...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. Some argue that sex education in schools do not put an emphasis on abstinence and encourages children to have sexual intercourse. Sex is a prominent issue that constantly arises in the media and it is our duty to enforce and enhance a more effective sexual education program in schools. As Charles Krauthammer stated, “Sex oozes from every pore of the culture and there is not a kid in the world who can avoid it” (Krauthammer). As a Freshman in college, I have been fortunate enough to undergo more than one opportunity of sex education. I was introduced to sex education in the fifth grade. Some may say the fifth grade is too early to start, but I think that it is an effective age to begin simply because it is the point where puberty creeps up on us and it is important for adolescence to be aware what is happening to their bodies. From fifth grade to my junior year of high school, I was given the rare opportunity to be a part of a various sex education classes. However, not all students are lucky enough to get a chance at an effective and complete sex education or any at all. Schools today usually dedicate one year to sex education for students. Typically, this is done either their sophomore or junior...
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...Why Sexual Education Should Be Taught In Public Schools In today’s society where children are exposed to sex through various media outlets, the need for sexual education in public schools is necessary. Instead of abstinence-only education, which teaches refraining from sexual activity until marriage, today’s youth needs to be informed about the various aspects of sexuality including pregnancy, contraception, STDs, and abstinence. According to a survey conducted by National Public Radio, The Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, ninety percent of American parents believe that comprehensive sexual education should be taught in public schools to students in grades 7 through 12. This type of education encourages abstinence, but also teaches proper condom use and other contraceptive methods to protect youth from unwanted pregnancies and STD (“Sex Education in America”). In order to reduce the risk of teenage pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, Douglas Bernard Kirby, Ph.D. from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy states in his 2007 publication of Emerging Answers: To be effective, such programs must be straightforward and specific; for example, they might discuss realistic situations that could lead to unprotected sex and methods for avoiding those situations, for remaining abstinent, and for using condoms and other contraceptives. (Kirby 16) Even though studies have shown mixed results...
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...CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE INTRODUCTION Premarital sex is sexual intercourse engaged in by persons who are unmarried. It is used in concern to individuals who are not yet of marriageable age or between adults who will surely marry eventually, but who are engaging in sexual activity prior to marriage. Sex is pleasurable, but in God's view, the primary purpose of sex is not recreation, but rather re-creation. In other words, sex is for reproduction. God does not limit sex to married couples to deprive pleasure from those who are unmarried. Rather, God commands against premarital sex in order to protect unmarried people from unwanted pregnancies, from children born to parents who do not want them, and to protect children from parents who are not prepared for them. Imagine, for a moment, a world without premarital sex. There would be no sexually-transmitted diseases, there would be no un-wed mothers, there would be no unwanted pregnancies, there would be no abortions, etc. To have physical intercourse is sex. Whether it is two unmarried partners or one married an done not - it is sex. Participating up to a point of actual physical intercourse, such as having oral sex, is sex. There are many factors to consider in this choice. Included in these factors are unwanted pregnancies, unwanted children, life-long emotional effects, regret, broken hearts and guilt are among them. The consequences of sexual immorality is breaking the law. The Bible contains many verses dealing...
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...Significant Relationship between the Students’ Gender and their Opinion on the Addition of Sex Education in Basic Education Curriculum of Secondary Schools A Research Paper Submitted to the Teacher in Advanced Statistics Jose Panganiban National High School Jose Panganiban Camarines Norte In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Subject by: Angel Rose E. Manulid Mary Jane Castillo Jea Camille Abarca John Paul Panol March 23, 2011 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I have my sincere thanks to all the people who have contributed and helped me to work on this research study. This research would not have been possible unless my fellow group members did not helped me on gathering data or conducting a face-to-face survey on the students of Jose Panganiban National High School. I would also like to thank the students that had been asked and interviewed about our research and for those who gratefully answered our questions in a good manner. The preparation of this important document would not have been possible without the support, hard work and endless efforts of my classmates and my valuable friends to help me to finish this study and also to the work of the other group that became the basis of the format of this research paper. I would like to acknowledge and extend my heartfelt gratitude to my favorite and statistics teacher, Mrs. Marife Osorio, in spite of making our heads bleed and break through every 2:30 on the afternoon from Monday to Friday, for teaching us and...
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...Ant 112 5/13/15 (1746 Words) Single or Multi-sex?? We all know the obvious difference in boys and girls. Typically, we associate boys with being rougher than girls and spending much of their time playing rambunctiously and getting dirty while most girls prefer to be subdued and tidy. But is that the only dissimilarity in gender? What about school work and academic performance along with academic success? Can gender be a predominating factor in determining a child’s IQ level? Is there a legitimate difference in boys and girls when determining academic ability? And, does gender help determine any level of academic success? Some might say that these are some pretty absurd questions but others who have taught both boys and girls in any realm of subjects, on any level could tell you that there is probably some relevance to that question. Lets begin with the history of single sex schools. Schools in early 17th century America were first modeled after English learning institutions after Puritans immigrated over to the English colonies. Originally only rich white males were allowed to attend school to learn how to read and write. In many cases, most parents placed their boys into the nine month long curriculum to keep them out of mischief. For the other three months of the year, students would be released from school during the summer months to lend a hand on their family’s farms to help cultivate the land and raise animals. During the summer months, wealthy white girls attended...
