In Scarlett Chiang’s article “Education on Safe Sex Needed :Poll” she gives a quote from Associate professor Steven Ngai Sek-yum who said “the survey showed the government's 1997 sex education guidelines were outdated. In the past 11 years, things have changed a great deal. No one predicted teenagers could get so much information on the internet. The recent cases of pregnant young girls show the importance of sex education” (par. 4).
Mathews asserts that recess is not necessary for education and that students benefit more from spending the time they would be spending on recess in the classroom instead. The author portrays recess as a harmful and dangerous waste of time for the students. Mathews argues his opinion by using the three main rhetoric appeals, ethos, logos, and pathos, to convince others to his point of view on recess. Mathews reasons his argument against recess using the appeal of logic, providing evidence with the use of surveys and educational reports. The author also uses quotes from trusted officials in education to increase his ethics.
Many teens in Odessa are involved in high risk sexual behaviors. 43.6% of Texas teens between 15 and 19 did not use condoms or any protection during their last sexual encounter according to statistics of 2009 (Wiley & Wilson, 2009). Sexual education is widely accepted in all public schools, but limited. 94% of Texas school districts do not give students any human sexuality instruction beyond abstinence (Wiley & Wilson, 2009). The Texas Education Code explicitly mandates that abstinence from sexual activity always be presented as the preferred choice of behavior in relationships for unmarried persons of school age (Wiley & Wilson, 2009).
Summary Sex education is used to inform young people on relationships and intimacy. It also is used to inform them on all the negative outcomes sex can cause like diseases and unwanted pregnancies. Yet, programs like abstinence don’t really help people to stop having sex. Abstinence-only programs tend to take credit of the decrease on teen pregnancy but in reality it is the fact that 88% of teens have been taught in school about HIV and STDs. There are 3 federal programs that fund for abstinence-only education getting $102 million in the year of 2002.
Abstinence Only Education Sexual education has evolved over the last twenty years and much has been debated over how sex should be taught in schools across the nation. Those in favor of comprehensive sexual education argue that teenagers are going to have sex because they are unable to control their sexual urges and should be taught from a “safe-sex” approach (Eske, 2003). According to the Abstinence Educator’s Network (AEN) teaching abstinence only education encourages teenagers to take control over their sexual urges and abstain from sexual activity that could put them at risk for sexually transmitted diseases, un-planned pregnancy, and emotional distress. Research shows that abstinence only education can be an effective teaching method to prevent teenagers from engaging in sexual activity. Kathleen Tsubata is the co-director of the Washington AIDS International Foundation and is the author of Abstinence-Only Programs Benefit Youth.
BIRTH CONTROL FOR TEENS BY: MICHELE CLARK COMPOSITION I ENC 1101 – 120 EVEREST UNIVERSITY BIRTH CONTROL FOR TEENS The age long debate about giving birth control to teenagers has gone on for decades. Some says that by giving birth control (the pill and/or condoms) to teens, we are giving them the green light so to speak to become sexually active. That it is the individual parents’ decision to make. Whereas others say by doing so we are protecting our children from sexually transmitted diseases and unplanned teen pregnancies. Birth control can be and is prescribed for more than protection.
During the time period of the late 1800's, women were not allowed to enjoy intercourse and men did not care about the feelings of women (Personal Communication, May, 2013).The birth control movement gave women an opportunity to become independent of their choices and put them in control of when they have children (Personal Communication, May, 2013). The birth control movement has been ongoing for many years and still continues today into 2013 (Personal Communication, May, 2013). ” Another question asked was What did the Comstock law have to do with the birth control movement? The response was “The Comstock law made it to where the transportation of birth control and any information about birth control was illegal (Personal Communication, May, 2013). This was around the year of 1873 and Anthony Comstock joined the
Mariah Mcfadin American Literature- Period 7 Mr. Loomis Wednesday November 9, 2011 Where Does The Government Cross The Line? With recent progress in medical vaccinations, the United States government is making more and more vaccines a requirement for United States children going into preschool and kindergarten. Whether they are for the flu, measles, or cervical cancer, certain vaccines that have been made mandatory have had negative effects for the children forced to used them and the politics behind these vaccines have effected the parents’ viewpoint towards the wellbeing of their children. A vaccine can have very few side effects and still be quite dangerous to children, especially those who are accidentally given the vaccine while
A spate of research since has found no link, and the original study was eventually retracted by the Lancet, the journal that published it (Another Study Sees No Vaccine-Autism Link section, para. 6). Recent concerns were that parents believed their children were getting too many vaccinations too soon. Norton (2013) states that in the United States, children can be immunized against 14 different diseases by the time they are 2. Norton (2013) also states that a recent survey found that about one-third of parents thought children receive too many vaccinations in their first two years of life, and that the shots could contribute to autism.
The questionable problems that arise from Comprehensive Sexual Education include promotion of teen sex, and the morality of schools, instead of parents, promoting and teaching sexual education. According to Jane Friedman’s report, teen pregnancy has significantly declined since 1991 (1). Right wing conservatives credit abstinence-only programs for this statistic and liberals believe it is their contraception program. “ The federal government only funds abstinence education, even though at least 75 percent of parents say they want teens to be taught about both abstinence and contraception” (1). Although abstinence would be a significantly better choice, it is important for teens to know the consequences of sexual intercourse.