This is reality. Harwich High School principal Bob Krol said he is gathering information from the state and federal government on requirements for the public school health curriculum. He pointed out that the class is an elective, and one that students have the option of not attending if they are offended by subject material. One student in the class did that, he said. School health coordinator Peg Hannigan, who has taught health in Harwich for 28 years, said there was a lack of information among the parents who oppose gay and lesbian issues being discussed in class.
Tolerance is something that is learned.
In her eighth-grade class, students learned about tolerance when they completed projects on health issues. One girl said she learned not to put different people down because she's seen people do it to her sister, who has Down syndrome. Inside, there's still a kid, and the kid is good. If you can inform a kid of what they're going to see out there, it's better.