Teen Pregnancy Speech

Teen pregnancy and media

Specific purpose: Have teenagers aware the risk and consequences of teen pregnancy
l. Today I will be talking about the way the authors and creators of a television commercial and newspaper article influence us to their opinion by writing the way they do. The topic that I am studying is Teenage Pregnancy. This topic is always going to be in the media for different reasons, and occasionally you hear about a story of a young girl getting pregnant due to un-safe sex. There will always be issues with this subject within society because so many people have different opinions and views of this topic and whether it is or not it right or wrong.

II. There are high risks with teenage pregnancy, it’s not just harmful for the mother and father, and it also can have affect to the mental side of a teenage girl. The risks are greater for a pregnant underage girl and it is almost guaranteed that there will be serious birth complications to the new born and mother. It is quite common for miscarriages to happen because of the underdeveloped mother and this can lead to physiological problems after losing the baby. There are a lot of statistics about the decline of contraception, and the amount of teenagers getting pregnant amongst Year 10 and Year 12 students.
Transitions: To begin with I would like to tell you how the media portrays teen pregnancy
BODY III. Different texts, stories, documentaries and videos all display teenage pregnancy as wrong and irresponsible because the parents of the baby are either in financial difficulty, socially disadvantaged or are simply too undeveloped to carry and hold a baby.

V. There is video on you-tube originally from the website “hey-babe” that give footage of the doctor and health reporter and the view from a teenager. The video is very disturbing and rather graphic with the sounds and the camera views. The immediate impression after seeing the video leaves you quite shocked and you can’t really believe what you have just seen. The producers have made this video so realistic that it’s shot through a student’s phone and has real school students in it and is based on a true story. The video should be shown to students from the age of 14 to 18, because that’s when girls start to develop and get sexually active. This forty second video has to be shown in a government run sexual education class because than there are experts to ask questions to and get more information. Every teenage girl over the age of 13 are obsessed with their social life, going out, seeing friends going to school so the video makes you think that once you have had a baby that can all go away. You could fall into labor at school with half your year around you. This part of the video is appropriate because it puts you in the position of the girl and you think about it as if it were you. The video most likely shouldn’t be shown to girl under 14 because it is very confronting and graphic, it certainly would get the message across but defiantly shouldn’t be shown to them. The video would be more appealing to students because its fast comes across as confronting and in your face. They can relate to it for the reason that they are the same age and it’s from a teenager’s perspective. It would be more effective because once they had be shown it, they would ask questions and become more aware.
Conclusion VI. In conclusion to this oral presentation I believe that the video is effective because it relates to teenagers on a personal level and we can believe that it could actually happen. The article written by Clare Masters is a very persuasive piece of writing and defiantly gets her opinion across to the reader, but wouldn’t be as effective to high school students in comparison to the video. My personal views on this topic are that young students shouldn’t be having children; it’s as simple as they have more important things to worry about. Such as passing school, sorting out their future and generally being teenager without worrying about crying babies and dirty nappies. The television article makes clear message that I know me and my friends would agree with.

Thankyou,