Science teacher being investigated for using the word 'vagina' during lesson on reproductive system
DIETRICH • A Dietrich science teacher is being investigated by the state’s professional standards commission after a complaint from parents over his teaching methods.
Tim McDaniel is being investigated after a complaint was filed by a handful of parents who objected to how McDaniel taught the reproductive system, Dietrich Superintendent Neil Hollingshead said.
“It is highly unlikely it would end with his dismissal,” Hollingshead said. “Maybe a letter of reprimand from the school board.”
According to McDaniel, four parents were offended that he explained the biology of an orgasm and included the word “vagina” during his lesson on the human reproductive system in a tenth-grade biology course.
“I teach straight out of the textbook, I don’t include anything that the textbook doesn’t mention,” McDaniel said. “But I give every student the option not attend this class when I teach on the reproductive system if they don’t feel comfortable with the material.”
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bajingo is the masculine version 
While men have only one unmentionable part, that dangley thingy, women also have these lumps on their chests, that have unmentionables attached to them, besides having that obscene holey thingy down there.
Everbody know children can't handle anything about sex till their wedding night. What are we, some kind of animals? Apparently some people think so.
I shouldn't need this, but just in case --- 
dirty pillows. 
I could imagine when my daughter starts kindergarten and would say vagina/penis might get a rise out of the teacher
(see Arrested Development season 1: In God We Trust)
Never heard that one before!
It is the correct medical term. 
Cheers!
delicate for anatomy? 
One of my pet peeves is "vajayjay". 
And saying 9th, 10th grade - wtf, they are in high school. Saying a kid is 20 months, etc. 
What's wrong with 'almost 2'.
But I digress.... what were we talking about? 
Of course, my boy child has a love affair with his at the moment. He once proudly announced it was "big" - no worries about that one's ego!
Now we are working on him not shouting it out ("PENIS!"
at inappropriate times just for the giggle of watching grown-ups work hard at not reacting. I am told this is a standard "boy" phase. His sister just rolls her eyes at him.
Parenting is fun. 
Got it. 
we're one step closer to "Idiocracy"...
dumb now biology boy?
at least that's what they said in that snl skit.
actually they listed several terms, maybe that only apply to the royal family
B.A. in Biology here. Didn't learn anything about sex in the farce of a sex ed class they had when I was in high school (1968-72).
They deliberately spread NO information or disinformation or just lack of information.
Like, that two virgins can have sex and get VD, and that VD is contagious like a cold--germs floating around in the air.
it's puzzling that the ONE word that should be used in an educational setting is causing problems for people.
... when the bitch refused to be bred, "Any dog in the street knows how!!!!"
Yes, yes that is true. And so do these idiot parents and so will their blissfully ignorant offspring when the urge to merge occurs.
Dear God.
Also, mentally, I always hear it as it would be pronounced by Julie Andrews.
Also, it's funny.
but it would more correctly be a diagram of a vulva, including a vagina, clitoris, labia, etc.
Whereas without batting an eye a man will refer to his dick or his rod or his.... johnson. - Maude Lebowski
I know I was.
I remember in 7th grade, our science teacher talked about penis and vagina and how baby was made, oral and anal sex and no one (AFAIK) batted an eyelash.
She talked about condom use and other contraceptives and how the fertilized egg embedded in the uterus.
She pronounced vagina as "pagina" and after that class, I was in the library searching for that word in the "P" section of the dictionary. Let me tell you, my vocabulary grew by a significant amount that day, especially in the "P" words.
The thing is, at that time, in 7th grade, I didn't know the official term for the vagina. I think I knew penis for the male sexual organ, but we of course used "pee-pee" or "ding-dong". I don't think we used "cock" or even "dick".
Also, in 5th grade, a friend was over at my home and I said, "Fuck!" and he asked whether I knew what it meant. I gave the evasive, "Of course, it's, you know..." I don't think I had understood the mechanics of sexual intercourse at that time. Our 7th grade teacher clearly explained it to us, though.
And now I read that this teacher taught this in 10th grade. Unless those students have been hiding from the internet, I'm sure all of them have seen some of the most outrageous and amazing free porn already since 5th grade. I grew up pre-internet, so we were stuck looking at magazines if we ever had the chance.
I think are appropriate. Stupidity.
They didn't want to share their reasoning for this? Makes no sense.
What the fuck is he supposed to use, vajayjay???
Good grief!
That or Lady Parts. Definitely. What's wrong with that science teacher?
Words just fail me here. I was born in 1947, and my young mother taught me the correct names for my body parts. She said the neighbors didn't necessarily appreciate it that I then taught their children those names, but whatever. I had a vagina, and my brother had a penis. Not a pee-pee or a "down there."
“It is highly unlikely it would end with his dismissal,” Hollingshead said. “Maybe a letter of reprimand from the school board.”
For the love of God, what is wrong with some people in this country?