I have chosen to write a paper on sex education and the effects it has on teens. I am hoping to find a number of things when writing this paper. I want to find statistics on schools that do offer the program and statistics of schools that don’t. I am hoping to find that the schools that do offer the program have lower rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. I am hoping to find research on what is taught in the sex education classes also if they teach different forms of birth control. I also would like to find statistics on which the class interests most boys or girls.
This issue may raise conflict because some parents don’t want sex to be mentioned in school they feel like as the parents they should be the ones to teach their children. Some parents say they don’t want their kids to be thinking about sex and only should focus on school, and some say they don’t want their kids to know about birth control. Whatever issues come up it is a safe bet for the teens to be educated on the subject and be aware of all their options.
If my theory is true why would the government not enforce sex education classes for all schools? If it keeps teens on birth control and teaches kids about what finances are ahead of them if they do have a kid. It gives them a reality check as to what comes with a baby. And they should know that having a baby shouldn’t be a reason for strengthening a relationship. They need to educate themselves to protect themselves.
Hi Ashton,
ReplyDeleteYou raise some excellent questions in regard to your own draft. What have you found so far? While you are not asked to provide your views in this draft, you may certainly use your questions as a guiding point for this draft. It seems to me that you wish in investigate:
1) What is taught in public schools?
2) What does sex education actually teach young Americans?
3) Because young Americans should be aware of birth control, emergency contraception and STDs, should the government wish to enforce sex education?
Before answering these questions, it is important to understand that this is a state's rights issue. Although there is federal funding for sex education, you need to be aware of the different kinds of sex education that is taught in schools today. No school is the same. Some schools teach abstinence only education and other schools teach sex comprehensive education. Sex comprehensive education includes the teaching of birth control, safe sex practices and STDS and prenvention. If you wish to examine how schools in MO teach sex education, then I encourage you to do so. You could frame your argument around MO public schools.
Ms. C