...Sex Education In Public Schools Sex education in public schools has been a controversial issue in the United States for over a decade. With the HIV and teen pregnancy crises growing, sex education is needed. Some of the American public believe that sex education should be taught at home by the children's parents. They feel that sex education programs in schools do not put an emphasis on abstinence and encourages children to have sexual intercourse. American culture is very sexually oriented. Sex can be seen all over the media. Charles Krauthammer stated, "Sex oozes from every pore of the culture and there's not a kid in the world who can avoid it"(Bender). After being faced with sex on an everyday basis, the independent teens of today will make their own decisions on whether or not to have sex. The important thing is to make sure that they know all aspects of it. Reality-based sexuality education gives young people an understanding of positive sexuality. I t also provides sexual health information and skills on decision making (What). Subjects include sexual development, reproduction, relationships, affection, intimacy, body image and gender roles (What). Successful sex education programs have several high points. The high points include exercises to encourage the appraisals of values, and skills in which students are taught how to negotiate while in sexual situations (" What type”) The majority of this nation favors sexuality education...
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...there is disagreement to find the best way to deal with this issue. The argument surrounding the most effective way to reduce STD infection rate has involved government officials, school officials, health officials, religious figures, and parents. Many people ask where the real controversy on this issue is. For a simple question, there is not a simple answer. The disagreement rises from whether abstinence only should be taught or a comprehensive sex education program that teaches the consequences of sexual activity. Some people believe abstinence is the most effective method to help the STD infection rate become reduced. Other critics feel that a comprehensive sex program is the best method. Just like an onion the topic of sex education has many layers. The debate against sex education has another level involving who should be responsible for these teachings. While the standpoints on the issue are realized, it is important to place figures in these perspectives. Some people feel as though the parents should teach their children about sex and sexually transmitted diseases. This can go further into what method works best and how should parents teach their children. Should parents monitor their kids or talk to them...
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...sexually transmitted disease levels increasing. Research and public opinion have aligned in support of the pressing need for comprehensive and effective sex education for young people in United States Public Schools (Bleakly, Hennesy, & Fishbein, 2006). Around 8.5 thousand American teens become pregnant each year with over 9 million teenagers experiencing a sexually transmitted infection (Klein & Committee on Adolescence, 2005). By the time most American teenagers complete high school at age 18, 70% of females and 62% of males have experienced intercourse. While sex education might ideally take place in the home, these numbers suggest that sexuality is either not being discussed at all or is not being addressed adequately. Comprehensive sexual education, which includes abstinence and birth control methods, is considered a fundamental human right for American public school students. Current abstinence-only programs are unacceptable and should be replaced with more accurate and inclusive information immediately. For decades, the United States government has spent billions of dollars on an abstinence-only sexual education programs (SIECUS, 2004). This curriculum inhibited teachers from teaching birth control methods or even answering direct questions about how these methods worked. Research has identified several highly effective sex education programs that have cut down on HIV and pregnancy rates in the children they have reached (American Foundation for AIDS Research, 2005). Despite...
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...changes since Abstinence-only programs started III. Federal Funding 1. 1981, more than 1 billion spent on these programs 2. Some of the funds that are given aren’t correctly monitored 3. 1996 as a welfare reform 4. Spend on programs that haven’t been effectively working for a while IV. Teen pregnancies A. Not mature 1. Not ready to take care of baby 2. Drop out of school 3. Won’t have successful career 4. Too busy with baby if they go to college B. Love & sex 1. Teens don’t take in consideration what consequences are 2. Express feelings in a different way 3. Peer pressure C. Statistics 1. 58% of pregnancies end in abortion 2. Rate of pregnancies is 61.9 out of every 1,000 women 3. Teen rate is 96 out of every 1,000 women V. Abstinence-only vs. Comprehensive sex A. Not working 1. Abstinence only is not consistent 2. Not teaching right way 3. Influence on such early development 4. Older siblings and single parents B. Comprehensive sex education is better. 1. Better ways of teaching 2. Some kids already had sexual intercourse 3. Have to teach by other people’s perception of their friends 4. The right way to be safe if you are having sexual intercourse VI. Conclusion...
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...Abstinence-Only vs. Comprehensive Sex Education Which is the Right Choice? Allysa Lekas English 401 Professor Kramer December 11, 2012 Abstinence-Only vs. Comprehensive Sex Education The appropriate type of sex education that should be taught in United States public schools continues to be a major topic of debate, which is motivated by high teen pregnancy and birth rates in the United States compared to other countries. This debate is centered on whether abstinence-only or comprehensive sex education should be taught in public schools. Some argue that sex education, that covers safe sexual practices, such as condom use, sends a mixed message to students, and actually promotes sexual activity. The United States government used to promote abstinence-only initiatives through the Adolescents Family Life Act. It cost 176 million dollars annually to fund abstinence-only programs. The central message of these programs was to delay sexual activity until marriage, and cannot include information about contraception and condoms (Stranger-Hall & Hall, 2011). It has been proven that abstinence-only education does not have an effect on the birth rates in the United States, but comprehensive sex education has. Teaching students to not only about abstinence, but about contraceptive use and information about sexually transmitted diseases, has decreased the birth rates in the United States as well as the contraction rate of sexually transmitted diseases. Comprehensive sex education in school has...
