Sex education should be mandatory in schools.

Now I'm going to combine my two earlier claims by stating that the fact that it HAS to be mandatory along with counseling and what not is just not needed. Sex ed is a good idea and all, but do we really need it to be mandatory? That's the question. I don't know if I've been doing a such a good job during this argument, seeing as though there's not a lot of material to work with. But I'm still going to try. Now I know I'm fighting a losing battle; the positives clearly outweigh the negatives. But, in your earlier claims, you've stated that it HAS to be mandatory. BUT, what if the student doesn't necessarily want to take the class. Now I know what you're thinking, it's mandatory. That would be valid if it was due to something completely stupid, but have you thought about if a student was planning on staying abstinent? Or if they really just didn't want to take the class because they were scared? Then what would happen? Counselling? You may argue that they may still need to take the class, but do they really have too? Is it right to make someone who doesn't like the idea of having sex learn about it in school? This leads to my next claim, the education itself. Sure sex ed would be very informal, but again it isn't needed. At some point in someone's life, a person WILL get curious about how they were made. They will ask about the birds and the bees. As a child, have you ever asked your parents, "Mommy? Daddy? How are babies made?". At some point in your life, you will ask this, and eventually, parents will give you the correct answer. Key Word: eventually. At a certain stage, depending on your comfort level, they will tell you the answer, and that's the beauty of it all. Your parents know what you should and should not hear, and they know how to give it to you straight in a way that teachers don't. This was what I've been trying to state earlier. Another point is that there are plenty of sources on the Internet, from parents, from doctors, and at school that already inform you about sex and the sexually transmitted diseases. So naturally, the education is already inevitable, so making it mandatory would be useless. Now yes, whether or not they want to research this information or not is up to them, but that's were responsibility takes place. Inevitably, your parents are going to inform you about the birds and the bees. EVEN if it is a teenage mother, they might be able to inform their child about teen pregnancy and encourage him or her not to make the same mistake that they did, WHILE also, telling them about sex in general. At that point in your life, you should already have about one third of the information you need about sex. Next you may hear about sexually transmitted diseases from your health class, and at that point you'll have two thirds. Now I know not all schools have this, but I have an idea which will be stated before the end of this argument. Finally, the three thirds come in when you do research for yourself about these things. Again, whether a person decides to do this or not is up to them. But, this WILL help them become more responsible in their sex life, and also teach them to rely on others AS WELL AS themselves to gain the information they need to have a healthy and successful life, rather than the information being just thrown at them. And I know I keep repeating myself, but again, learning about sex is a process that not everyone feels comfortable with. So, I believe it should be introduced in three stages: preteen, teen, and young adult. Preteen: first introduced to sex by parents. Teen: introduced to sexually transmitted diseases. Young Adult: brief research on all these topics. This is a bit wordy, but I'll make my last claim for this round. Now because not all schools have a health class, I'll propose this: rather than having sex ed be mandatory, why not just include health class in every school in every country instead? For this idea, I've made some adjustments from your idea; it will be PARTIALLY mandatory. I'll get into more detail about why in the 4th round.