers to such a quiz.
Why is it important for a high school teacher " to study their (students) reactions...?" Sex is a private matter between a man and a woman, not a study. High school teachers do not do studies or research. They are to teacher curriculum mandated by their school district. Students who want to study "sex" can do so when they become an adult in college.
Is anyone able to cite peer-reviewed empirical research from a reputable scholarly journal that indicates that exposure to "salacious" content impairs adolescents' mental or social development?
Is anyone able to cite peer-reviewed empirical research from a reputable scholarly journal that indicates that exposure to "salacious" content impairs adolescents' mental or social development?
Why does that matter? Does something has to impair mental or social development in order to be inappropriate for a high school teacher in his/her classroom?
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study their reaction?????
