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When i went to high school i never saw any pregnant girls but i remember the teachers and counselors talking about so and so being pregnant. Just because you personally did not see one doesn't mean there were not plenty. And often girls who are pregnant tend to take time off of school once the pregnancy really kicks in.
It's a small community, I heard about all the mundane gossip. There were a couple girls who got pregnant after graduation when they were still teens, but only one person gave birth to a child during high school between all of the grades I attended with. Trust me.
But that's really not the issue. I'm totally pro-sex ed, but it can only do so much. There are other factors that ought to be considered alongside education. What makes some communities have consistently high rates of teen pregnancies and others have consistently low?
It's a small community, I heard about all the mundane gossip. There were a couple girls who got pregnant after graduation when they were still teens, but only one person gave birth to a child during high school between all of the grades I attended with. Trust me.
But that's really not the issue. I'm totally pro-sex ed, but it can only do so much. There are other factors that ought to be considered alongside education. What makes some communities have consistently high rates of teen pregnancies and others have consistently low?
eh like i said somehow i doubt that. Gossip usually isn't what i call the best form of information.
Well, the kids are already inundated with sex ed classes in school, with free condoms, etc., so if its being suggested that we need to dump more money and waste more time in the public schools on this, my answer is, "NO." That doesn't seem to be working so well, either.
How about beginning to boycott some of the TV shows, music and fashion that glamorizes sex without consequences.
That is not true...my high school taught and still teaches abstinence...we have a tiny portion of a video that shows, not tells, but shows different kinds of protection, but it's never really talked about and there are NO free condoms except at the health department... (In middle school we have a class each year but those classes are about our changing bodies, not sex). Parents feel that talking about it to their kids will make them want to go have sex but maybe it's just the way things are in this southern state.
These unintended pregnancies end up being a burden to the rest of society. Somebody is NOT talking to their kids or else giving them the wrong information.
My fundamentalist uncle made sure his daughters understood only one thing... abstinence! And now he's a not-so-happy grandfather with two teen mothers under his roof lol! Yeah, that abstinence only thing works real well
The issue rests with the blatant failures of the parents. Good grief in such a promiscuous society to not be responsible for their kids!
I find it hard to believe that the schools in every state are not already teaching the kids the basics. In the seventies, in South Texas we were taught the errancy of the rhythm method, and other myths about the act.
Now? could it possibly be that kids ignore some of what they are taught in basic, Sex ed?? Apparently so, and this then points to the pitiful parts of human nature to deny or reject such things.
Like some people muse, "Ya can't fix stupid."
It is also a fallacy that claims we need Sex-Ed to become more and more graphic. It's these basic myths that have been around for generations that are getting our girls pregnant.
The issue rests with the blatant failures of the parents. Good grief in such a promiscuous society to not be responsible for their kids!
I find it hard to believe that the schools in every state are not already teaching the kids the basics. In the seventies, in South Texas we were taught the errancy of the rhythm method, and other myths about the act.
Now? could it possibly be that kids ignore some of what they are taught in basic, Sex ed?? Apparently so, and this then points to the pitiful parts of human nature to deny or reject such things.
Like some people muse, "Ya can't fix stupid."
It is also a fallacy that claims we need Sex-Ed to become more and more graphic. It's these basic myths that have been around for generations that are getting our girls pregnant.
Sex ed is very basic in most areas. In fact when i went....and mind you my stand is moderately liberal we talked about sex maybe 1/2 a day. 15 kids from out 2 combined classes were signed out by their parents as well.
Sex ed is very basic in most areas. In fact when i went....and mind you my stand is moderately liberal we talked about sex maybe 1/2 a day. 15 kids from out 2 combined classes were signed out by their parents as well.
In the seventies we had a health class. Dangme, it's not easy to remember but it was at least a 12 week class. Sex Ed was referred to as various ares of health were covered over that 12 weeks. This, from what I can recall did bring us to the subject a good number of times.
However, human nature is that "some kids" are going to ignore any amount and think they know it all.
In the seventies we had a health class. Dangme, it's not easy to remember but it was at least a 12 week class. Sex Ed was referred to as various ares of health were covered over that 12 weeks. This, from what I can recall did bring us to the subject a good number of times.
However, human nature is that "some kids" are going to ignore any amount and think they know it all.
our sex ed was a week, and if you ask around you get similar numbers. Most of the us skirts over sex ed. And many girls and boys are ignorant over where they can get bc, the fact that you can without a parents permission.
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