Reply To: Issues to be discussed in 12th grade

thank you to everyone for understanding how i feel. do you have any suggestions as to how i can get this to be part of my school’s curriculum? for those of you who do not agree with me or dont understand why these halachos are neccesary for hs girls, I will try to explain why i feel like it is nogeiah to us.

One of my teachers is teaching us about the Jewish life cycle. She started with an engaged couple and is teaching us the halachos that apply to different parts of life; ex. chasuna etc. anyways she totally skipped over this topic as if it merely does not exist. This is appropriate for young kids, but as young women i dont think that our teacher needs to pretend it doesnt exist. She could have very sensatively explained that there are certain halachos that a couple need to follow without going into the little details. Everyone knows she is skipping over something anyway, especially since most of the girls in my class watch movies and read dirty books. Do you think we should be learning about intamacy and relationships from these goyish sources? shouldnt it be taught in Jewish schools so that girls will understand that it is something of kedushah? As oomis1105 said, we are not stupid there is no need to hide from us an entire chapter of Jewish life.

Even if you dont agree with my view, dont you think we should learn about halachos in these areas that are applicable to single girls? Such as negiah, tznius, hirhur, etc? if not, we will come to stumble merely from a lack of knowledge of the halachos.