percentage of teen pregnancy but it fact helps initiate unprotected sex. The increase in teen pregnancy is due to‚ inadequate sexual education available to adolescents‚ lack of knowledge and resources for birth control‚ and the environment the individual grew up around. Research Questions 0 Does providing adolescents with birth control increase teen pregnancy 1 Is there enough information on the consequences of unprotected sex easily accessible to today’s youth 2 Is the environment a
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Sex education should be increased in schools in attempt to curb problems‚ such as teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Education is the solution to learning new things. Being secluded of any type of education may promote ignorance to that which could be learned. An increase in sex education could promote a healthier sex life for children and teenagers to think about for their future. Sex education is usually taught in schools in 7th grade‚ and only for a week or two during
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Grade School Sex Ed. 1 The Elementary School Sexual Education Debate Sara Vanbuskirk English Comp. 1 Professor Evans November 29‚ 2011 Grade School Sex Ed. 2 Abstract Controversy is rampant regarding the sexual education of grade school children. Some insist that it is prudent to educate children on this subject beginning as early as kindergarten. Others strongly disagree that earlier education has any effect at all on teen sex and pregnancy and‚ therefore‚ abstinence should
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So why do teens need sex education in school if they are already well versed in the subject? A classroom provides a forum for teen-agers to discuss sex with each other with the supervision of an adult not their parents. This is important because at this age children want to separate this part of their lives from parental control. Sex‚ then‚ becomes a sensitive subject for them to discuss with their parents in anything other than a clinical manner. Sex education for teenagers‚ if offered as an elective
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The first step is improving sex education: Argumentative essay. In the U.S‚ more than 750‚000 girls ages 15-19 become pregnant every year. More than 80 percent of these are unintended pregnancies‚ according to dosomething.org. That is a great amount of teenagers that could have potentially dodged a bullet with a little more sexual education. Will a lack of sexual education continue to play a role in the overwhelming amount of teenage mothers in America? In my opinion of course it will. Just
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Eric Badertscher and Denise Geier and is titled “Sex Education Should be taught by Parents‚ not Schools”. The article talks about the various issues with sex education programs presented in schools and the level of parental involvement. The argument I‚ sex education should be taught at home by the parents with school based programs being an informational additive as opposed to the primary source of knowledge. School programs view sex education as a biological approach and don’t take into consideration
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talk about whether single sex education is better that co-education. Let me define the motion. Single-sex education schools are where all students are of one gender‚ co-education schools are with both gender of students. Here is the construct of the motion; therefore‚ today’s motion must stand. First‚ Students at single-sex schools perform better than those at co-ed schools. The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test tracked the performance of students in co-ed and single-sex classes. Before I read
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Elizabeth Salerno April 23‚ 2013 Ethical Essay Dr. Hobbs 1302 The Birds and the Bees Parents always seem to agree on education being a vital aspect of life. Knowledge of literature‚ math‚ and philosophy can help students go far beyond their expectations; however this process starts with awareness at a young age. One topic that is widely neglected in education is sex. Sexual education classes vary tremendously across the nation; while some schools insist on hiding the facts from children‚ others are
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Preventing Teen Pregnancies Teen pregnancies has always been an issue in the United States and factors related to teen pregnancy include the lack of sex education being taught in public schools should include the consequences of having sex . Sex education should be taught in schools because teen pregnancies have become too common among teenage girls‚and teens aren’t developmentally ready to become parents. Today the United States has the highest rate of teen pregnancy in the developed world with
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Sex Education in Public Schools Sex is a major part of life in today’s society. When it comes to our youth‚ the subject becomes a dreaded matter that most people like to forget than confront. But whether it is in advertisements‚ books‚ or a regular conversation on television‚ sex is a subject people rarely find awkward to endure. But the problem with this observation is that children tend to look in all the wrong places for the important information. Some things should be taught by parental guardians
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