Sex ed in schools is important ... it's just lately they have been ***** footing it all with this "don't do it" crap ... hell, if kids always listened they wouldn't need detention. Instead, tell them the safety precautions and go back to the slide shows ... of diseased genitals ... that was what kept us from doing it ...
I entirely disagree. As others in this thread have stated, our generation was told the facts (reproductive system and STDs) and the rest of it was left to the parents. Kind of like how the media SHOULD be (just presenting the facts). My mom was of the mindset, don't do it. Her advocation of abstinenance didn't make me (or my brother) run out the door and find the first person with which to have sex.
There are always exceptions to the rules.

Also, I never said that every kid will, just that teaching abstinence until ready (and an adult) as being the better choice without offering enough reasons will not effect most kids, but one great motivator for it is truth, facts as you said, disease slide shows do just that. Ask any teenager, with raging hormones and no common sense, what syphilis is ... they simply don't know now, much worse, they don't even know what it looks like until they catch it.