Sex education is the process of acquiring information and forming attitudes and beliefs about sex‚ sexual identity‚ relationships‚ and intimacy. It is also about developing young people’s skills so that they make informed choices about their behavior‚ and feel confident and competent about acting on these choices. Young people have a right to sex education because it is a way of helping to protect themselves against abuse‚ exploitation‚ unintended pregnancies‚ sexually transmitted diseases‚ and
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Ada Vargas 9/12/12 ENGL 111-D40 Argumentative essay Sex education in high schools High schools should provide better sexual education. Prevention is better than cure. The federal government should provide more information in schools and required sex education in the first year of high school. This is important because there are a lot of sexually transmitted diseases‚ teenage pregnancy‚ and teen abortions. Boskey (2011) stated that sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are “some of the most difficult
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state with the most teenage pregnancies‚ according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (U.S. DHHS‚ 2014.) The public school system in the state of Texas focuses on teaching abstinence-only sex education programs. Because of this‚ the accessibility to comprehensive sex education in the state of Texas is almost slim to none. Abstinence-only education programs throughout the state fail to address essential issues regarding sexual health. Thus‚ posing a public health threat to teens and
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Argumentative Essay “Americans with a four-year degree made 98 percent more an hour on average in 2013 than people without a degree.” (Leonhardt). A college education is and continues to increase in value. With a rising unemployment rate‚ receiving a college education can greatly reduce the chance of one being unemployed. Also‚ the wage for a college graduate continues to rise while the high school graduates pay has stayed relatively the same for the past five years. A college education will provide
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tribulations these teens are facing. “The National Campaign says that fewer than half ever graduate from high school‚ and only 2% earn college degrees by age 30” (Docksai‚ 2010). Many of these teens are not thinking about the negative effects of being a mother between the ages of 15-20‚ and there are a bunch of them. Some of these outcomes include “school drop out‚ strain on public health and welfare systems‚ low-birth weight babies‚ increased medical costs‚ poverty‚ stunted workforce development
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Sex Education and Premarital Sex Sex education is taught to every young person in virtually every school across the country. In the majority of these sex education programs‚ physical anatomy and safe contraception are the main focuses of the programs‚ telling young people what the physical rewards and consequences may be but avoiding some of the key issues relating to mental‚ emotional and spiritual effects. Proponents of these programs feel that we must educate our youth on "safe sex." It
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Same sex marriage argumentative essay Erilynn lamb I’m against same sex marriage is because gay marriage would weaken the community. I`m also against same sex marriage because if marriage is about populating the world then they wouldn`t be able to marry. I’m against same sex marriage because marriage is threatening marriage rates. Also because same sex marriage the couple might not love each other for ever and then they might get a divorce. Also because how are you going to have
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[pic] [pic] Name: Quach Tran Trong Minh ID: 01-05-0-0102 * Look at the issue of global warming from several different disciplinary perspectives – economics‚ climatology‚ sociology‚ political science‚ agronomy. What might be some questions that each discipline could contribute to our understanding of global warming? [pic] Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of Earth’s near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century
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and pre-marital sex and other reproductive health issues are the common problems faced by the adolescents in our country today. For these things happen because of lack of awareness and knowledge about what sex truly is and its essence in our life. STD and HIV are diseases that we can get by having sexual intercourse with multiple partners. Thus‚ if we are aware of this‚ we can think of many ways to not just prevent this‚ even avoid it. Also‚ if you believe in the sacredness of sex and in the sanctity
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Argumentation Essay: Sex Education Should Be Offered in Public Schools With the new outbreaks of sexually transmitted diseases and the fact that sexually active persons are becoming younger‚ sex has now become a daily topic. Sex scandals in the media and talk such as ’who slept with who at last night’s party’ are making these daily conversations apparent in high schools‚ middle schools‚ and in a lot of cases grade schools. As the saying goes ’monkey see monkey do’ one can only assume that this concept
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