Argumentative Essay High School
Ada Vargas
9/12/12
ENGL 111-D40
Argumentative essay
Sex education in high schools
High schools should provide better sexual education. Prevention is better than cure. The federal government should provide more information in schools and required sex education in the first year of high school. This is important because there are a lot of sexually transmitted diseases, teenage pregnancy, and teen abortions.
Boskey (2011) stated that sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are “some of the most difficult diseases in the world to catch” (para1). Although there are a lot of resources available to obtain information such as the internet, books and magazines most of the time teens do not take the time to read so there should be required classes …show more content…
in high school to inform them about STDs. Many teens have sex without knowing that millions of teens get STDs because they do not know about prevention and the consequences of these diseases. It is important to educate teens about this serious problem in their first year of high school. According to the Center Detection in San Antonio, Texas people between the ages of 15 and 24 are acquiring about the half of the STDs although they represent the twenty five percent of the sexually experienced population (2011).
The US diagnosed nineteen million cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia and cost the government seventeen billion per year to the nation’s health care (Preidt, 2011). It is a fact that STDs are a big issue the nation is dealing with today. This affects a lot of teens and their families, including the country’s economy. Almost all STDs are treatable but there are consequences if they are not detected and treated on time. The question is why waste time and money? You can teach teens about the consequences of having sex without protection.
It is a fact that teens are not prepared physically, psychologically and economically to have children. Teen mothers cannot afford a better quality of life for their children as established older mothers can. According to the Family First Aid “the US has the highest rates of teen pregnancy and births in the western industrialized world. Teen pregnancy costs the United States at least seven billion annually” (2002). Swierzewski (2012) points out about the pregnancy rates in the US:
Teen pregnancy rates in the United States fell forty percent from 1992 to 2008-to their lowest level since 1976. The decline in the teen pregnancy rates was consistent during this time period, except for an increase in 2005 and 2006. In teenage girls aged fifteen to seventeen, the pregnancy rate has declined by almost fifty percent since 1990 and the rate in older teens decreased by about thirty percent. (para 2)
Teen pregnancy is a major concern because we all have teenage friends with babies or young relatives that became pregnant at an early age.
The bad news for our community is that New Mexico is the state with the most teen pregnant moms, ninety three per one thousand, followed by Nevada, Arizona, Texas and Mississippi. (Kost, K. and Henshaw, S and Carlin, L 2010). We need to prevent teen pregnancy because is affecting a lot of people in a lot of ways such as economically, socially and morally. The solution is to provide information and advert the youths about the risk and consequences of having sex without …show more content…
protection.
Another concern about teenage pregnancies is that many results in to teen abortions. It is not easy to have a baby for a teenager. Lowen (2012) found that there was a decrease of abortion from forty six percent to thirty one percent from 1986 to 2008. Teens that have babies normally do not finish high school. How are they are going to take care and support their children? Abortions have a lot of consequences that teens sometimes do not consider such as depression and infertility.
Although the best way to avoid all these problems is abstention the reality is that teens are having sex. It is better to educate and inform teens about the risks they take when they have sex without protection. Prevention is better than treatment and cure. The US is the country with the most teen pregnancies, and teen abortions, and teens with STDs. In conclusion, we should have better sexual education in high schools.
References
Boskey, E.
Ph.D. (2011, November 12). STD 101 - Top Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) You Should Know About. About.com Guide. Retrieved from http://std.about.com/od/overviewofstds/tp/toptenstds.htm
Dudley, S. PhD (2003). Teenage Women, Abortion, and the Law. National Abortion Federation. Retrieved from http://www.prochoice.org/about_abortion/facts/teenage_women.html Kost, K., Henshaw S., and Carlin, L. (2002). Teen Pregnancy Stats, Facts and Prevention. Family First Aid. Retrieved from http://www.familyfirstaid.org/teen-pregnancy.html
Lowen, L. (2012, May 25). Teen Pregnancy Rate and Teen Abortion Rate in the United
States. About.com. retrieved from http://womensissues.about.com/od/teenpregnancy/a/Teen-Pregnancy-Rate-And-Teen-Abortion-Rate-In-The-United-States.htm
Preidt, R. (2011, November 18). 19 Million New STD Infections Reported Annually, CDC Says. USA TODAY News. Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/medical/health/medical/story/2011-11-18/19-Million-New-STD-Infections-Reported-Annually-CDC-Says/51290856/1
STDs in Adolescents and Young Adults (2011). Retrieved November 17 2011, from http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats10/adol.htm Swierzewski, III, M.D., Stanley, J. (2012, June 21). Teen Pregnancy, Consequences of
Teenage Pregnancy. Remedys health communities. Retrieved from
http://www.healthcommunities.com/teen-pregnancy/children/overview-of-teen-pregnancy.shtml
9/12/12
ENGL 111-D40
Argumentative essay
Sex education in high schools
High schools should provide better sexual education. Prevention is better than cure. The federal government should provide more information in schools and required sex education in the first year of high school. This is important because there are a lot of sexually transmitted diseases, teenage pregnancy, and teen abortions.