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...Sexuality Education for Adolescents Ashley S. Brown Nevada State College Adolescents are in need of preparedness in regards to self identity especially in terms of sexuality. Sex is a taboo subject especially when considering adolescents. Parents tend to be afraid that discussing sex will encourage their adolescent children to want to engage in sexual activities. Adolescents are being influenced by not only by factors such as socioeconomic status, the media and their peers, but also a lack of a relationship with their parents (Asampong, Osafo, Bingenheimer, & Ahiadeke, 2013). The subject of adolescent sexuality and sexual education and development begs for there to be clear communication between the parents and the adolescent, but often that is not the case. According to a poll conducted in 2004, ninety-three percent of Americans approved of sex education being taught in schools (“Sex education,” 2014). Because parents are not necessarily equipped with the education to communicate with their children about sexual education and development, professionals can provide that information (“Developing adolescents,” 2002). I chose to interview my former teacher Ms. Michelle Jones. She has taught elementary school students, middle school students, college students and she is currently an assistant principal. Ms. Jones explained that she feels that as an educator, she is responsible for providing information to her students about all aspects of life. Her...
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...Sex Education Yevgenia Dashtoyan ENGL-107 08.26.2013 Sex, in the current world, has almost become a basic need for an individual. It has become a daily subject for the last several years now. People in the society talked about sex as a key way of birth control and means of reducing the spread of HIV and AIDs. Sex has now become an issue especially at this period when communities are experiencing a massive loss o lives through sexually transmitted diseases. It is, however, challenging to deal with the issue because young people are the most sexually active. The local media stations report sex scandals daily. If you go to school, you will find students talking about sex! Even in the middle and grade schools, is also dealing with the same issues. In summary, sex is currently the center of conversations in the society. Controlling this habit of sex has become a challenge not only in the society but also in the entire world. Children, on the other hand, are exposed to sex because of the lifestyle we are experiencing. Sex is a basic instinct in all-living beings; sex education should be encouraged in school with the aim of abstinence. However, it is also essential to advocate safe sex because the most teenagers are sexually active, making it impossible to campaign for abstinence (Erkut and Grossman, 2013). As a teen, watching videos that are sexy can make one not to think about safe sex, especially at the age. Girls might be in safer possible because they might get...
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...Title: Go To Bed with Sex Ed General Purpose: to persuade my class sex education should be taught in school Specify: As the generations advance in aspects like technology. Adolescents are beginning to advance in sexuality at an early age as well. Central Idea: Sex education will help Preteens and Teens understand how their bodies operate, how diseases are transmitted, and how to speak up. Introduction Attention Getter: Each year US Teens experience about 850,000 pregnancies. [3] Youth under the age of 25 experience 9.1 million STI’s. [3] In 2011, approximately 24 percent of new HIV diagnoses were young people age 13 to 24. [3] Credibility: When I attended High School in Georgia during my freshman to junior year it was required to take a sex education to keep us informed on current STD’s and STI’s, pregnancy, and our bodies. Although we were not required to get tested the pregnancy rates were lower that the high school I attended in Kentucky. Connect with the Audience: If you want to keep teens educated about current diseases and prevent school wide pregnancies and infections you will agree to educate them about sex. State Central: Sex education will help Preteens and Teens understand how their bodies operate, how diseases are transmitted, and how to speak up. State Main Points: * Less Pregnancies and STD’S * Helping NOT HARMING * Parent/School Involvement Body I. Less Pregnancies and STD’S * Among students who had sex in the three months prior...
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...wants me to be real nice and sweet, and the other part wonders what her head would look like on a stick.” According to a recent study, five percent of Crane High school students have heard of this psychopath. This paper is based solely on the unbelievable yet intriguing crimes Ed Gein had committed when he was alive. He was a very unusual human, born on a farm and raised by a mother who was rather intimidating. In forty years his mother passed and he was left to take care of the farm all by himself. In the next few years he was to become a grave robber, a cannibal, a necrophiliac, and he took up arts and crafts in body parts. He is seen as probably the most weird and bizarre serial killer of the twentieth century, and probably...
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...very violent. He never seemed to keep a job and the rest of the family ended up not wanting to live with George anymore. Divorce was not an option for Augusta and George because of their religious beliefs. Soon they left George. Augusta was running the family’s grocery store and when she saved enough money, she purchased an old farm in another town called Plainfield. She particularly liked this spot because it was secluded so there were very few outside influences on her sons. Edward only left home to go to school, where he was bullied because of a slight growth over one eye. Augusta did not allow him to have any friends. If Ed was not at school, he was doing chores for his mother. Augusta seemed to ‘press’ religion on her boys. She preached to them about alcohol and sex and many other things. She also read from the bible every day to Ed and Henry. In 1840, George Gein passed away and...
