Is Mississippi really that bad? (Hattiesburg: legal, moving to, food)

[gdaddy]

I have no idea. Of course I don't know why people drive monster trucks to Wallmart either. Some people are ignorant, and if you put enough of them together then being ignorant becomes the norm. Wow that is profound.

[pirate_lafitte]

I went to(or rather through) Mississippi. I returning to GA from Tennessee. I stopped in Corinth to eat Chinese food. To me, Parts of NW Mississppi reminded me of a downscale version of Las Vegas(minus the casinos). I didn't really interact with anyone other than the sensei. He was friendly enough. I didn't interact with anyone else though, mainly because I was with a group and we were all passing through. So I don't have any authority to say anything.

[Not Made for the South]

Originally Posted by Scotslass

Is it true that they dont teach sex ed at schools there?

There were "sex ed" lectures at my school during the sixth grade, about once a month. They should have been called "school sermons" in my opinion, since every lecture featured stories that described what could possibly happen after having sex. Each of these stories ended with a message that this wouldn't have happened if the partners were abstinent. It was no different from what I was hearing at Sunday school.

There were no mentions of birth control either; I didn't know what a condom looked like until one of my friends opened up a package when I was fifteen. Of course, by that time I was considered weird by my classmates because I never had sex but wasn't a preachy Christian, but that's another story.

[Scotslass]

Originally Posted by Not Made for the South

There were "sex ed" lectures at my school during the sixth grade, about once a month. They should have been called "school sermons" in my opinion, since every lecture featured stories that described what could possibly happen after having sex. Each of these stories ended with a message that this wouldn't have happened if the partners were abstinent. It was no different from what I was hearing at Sunday school.

There were no mentions of birth control either; I didn't know what a condom looked like until one of my friends opened up a package when I was fifteen. Of course, by that time I was considered weird by my classmates because I never had sex but wasn't a preachy Christian, but that's another story.

Here sex education is mandatory and for a good reason, kids must learn about contraception and im not talking about just from parents or other kids.

It has its benefits, maybe thats why MS has such an incredibly high teenage pregnancy rate?

If i were to have kids i'd be very wary where i sent them to school in Mississippi because here its not "behind in the times" when it comes to education.
Are all schools like that? Surely not.

[southernnaturelover]

Many teen-aged girls seem to want to get pregnant, in those cases sex ed won't do any good.

[pirate_lafitte]

Originally Posted by southernnaturelover

Many teen-aged girls seem to want to get pregnant, in those cases sex ed won't do any good.

Mississippi isn't alone either. Georgia is up there in teen pregnancies.

[MichaelinMaryland]

Didn't Mississippi ban fractions? LOL I'm not joking

[gdaddy]

They have moved away from both fractions and also the metric system. Everything is measured by the crap load. I bought a crap load of stuff from Walmart today.

[Scotslass]

Originally Posted by pirate_lafitte

Mississippi isn't alone either. Georgia is up there in teen pregnancies.

Here our teenage pregancy rate is 50% per 1000 people but its declining.

What is it with teens???

[pirate_lafitte]

Originally Posted by Scotslass

Here our teenage pregancy rate is 50% per 1000 people but its declining.

What is it with teens???

One of my friends attributed it to having nothing to do.