Korean Job Discussion Forums

PBRstreetgang21 · Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:10 pm Post subject: Sex Ed anyone?

Ok I teach kindergarten at a Hakwon, and my boss has said she thinks we need to add a sex education component to the curriculum at some point. She says that this is because Korean kindergarten already does it. Is this true? I really have a hard time beliveing that sex ed happens in kindergarten. Has anyone else had a similair issue? or is she smoking something?

Octavius Hite · Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:13 pm Post subject:

I have not seen it but apparently it does exist, one of my friends worked at a hogwon in seoul and once a year they brought in a korean "expert" and taught the boys and girls seperatly. Mostly it was singing about your gochu and stuff like that. Thats waht I heard. It was supposedly quite funny.

Milwaukiedave · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Location: Goseong

I've taught kindergarten at two different hagwons and have never heard of sex education being taught. It doesn't seem like something that should be taught to only 6 and 7 year olds (Korean age).

Scotticus · Joined: 18 Mar 2007

I'm assuming they don't mean real "sex education." Maybe they just explain how girls and boys are different? How mommies make babies, etc? I mean, even in the stupidest parts of America, you're not going to have 5 year olds being taught about VD's, abortion and rape. I mean... cmon.

Milwaukiedave · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Location: Goseong

Scott,

Your probably right, it could be a "dumbed down" version of sex education.

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

Sounds like a bad idea. I would personally only teach sex ed to Korean students if I were at gunpoint.

mehamrick · Joined: 28 Aug 2006 Location: South Korea

Why does Kindergarten Cop come to mind.. I can see the little guys running home to mom and dad going..

Guess what I learned today
Whats that honey
I learned about penises and vaginas today..

Of course you would be blamed for spreading the filth to the little guys..

Director to angry ajumma.. But the foreign teacher thought it would be a good idea..

kat2 · Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Location: Busan, South Korea

No one seems to be asking this important question:

Are they seriously going to teach sex ed in ENGLISH to these poor 7 year olds?

I mean if they want to teach them that girls pee like this and boy pee like that, fine. But let's teach it in their native language for pete's sake!

Octavius Hite · Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:45 pm Post subject:

AT my friend's hogwon in seoul they taught it in korean and it was just singing and games about their peckers and stuff. Very basic and nothing too gory they are 7.

Bibbitybop · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul

Mr. Garrison can show them how to put a condom on a dildo using his mouth.

diver · Joined: 16 Jun 2003

We have a program at our school that is called 'Sex Ed'. We have outside teachers come in and do the program in Korean. The program our kids go through is more about 'predator-proofing' than how to make babies. Part of the program is showing the students different scenarios with puppets in which an adult character tries to get into a child character's pants. The kids are taught that this is NOT okay.

wylies99 · Joined: 13 May 2006 Location: I'm one cool cat!

I would think that it'd be too risky (money-wise) to teach it since at least one parent would probably pull their child out of the school. Some people are touchy about how this stuff is taught.

mateomiguel · Joined: 16 May 2005

when I was teaching at an elementary school i would poke my students in the ribs to tickle them when they made a mistake, and some of the students didn't like that. So I taught them to say "don't touch me!" in English. And if they said it I wouldn't touch them.

That's as much Sex Ed as an elementary school student ever needs, in my opinion.

Milwaukiedave · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Location: Goseong

Demophobe · Joined: 17 May 2004