The Death Of The Teenage Girl

In Quindlen’s essay she talks about when she was sitting in a clinic in the poorest neighborhood in New York City. She sat with a group of young teenagers who amazed her with their knowledge of sexuality. Quindlen talks about someone mentioning the thought that sex education in school would lower or prevent teen pregnancy, but students will do whatever they want to do. Even though it is good to teach young teenagers about sex and possible risk of the act, it could create confusion in students, wondering the class is teaching them about contraceptives or abstinence. The essay explains how half dozen young teenage girls show off that they are having sex, getting pregnant, and having babies.

Oliver’s next line sums up why we need accurate and authentic comprehensive sex education in schools: “Kids have good questions that need good answers.” Oliver goes on to deliver startling statistics such as only 22 states have laws in place to mandate sex education and with only 13 of those states requiring the curriculum being taught to be medically accurate (LastWeekTonight, 2015; Avery, Carvell, Gondelman, Gurewitch, Haggerty, Maurer, Oliver, Sherman, Tracy, Twiss, Weiner, 2015). Oliver continues to spew forth important reasons why abstinence only sex education can be detrimental to adolescence. Some abstinence only sex education programs compares people that engage in pre-marital sex as “used toothbrushes” or “chewed up gum” (LastWeekTonight, 2015; Avery et al. 2015). A video clip of Elizabeth Smart, a well-known rape survivor, discussed how detrimental abstinence only education affected her mentally because all she could think of was being a piece of chewed up gum even though it was not her choice to have sex before marriage (LastWeekTonight, 2015; Avery et al. 2015). Before signing off with a celebrity filled sex education video, Oliver articulates another quote that is difficult to argue against; “Human sexuality, unlike calculus, is something you actually need to know about” (LastWeekTonight, 2015; Avery et al.

Sex education has helped to reduce unplanned pregnancies. (Bonner and Williams 2006). The study showed that because they were taught both abstinence and comprehensive sex education, this lead to a decline in unplanned pregnancies and abortions (Bonner and Williams 2006). It showed in the study that women are more likely to change their attitudes about sex education if they are given accurate information. Most of the women only went to get information from the doctor once they had unplanned pregnancies. Most women’s attitudes about sex education come from friends and not doctors. The study showed that most women prefer to get sex education from a friend and only see a doctor once she has had an unplanned pregnancy (Bonner and Williams

We watched a film called “The virgin suicides”. It was about the Lisbon family and how the daughters commited suicides.

However, many parents themselves were not properly educated on the issue. Even when parents provide information, their knowledge about contraception or other sexual health topics may often be inaccurate or incomplete. Parents seem to live in denial when it comes to educating their children on the dangers and risks due to sexual behavior. Society accepts educating children in science courses; but yet it is controversial to take biology and anatomy to the next level by focusing on the natural act of sex.

Ann Frank was a significant German-Jewish diarist. She was known for writing diary while hiding in the attic for escaping from Nazi party’s catching. (Roosevelt) Therefore, Ann Frank’s family and another family hid in the “secret Annex” in seclusion which is isolated from the outside world at Amsterdam. They lived crowded, confronted hunger, and fed up with the life in living at the confined attic (back of the book). For the next difficult two years, Ann Frank kept on her diary and recorded what happen in the war those days and her real feeling. After world War Two, her father, Otto Frank, got Ann Fran’s diary from his friend which is discovered in the attic and he published the edited version which is called The Diary of a Young Girl in 1947. This book provides a real record of World War Two and also let historians can confirm the historical authenticity. The Diary of a Young Girl has become a meaningful and valuable document in history, in this paper will explore how did Ann Frank and her family keep their life in the attic? And what is the effect after her diary was published to the world after World War Two?

In addition to this, education should be aimed at adults and children alike, regardless of gender. A study of sexual and reproductive health conducted at schools in Kelantan, Malaysia revealed shocking statistics that could have perilous implications (5). According to the researcher’s findings, 69.96% of the students were unaware that pregnancy could occur after having unprotected sex only once, and 64.4% indicated that they learn about sexual health from their peers (5). Misinformation and inadequate information on sexual and reproductive health are catalysts for dire situations such as unwanted pregnancies and child abandonment.

In America sex education is essential knowledge needed, because of a constant increase of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and unplanned pregnancies. This isn?t just an issue affecting teens and adults; it is a danger that even sinks its claws into the children and preteens of the younger generation. This is a horrific thought in itself. However, we can take preventive measures to help educate and prevent in just about every case with the power of knowledge and that?s our greatest tool to combat these atrocities.

All too often courses such as sex education are not offered to the populations that are in need of such vital information (Kaye, Kelleen and Alison Stewart Ng., 2013a). The topic of sex is still being frowned upon, at least until it’s too late to help. Pregnancy prevention programs are

13 Reasons Why is about after a teenage girl’s perplexing suicide, a classmate receives a series of tapes that unravel the reasons why she killed herself. Hannah was bullied in high school and sent the tapes to all the people who was bullying her. Clay was her close friend who got the tape and trying to get justice for Hannah.

This is a familiar story that far too many young people go through every day. If she would have received more education about sex and pregnancy prevention, would this story have had a different outcome? We will never know, but can educate other young girls to prevent them from following in her footsteps. To accomplish this, we must incorporate comprehensive sex education into our school’s curriculum nationwide; that way the largest population of students possible is reached to ensure that they will have accurate information about protection and pregnancy prevention.

As a result of the show “16 and Pregnant” airing, teens and young adults are able to witness what these teens have to face while becoming a parent. We learn that becoming pregnant can create a lot of drama for the teens. They can end up dropping out of school or not attending college because they can’t handle all of the responsibility. These teens also show how financially unstable they become while becoming parents. When watching these “16 and pregnant” episodes teens are more likely to realize how important it is to practice save sex. “16 and Pregnant” is a warning to teens on what they have to look forward to if they become teen

“Can you tell me why people go to such lengths to hide their real selves?” (Frank 126). This question is asked by a young girl in her diary on January 22, 1944. This young girl was named Anne Frank, and she asked this question in regards to one putting up a façade in order to conceal their true self from the outside world. Because of her Jewish ethnicity, she was used to having to pretend she was something she was not in order to survive, but when she beings to feel herself putting up a fake front in front of her family and friends, she realizes she does not fully accept herself.

     The use of contraception was never as widely proclaimed and exhibited as it is now. The use of contraception has become so mainstream, that it is now “normal” for even teens to use these contraceptives. Schools promote the use of this once taboo practice of artificial birth control, and partake in the distribution of condoms amongst students. This is a clear example of how modern society and its practices can change the way people act morally and physically.

With the actions thst I have chosen to take, I hope to show students of my year the effects of having a lack of knowledge of their sexual health that correlate with teenage pregnancy, and how they can be safe with how they go about their sexual interactions, or otherwise give them information on where they could go to seek professional advice if they want it.