John F Kennedy Middle School slammed for asking students to compare pizza toppings ‘with sex acts’
Connecticut's John F Kennedy Middle School in Enfield is under fire for a bizarre school assignment for 8th graders wherein it instructed them to compare their favorite and least favorite pizza toppings with sex acts.
“Now that you know this metaphor for sex, let’s figure out your preferences! Create and color your favorite types of pizza. What’s your favorite style of pizza? Your favorite toppings? What’s your pizza no-nos Is? Now let these preferences reflect sex!” the assignment stated.
The assignment had a section for “likes” and “dislikes”, where it instructed students to “mirror” their sexual preferences and relate them to pizza toppings. “Here are some examples: Likes: Cheese = Kisses,” the assignment stated. “Dislikes: olives = oral sex,” instructed the assignment.
Superintendent Christopher Drezek stated that the assignment was sent by 'mistake'.
“I caught the error after our curriculum revision in June, but failed to post the intended version. I own that, and apologize for the error.”
He further explained the 'correct version' of the assignment instructed the eight graders to work in small groups “to craft a pizza with toppings that would make everyone happy/comfortable using nonverbal communication only."
“The students would then be asked to reflect and discuss how thoughts or feelings can be confusing or misconstrued if we rely on nonverbal cues/communication alone," he said.
Disgusted parents bashed the school in a board meeting held on Tuesday, 8 January, over the assignment. A YouTube account, hosted by a woman named Amanda, posted a video on the assignment by Enfield school where she asked, “Since when did it become acceptable for a teacher to ask a student what their sexual wants, desires and limits are? “
Parent Jonathan Grande said at the meeting: "The mission was gross, it lacked good taste."
Tracy Jarvis, another parent, said the assignment "encourages children to become sexually active before the hour." “Young people don’t even know how to navigate platonic relationships, so why introduce sex?”
“We should not encourage young people to explore each other’s bodies with multiple partners in an open environment for any reason,” she continued.
“If someone does this or asks them to do it, they should tell a responsible adult, who then reports it. I understand that we need to teach kids boundaries,” Jarvis said.
“But you give them a lot more information than they are psychologically ready to handle on this farm. By doing that, you open doors for them to have partners older than them, which increases status situations,” she claimed.
“It goes too far,” she said, adding that the guardians“will fight for the purity and protection of our children.”
2 comments:
How about if you have sex with pizza? Or is that too weird?
Whatever floats your boat. Extra black olives, please.
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