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...Abnormal Psychology 2300 The Diagnosis of Edward Gein Rainy River Community College Delaney Peters 13 November 2013 Edward Theodore Gein was born to Augusta and George Gein on August 27th, 1906 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Edward had an older brother named Henry. George Gein was a violent alcoholic who was frequently unemployed. Augusta on the other hand followed to a different beat she was a very religious individual whom had very harsh opinions on other women. Often times, Augusta would refer to other woman as prostitutes and instruments of the devil. According to Dr. George Arndt, a psychiatrist that studied the case of Edward Gein, Augusta’s obsessive and negative perspective on women rubbed off on her children, more specifically on Edward. She reserved time every afternoon to read her children verses from the bible, usually selecting graphic verses from the Old Testament dealing with death, murder and divine retribution. Without surprise, Edward himself became a target for bullies. Classmates and teachers recalled off-putting mannerisms, such as seemingly random laughter, as if he were laughing at his own personal jokes. Despite his poor social development, he did surprisingly well in school and was often viewed as an average academic student. Many sources cite that Edward’s mother Augusta often beat her children because she was convinced that they were going to become just like their father, a drunken failure...
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...Ed Gein Travis S. Franklin Upper Iowa University Ed Gein Edward Theodore Gein born on August 27th, 1906 was an American murderer and a body snatcher. Ed was the son of George and Augusta Gein, born in La Crosse, Wisconsin. His parents had two children, both boys, the older named Henry George Gein and the younger named Edward Theodore Gein. Ed’s parents had a horrible marriage, one where Augusta loathed her husband, but refused to get a divorce because of their family’s strong religious beliefs. Gein’s mother ran a small grocery store and later bought a farm in Plainfield, Wisconsin. Augusta’s reasoning on moving the family to the outskirts of the small town was to prevent outsiders from influencing her children. Augusta had kept her children very sheltered, and Ed was only allowed to leave the farm to go to school. Other than going to school, Ed mostly spent his every waking moment working on the farm doing chores, which kept him from making friends as a child. Even when Ed attempted to try and make friends his mother would punish him for doing so. Ed became very shy and an easy target for bullies. His mother took it upon herself to influence her boys about the wickedness of the world. She had told them that all women, herself not included, were prostitutes and were tools of the devil. Throughout the boys’ childhood, Augusta was convinced that they would grow up to be a failure like their father, and abused them frequently. The brothers only had each other...
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...Blast from the Past and The Truman Show both depict the story about men growing up in an artificial world. Since they are born, they live in a world that is created by others and they do not contact with the real world. However, both of the men in these two movies do not give up their dreams and they are determined. They are eager to get out of the present situation and they have a strong desire to live in the way they like. Finally, through their efforts, they shake off the shackles and both of them lead a free and happy life. Also, there is an interesting thing appears in both movies that the Christian image is mentioned. In Blast from the Past, each time Adam’s family ascent to the ground, the druggies who are religious acolytes are pious and reverent to them, thinking Adam’s family are Father and Son. In The Truman Show, after the vicious storm, Truman emerges from the water in a cruciform position which represents the Jesus after being tortured. Although the style of the two movies is similar, there are a lot of differences between them. First of all, Adam lives in a world full of love and what around him is the beautiful and positive aspect of life. Since he is born, his parents, who are the only person that he can contact with, tell him what the real world is. Moreover, his parents teach him dance, languages and sports. He learns from his parents to be modest, kind and a man of morality. Although his parents create an unreal world for Adam, they are not on...
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...Comparative essay- Animal Farm Animal farm- Paragraph 1- manipulation by the pigs State they are educated elite, use intellectual superiority to manipulate the other animals. Quote shows them as apathetic and meddlers. State how Orwell is criticising Stalin and his Government. Paragraph 2- Propaganda by the pigs State Napoleon uses propaganda through squealer to push his ideas and implement his plans. Quote shows that Napoleon uses propaganda to get what he wants. State that Orwell is criticising Stalin’s manipulation of the Russian society a big ally of the propaganda is the animal’s ignorance and false memory Paragraph 3- Power of Napoleon State that Napoleon, whom represents Stalin, only gained and keeps his power through cruelty, treachery and making the other animals scared of him. Show that after the rebellion, Napoleon has taken the place of Mr Jones (seen through quote) State that the quote shows that Napoleon has dominance over the farm like Mr Jones. State that Orwell is criticising that after a rebellion, inevitably someone will rise to power over all and everything will be the same, maybe worse. Quotes- For manipulation- ‘Does it not say something about never sleeping in a bed? ... It says, ‘no animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.’ (cynicism) For propaganda- When squealer assures the animals about trading with humans- ...
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...At the end of the film we do not see how truman really goes out and experience the real world nor do we see if he goes out to find Sylvia. But my ending of the movie is Truman really does goes out the the done and see the outside world. At the end truman says ‘’In case i don't see ya. Good evening, good afternoon and, goodnight.’’ Then he walks out and when Truman finally walks out he goes thru people trying to stop him on the way out of the done, like for the last time making a last try of making him stay. He finally gets past them and out into the real world. When he gets out into the real world he sees every thing bright and big and noisy. See so many different things he does know what to do. He finally found Sylvia and they moved far far...
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