Starri Hedges, Director and Sex Education teacher at Gaia Democratic School in Minneapolis, MN may be the dumbest and most twisted teacher on the planet. She thought it was a great idea to take a group of middle and high school students on a field trip to an adult novelty store, (yep, you read that right–an adult novelty store) without notifying their parents.
Smitten Kitten, which advertises itself as “a progressive sex toy store for everyone,” hosted the children, some as young as eleven. I guess when the Kitten says everyone, they really mean everyone. Director Hedges told the Star Tribune the reason for the field trip was to wrap up a months long sex education class and she wanted to provide a safe and welcoming environment for students to learn about human sexual behavior.
“What I saw happening on our trip, I thought it was beautiful because kids could talk to these sex educators without any shame, without any fear,” Hedges said Monday
Because what better place to teach eleven year olds about safe sex? Didn’t your parents trot you out to the nearest “toy” store to have the people that worked there–educators–explain the birds and the bees to you?
Hedges claims that the children sat at the front library part of the store and everything considered pornographic was off limits to the students, but admits that sex toys and other products were visible. Umm…okay?
