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Today, after the Educational Support Meeting at Sloan, Bill and Nancy (Dadmo) took Danny and I out for lunch and I learned that Nancy is a P.E. teacher who actively teaches about TC detection in all of her classes. She should be commended and applauded for what she does, as I feel this is a vitally important part of what P.E. is is suppose to be about. The class is called "Physical Education" and implies that it is about more then just running laps and playing tether ball, football, softball and the rest. In my estimation, there are more valuable 'balls' to be learned about in our high schools and as far as I know, in most places, schools never mention a word about Testicular Cancer. Not in my school.
There is a lack of education on this subject in high school, where I believe teenage men should be made aware of self-exams, TC symptoms and courses of action in P.E. class. Teaching the subject should be mandatory across the country, and I don't feel that way JUST because my brother is affected by it. If sexual education is taught in our schools, why not testicular cancer education? I don't see how we can expect young men, the very age group that is most susceptible to this disease, to be aware of the symptoms and courses of action if we do not educate them in our schools.
This is a problem that needs to be fixed. I feel that if it is not addressed at a federal level (perhaps The Department of Health and Human Services) schools across the country will not adequately teach the subject and another generation of young men will be just as uneducated as the generation before. This is unacceptable. If we are to attempt to lower the statistics on advanced cases of TC and fatality rates, I don't see another way (barring a cure a for cancer) then early education. And I don't see another way then in our public schools.
I am not advocating a scary class that makes nervous wrecks of kids who think they are going to get cancer. What I am advocating is a reasonable standardized curriculum in P.E. classes that address TC cancer and possibly others that effect young people and can be prevented with early detection.
Is the LAF involved in anything that has to do with this cause?
If not, they are going to hear from me. If not, maybe we need to start some kind of petition to get someones attention.
Maybe the term 'early education' should be as widely quoted as 'early detection.' Perhaps the two used together and would yield positive results and save lives.
Just my two cents,
Michael
PS Bill, Nancy, the fajita were fabulous.
There is a lack of education on this subject in high school, where I believe teenage men should be made aware of self-exams, TC symptoms and courses of action in P.E. class. Teaching the subject should be mandatory across the country, and I don't feel that way JUST because my brother is affected by it. If sexual education is taught in our schools, why not testicular cancer education? I don't see how we can expect young men, the very age group that is most susceptible to this disease, to be aware of the symptoms and courses of action if we do not educate them in our schools.
This is a problem that needs to be fixed. I feel that if it is not addressed at a federal level (perhaps The Department of Health and Human Services) schools across the country will not adequately teach the subject and another generation of young men will be just as uneducated as the generation before. This is unacceptable. If we are to attempt to lower the statistics on advanced cases of TC and fatality rates, I don't see another way (barring a cure a for cancer) then early education. And I don't see another way then in our public schools.
I am not advocating a scary class that makes nervous wrecks of kids who think they are going to get cancer. What I am advocating is a reasonable standardized curriculum in P.E. classes that address TC cancer and possibly others that effect young people and can be prevented with early detection.
Is the LAF involved in anything that has to do with this cause?
If not, they are going to hear from me. If not, maybe we need to start some kind of petition to get someones attention.
Maybe the term 'early education' should be as widely quoted as 'early detection.' Perhaps the two used together and would yield positive results and save lives.
Just my two cents,
Michael
PS Bill, Nancy, the fajita were fabulous.
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