Controversy too Close to Home?

Adolescence is hard enough when you do know what it's all about. But imagine going through puberty with no knowledge of sex, no sexual outlet, and no reliable sources of information about sex. "Spring Awakening", a pre-Expressionist masterpiece written in the 1890s by Frank Wedekind, is about just such a horror. "Spring Awakening" is about a group of young horny German kids growing up in a total vacuum of sexual knowledge. They know their urges …

…depression, eating disorders, verbal and physical abuse, gangs, murder and ultimately even death. It is not without reason that the saying existed, 'knowledge is power'. The power to change the innocent lives of our youth, to save them from the stigma of life and actually offer them a chance to become a spouse, a parent, to have a successful career, to have amazing opportunities, to have meaningful relationships and to lead a happy, healthy life.