Boskey (2011) stated that sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are “some of the most difficult diseases in the world to catch” (para1). Although there are a lot of resources available to obtain information such as the internet, books and magazines most of the time teens do not take the time to read so there should be required classes …show more content…
in high school to inform them about STDs. Many teens have sex without knowing that millions of teens get STDs because they do not know about prevention and the consequences of these diseases. It is important to educate teens about this serious problem in their first year of high school. According to the Center Detection in San Antonio, Texas people between the ages of 15 and 24 are acquiring about the half of the STDs although they represent the twenty five percent of the sexually experienced population (2011).
The US diagnosed nineteen million cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia and cost the government seventeen billion per year to the nation’s health care (Preidt, 2011). It is a fact that STDs are a big issue the nation is dealing with today. This affects a lot of teens and their families, including the country’s economy. Almost all STDs are treatable but there are consequences if they are not detected and treated on time. The question is why waste time and money? You can teach teens about the consequences of having sex without protection.
It is a fact that teens are not prepared physically, psychologically and economically to have children. Teen mothers cannot afford a better quality of life for their children as established older mothers can. According to the Family First Aid “the US has the highest rates of teen pregnancy and births in the western industrialized world. Teen pregnancy costs the United States at least seven billion annually” (2002). Swierzewski (2012) points out about the pregnancy rates in the US:
Teen pregnancy rates in the United States fell forty percent from 1992 to 2008-to their lowest level since 1976. The decline in the teen pregnancy rates was consistent during this time period, except for an increase in 2005 and 2006. In teenage girls aged fifteen to seventeen, the pregnancy rate has declined by almost fifty percent since 1990 and the rate in older teens decreased by about thirty percent. (para 2)
Teen pregnancy is a major concern because we all have teenage friends with babies or young relatives that became pregnant at an early age.
The bad news for our community is that New Mexico is the state with the most teen pregnant moms, ninety three per one thousand, followed by Nevada, Arizona, Texas and Mississippi. (Kost, K. and Henshaw, S and Carlin, L 2010). We need to prevent teen pregnancy because is affecting a lot of people in a lot of ways such as economically, socially and morally. The solution is to provide information and advert the youths about the risk and consequences of having sex without …show more content…
protection.
Another concern about teenage pregnancies is that many results in to teen abortions. It is not easy to have a baby for a teenager. Lowen (2012) found that there was a decrease of abortion from forty six percent to thirty one percent from 1986 to 2008. Teens that have babies normally do not finish high school. How are they are going to take care and support their children? Abortions have a lot of consequences that teens sometimes do not consider such as depression and infertility.
Although the best way to avoid all these problems is abstention the reality is that teens are having sex. It is better to educate and inform teens about the risks they take when they have sex without protection. Prevention is better than treatment and cure. The US is the country with the most teen pregnancies, and teen abortions, and teens with STDs. In conclusion, we should have better sexual education in high schools.
References
Boskey, E.
Ph.D. (2011, November 12). STD 101 - Top Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) You Should Know About. About.com Guide. Retrieved from http://std.about.com/od/overviewofstds/tp/toptenstds.htm
Dudley, S. PhD (2003). Teenage Women, Abortion, and the Law. National Abortion Federation. Retrieved from http://www.prochoice.org/about_abortion/facts/teenage_women.html Kost, K., Henshaw S., and Carlin, L. (2002). Teen Pregnancy Stats, Facts and Prevention. Family First Aid. Retrieved from http://www.familyfirstaid.org/teen-pregnancy.html
Lowen, L. (2012, May 25). Teen Pregnancy Rate and Teen Abortion Rate in the United
States. About.com. retrieved from http://womensissues.about.com/od/teenpregnancy/a/Teen-Pregnancy-Rate-And-Teen-Abortion-Rate-In-The-United-States.htm
Preidt, R. (2011, November 18). 19 Million New STD Infections Reported Annually, CDC Says. USA TODAY News. Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/medical/health/medical/story/2011-11-18/19-Million-New-STD-Infections-Reported-Annually-CDC-Says/51290856/1
STDs in Adolescents and Young Adults (2011). Retrieved November 17 2011, from http://www.cdc.gov/std/stats10/adol.htm Swierzewski, III, M.D., Stanley, J. (2012, June 21). Teen Pregnancy, Consequences of
Teenage Pregnancy. Remedys health communities. Retrieved from
http://www.healthcommunities.com/teen-pregnancy/children/overview-of-teen-pregnancy.shtml