When "just say no" does not work

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

5 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

01/09/2009

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

Social sciences

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Summary :

Introduction.
The United States and the statistics of teenage pregnancy and STIs.
The lack of a federal law about sex education in schools.
1. Narrow-minded approach to sexual education.
2. Ignoring the fact that most teens are already sexually active.
3. Sex - equated with death, disease, and danger.
4. Motivated by fear of sex and fear of God to stay chaste.
Proposal.
1. The curricula in schools to be more comprehensive.
2. Conduction by either well-informed teachers, school nurses or medical professionals.
3. The courses should be required to be taught in schools by the federal government.
4. The Religious Right should not have control over reproductive rights and education.
Conclusion.

Abstract

Growing up in a small suburb of Tulsa was an experience one might want to soon forget. I grew up in Glenpool, Oklahoma for the first eighteen years of my life. It was a small, poor suburb with only one school. Despite all the churches in Glenpool, which numbered eleven at my last count about five years ago, and all the lives that were hindered by bearing a child at a young age, teenage pregnancy ran rampant at Glenpool. I remember at least 22 girls that were pregnant in their teens, and most of those were just the ones that were in my grade or went through with childbirth. There is no knowing just how many abortions, or escaped school-wide knowledge about the pregnancy had. These 22 were just the ones that walked the halls swollen and tired, trying to complete high school while they were pregnant or that were notably absent after having dropped out. One of the girls I remember being pregnant was infamous for having her first pregnancy while she was in seventh grade. She had two additional children by the time she graduated.