High school class of 2009 braces self for inevitable comments about how young she is and no, we did not do this - I always thought it was invented by television, so I’m surprised to hear it exists. When I was in eighth grade, we had a budget project where we picked a profession and figured out what our taxes, monthly expenses, etc. would be based on the entry level salary. We were allowed to share our living space with someone in the class and I had a male roommate, but there was no suggestion of marriage (even though I thought he was cute). We did another budget project in senior year of high school that was even less creative, it was mainly just calculation.
Also on the sex ed tangent - while technically in the great state of Virginia you can lose funding for promoting anything other than abstinence-only, my teachers were realistic and taught us that other forms of contraception exist. (Still can’t show a condom to students though / demonstrate proper use.) Boys and girls switched going out of the room to see the breast and testicle self-exam videos. The breast self-exam video included mother and daughter examining each other. Um, okay.
