Historical Context: Education's Impact on Life and Death

In the era of Cleopatra (69-30 BC), an Egyptian school taught effective suicide techniques, instilling the belief that life was meaningless and suicide was a wise choice. This education profoundly influenced Cleopatra, leading to her suicide, showcasing the impact of such teachings. Today, similar "education that deprives life" is promoted under the guise of progress. UNESCO's "International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education" exemplifies this trend. Dr. Youngsuk Lee, a pioneer in character education with the patented Ruah education method and 40 years of leadership experience, addresses this issue in her book "GCSE: Protecting the beauty of sex through good character."

Critical Analysis of CSE and Introduction to GCSE

Dr. Lee examines the challenges parents, teachers, and the next generation face due to misguided sex education. She critiques the duality of CSE’s five core themes: gender sensitivity, gender identity education, gender equality, consent education, and sexuality, raising serious concerns about UNESCO’s global influence.

The Essence of Good Character Sex Education

Dr. Lee's philosophy emphasizes teaching sexuality through the lens of God's character. The book presents five core themes countering CSE: biblical sensitivity, self-identity education, sexual responsibility, obedience education, and biblical sexual truth.

Structured and Age-Appropriate Education

"GCSE" is structured to provide age-appropriate sex education for ages. The book’s chapters cover core themes with warm text and illustrations, bringing readers closer to the character of God and the essence of beautiful sexuality. Ten practical GCSE stories facilitate home and school application, with age-appropriate discussion topics and activities to foster in-depth conversations about biblical sexual values.

Resources for Parents and Teachers

Chapter 6 includes stories for parents and teachers to understand the core themes, while Chapter 7 offers a Q&A format addressing real-life questions such as "What to do if a child is exposed to pornography?", "How far is too far in physical intimacy during dating?", and "How to treat friends with homosexual tendencies?". Chapter 8 contrasts key terms of CSE with those of GCSE.

Workbooks and Further Resources

Goodtree Character School plans to publish a workbook series tailored for different age groups, starting with ages, and expanding to older age groups. These workbooks will focus on storytelling, practical activities, study, and building bridges.

Implementing GCSE Education

"GCSE: Protecting the beauty of sex through good character" is designed to help parents and teachers from a Christian worldview teach biblical sexual values. Practical implementation includes:

Conducting a 5-week course at church to instill biblical sexual values in the next generation. Teaching at home to protect children from worldly cultures and values. Incorporating GCSE into the sex education curriculum of Christian alternative schools to provide life-saving education. Becoming a certified instructor of "Good Character Sex Education" to specialize in teaching the next generation the essential core themes. For more information and to become a certified instructor, visit www.goodtreemission.com or call 714-367-6323.

Global Trends in Sex Education and
the Inclusion of Sexuality

At some point, the illogical notion that ‘one can choose one’s gender’ became an international issue, transforming into policies and spreading as a cultural norm. The refusal to acknowledge one’s innate biological gender has given rise to so-called ‘transgender rights laws,’ creating significant confusion about gender identity among the next generation. These attempts act as destructive weapons that undermine the order and laws of life as created by God. Even more disturbing is that UNESCO, the United Nations agency specializing in education and culture, promotes this ‘Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)’ as part of the ‘Global Education 2030’ agenda, spreading it as the global trend in sex education.

The sex education that our children currently receive in public education follows UNESCO’s 2018 revised edition of the “International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education.” This guide is so comprehensive that it is often called the ‘International Standard for Sex Education,’ providing detailed, age-appropriate education through a gradual, continuous, and inclusive spiral curriculum. The controversy lies in the content. UNESCO’s sex education guide explicitly states that the curriculum’s foundation is Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE), which covers the cognitive, emotional, physical, and social aspects of sexuality. Parents exposed to this education have continually reported to the international community that it ‘sexualizes children from ages 5 to 18.’ Pro-homosexual stance and teaching abortion as ‘human rights’: How can this become the mainstream in sex education? Criticism and research with adverse outcomes continue to follow the teaching of a pro-homosexual stance and abortion as ‘human rights’ as part of sex education. Should we unconditionally accept UNESCO’s sex education simply because it is considered an international standard and global trend and remain silent about this education?

Creative Countermeasures to Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE):
Good Character Sex Education (GCSE)

This book is the result of such contemplation. Teaching that one can ignore biological sex and choose their gender, using sexuality as a human right to discuss feminism, legalizing abortion, and enacting homosexual laws are aspects of misguided sex education that destroy life, undermine the intrinsic value of humanity, and lead to the tragic loss of God’s image. The most precious value that the next generation should learn through sexuality is to reflect the image of God, who created us. Teaching the beautiful values of sexuality from the unchanging and precious truth of the Bible is the true sex education that parents and teachers must impart.

The author has reviewed and organized ‘Biblical Sexual Values’ to replace the five key aspects of UNESCO’s sex education?gender sensitivity, gender identity education, gender equality, consent education, and sexuality?both educationally and culturally. Thus, we have included educational content and methodologies to foster ‘Creationist Sensitivity, Self-identity Education, Sexual Responsibility, Obedience Education, and Biblical Sexual Truth.’ These strategies are designed to save and restore life. Each topic presents the characteristics of our Creator God as good qualities to learn, structured into a curriculum called ‘GCSE (Protecting the beauty of sex through good character)’ Each unit includes beautiful character songs and storytelling from Goodtree Character School, cultivated over the past 19 years, making sex education fun and joyful. Through ‘GCSE (Protecting the beauty of sex through good character),’ we pray that parents and teachers of this era can confidently spread ‘Biblical Sexual Education’ worldwide.