Sex Ed Teacher Wins Settlement From City

A Staten Island sex education teacher who sued the city after she was suspended for allowing slang in the classroom won an undisclosed settlement. During one lesson, Faith Kramer listed clinical words for sexual organs, sexual acts and bodily fluids on the chalkboard, and then asked her eighth grade students what language they used to discuss them. Kids shouted things like "furburger," "blow job," and "schmeckle," and wrote them down in their notebooks. Cue the outraged parents and the reactionary Department of Education, which banished Kramer to a rubber room. A judge ruled against the city's attempt to dismiss the lawsuit, noting there are no actual rules prohibiting "vulgarisms" during sex-ex classes. Kramer will be back at IS 72 this fall.

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By Jen Chung in News on August 14, 2010 5:30 PM

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asg749d

I can understand the outrage of the parents, but in the absence of a law prohibiting the use of vulgarisms in sex education classes AND the fact that the kids will ultimately benefit from such class, I feel good that the judge ruled in her favor.

Jen S

If a sex ed teacher is willing to get this in-depth with a topic that most gloss over, she deserves an award.

Peter

Furburger is a completely obsolete term now that nearly all women are hairless. More than 75% of women in the 18-50 age range have a Hideous Pedophilic Bald Eagle instead of a thick flavorful bush like an adult woman should have. God damn it.

inoyourider

I hope she didn't get a penny more than she would have been paid for the time she missed, and the cost of her lawyer.

woodendesigner

My sex ed teacher did the same exact thing when I was young and it actually kept us interested. I don't see what she did wrong. There are actual problems that the city school system should be attending to.

myyandex

http://www.myyandex.com/

wow 14th street

I am 70 years old and have never heard of a "Furburger"

would that make a burger king,happy?

Guest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7bK3w9Mw6w

@ 1:12

woodendesigner

He would be very happy.... and he would have it HIS way.

Rocknrope

I am 70 years old and have never heard of a "Furburger"

That's because you're 70 years old.

Såkandulæredet

Schmeckle! That's great!

jt10000

It seems to me using common language and slang, in addition to more clinical terms would be a good thing to keep kids interest plus help their understanding. Turning the class into free-for-all where the focus is on spreading slang is bad, but using some slang seems appropriate to me.