Can you spell "fellatio"?
It’s that time of year again. I just received my notice that with the aid of the local hospital and school board, the federal and state government will once again attempt to quantify the Zeitgeist of risky behavior among our school children through the administration of a school wide survey under a federal program called the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System. From our local notification: 4. Will the survey questions encourage students to engage in the behaviors? Research shows that asking questions on a survey such as this do not encourage or increase the likelihood that a student will engage in risky behaviors. Research also indicates that teaching and talking about risky behaviors does not result in engaging in those behaviors. The survey is designed so that students always have the option to respond that they do not participate in a particular behavior. More important than this question is this one: Does this school-sanctioned participation in a 45-...