Teaching Teens – Education In School

As a means for advertising sex is becoming more and more excepted and common in the media. Sex is pushed as something quite normal and there is a pressed idea that everyone really is doing it. This notion that the world has made is affecting the youth of this country dramatically.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (or STDs) are at unprecedented and epidemic proportions. While a few STDs can be transmitted apart from sex acts, all are transmissible by the exchange of bodily fluids during intimate sexual contact. I want to discuss the severity of the problem as well as what must be done if we are to save a majority of the next generation from the shame, infertility, and sometimes death, that may result from STDs.

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Sex is a topic that permeates our society. It is a theme that runs throughout popular music and media. And, not surprisingly, it is an issue that is at the forefront of teenagers' minds. One U.S. News and World Report poll of teens in 59 countries discovered that 99% of our world's teens said that sex is the most important issue facing today's youth.

Teenagers are particularly susceptible to sexually transmitted diseases or STDs. This fact is alarming since more teens are sexually active today than ever before. An entire generation is at risk and the saddest part about it is that most of them are unaware of the dangers they face.
Our teenagers must be given the correct information to help them realize that saving themselves sexually until marriage is the only way to stay healthy. Therefore, sex education is taught in school.

What role then do sex education classes have? Adversaries of Sex education might argue that it should not be taught. Sex Ed. programs are seriously needed right now though. The great majority of today's teenagers are sexually experienced and many are frequently sexually active. “The proportion of 13 to 15-year-olds who are getting pregnant is rising. The rate of sexually transmitted diseases among young people is going through the roof.” Unfortunately, few are completely educated about the dangers they can run into or how they can protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS, emotional trauma, and from unwanted pregnancy.

Sex education teaches valuable knowledge that teenagers need to hear about and learn for their own health and the health of their peers. Terrible results can come to minors from not being aware of the useful information that sex education brings.

Also some opponents of sex education say that teaching it would give students permission to have sex. However that is not at all true. It’s all ready been explained how we have a very sexual society and kid’s are doing it without ever even being schooled in any kind of sexual education. Monkey see, monkey do. Teenagers are going to experiment sexually whether we like it or not! It is just a fact.

Sex Ed. is not being taught everywhere in the US. Sex education in the school districts is a touchy subject right now. As a consequence, the spread of HIV/AIDS and other STDs continues, and adolescents are still getting pregnant. Many teachers, students, and parents have lots of different views on the matter.

At what ages is Sex Education appropriate to be taught? That is the questions many have been asked and answers vary widely. It is very important that teens receive a sex education program before they have any sexual experiences so that they can fully protect themselves. While there will continue to be discussions about sex education in schools, there is one thing that’s important to remember – our teens need to be education about the dangers of unsafe sexual practices and the lifelong consequences that will follow.

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