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... Pregnant teenagers experience many issues similar to other women. However, there would be other medical issues for mothers under 15 years. Teenage mothers of ages 15 to19 face socioeconomic issues rather than biological issues. Underage pregnancies are associated with high biological risks such as anemia, premature labor, and low birth weight among others (Creatsas & Elsheikh, 2002). In countries that are developed, underage pregnancies are associated with social issues such as poverty, low education levels, and poor upbringing of children. Teenage pregnancies in these countries are normally outside marriage, and it bears a social stigma in the society. Some of the same reasons may apply in developing countries. However, in these countries there may also be other reasons such as early marriages. In poor areas of developing countries, early pregnancies may be followed by high risks due to factors such as malnutrition and poor health services. Teenage pregnancies exist in all societies. However, the levels of these pregnancies differ with countries. For example, the rate of teenage pregnancies in Netherlands is 12 pregnancies out of 1000 adolescents, in Russia it is higher rating at 100 out of 1000 and in many European countries and Japan, the rate is at 40 out of 1000. The rates in America were significantly high in the 80s and 90s. UK’s rate was the highest among the European countries in the year 2000. These statistics show that...
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...Should They Stay or Should They Go? Illegal Immigrants Philip Shelton Carlos Rovelo Public Opinion Polling Assignment U.S.Government 2301.4423 Table of Contents Introduction Page 1 Demographics Charts Page 2-5 Data Charts Page 6-8 Summary Page 9-11 Sources Page 12 Questionnaire Page 13 Signatures Page 14-16 ------------------------------------------------- Introduction Illegal Immigration Illegal immigration has been an issue in the United States for more years than I’ve been alive. Some might even say the early settlers where the first illegal immigrants. Ever since September 11, 2001 illegal immigration has become an issue in the forefront. With Hispanics coming across the borders in large numbers, some people (myself included) are concerned with how easy it would for terrorists to enter. Being married to a Hispanic female who immigrated to this country legally as a child and having a brother-in-law who is employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, I have a direct attachment to this issue. I also deal with illegal immigrants as a peace officer. I have always seen those who are here illegally as a federal government issue until such time as they commit a crime. I also believe that deporting the millions of illegal immigrants here is a task that would require more resources than we have, not to mention that it would be almost impossible to complete. Amnesty for those already here who are not...
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...Introduction: Sexual education teaches people that sexuality is a natural, normal, healthy part of life and sexual education is needed in high schools to teach young adults not only the dangers of sex such as unwanted pregnancies or STDs, as well as the many other aspects to sex that aren’t spoken about such as identifying ones sexual preference (gay, straight etc.), relationships, protection, the emotional aspect of it, the maturity required and how sex actually works and not just the sexual organs which is what is usually taught to young adults who are going through adolescence which is a very challenging time for many. Sexual education should clarify the issues involved with the topic and not confuse people. Sexual education is needed everywhere...
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...rape? The question makes anyone’s body shiver, yet it doesn’t cross our mind when our parents drop us to college that we are entering a world as wild as one can imagine. Our excitement and hope at this new stage in life is unexplainable, but while we are glooming with happiness our parents are entering an alarming state of unease, because we are not immune to the hidden danger of rape, and other sexual crimes that happen in our new found “comfort zone.” Every new day is an example of a college potentially mishandling the sexual assault of one of its students. While sex crimes are on the rise in America’s higher-education system, so does the institutions negligence. The purpose of this paper is to try and unravel the injustices and misconceptions of what...
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...and Theoretical Framework of the Study Education prepares children for the world of work and helps them to develop their personal talents, discover who they are, and where they would best fit into society’s workforce as viewed by the Functionalist. They see three main function of education; role allocation, providing skills, and socialization. Education can be seen to provide pupils/ students with the curriculum and hidden curriculum; teaching skills that will prepare them physically, mentally and socially for the world of work in later life (Szarowicz, 2004). This concept of education determines how education is essential for one’s life. It is the milestone towards success. Even though an individual came from an informal type of education they can still acquire knowledge that may be beneficial for their goodness. It trains future individual to be ready for their chosen career. Since then, education together with hard work, perseverance and determination is the only key behind every achievement. This achievement can be aspire through the good foundation of Basic Education which is equal to 6 years in elementary and 4 years in high school from the old curriculum and that is presently the Enhance Basic Education or the K to 12 Curriculum that is equivalent to 1 year kindergarten, 6 years elementary, 4 years in junior high school and 2 years senior high school. While the students or the learners progress in the levels of education acquisition of skills such as playing active...
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...Performance in Biological Science Myrna Paez-Quinto Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Arts in Education (Biology Education) In the Division of Curriculum and Instruction College of Education University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City October 2003 ABSTRACT The research examines the relationship of students’ learning styles to classroom behavior and academic performance. It is also identifies which of the following factors – learning styles, sex, academic program and score in the admission test – best predicts academic performance. The study sample consisted of 304-non-science college freshmen enrolled in the following programs: accountancy-81, management-77, mass communication-56, psychology-29, marketing-21, political science-26, and education-14. To determine the student learning styles, the students accomplished the researcher-made Learning style Questionnaire. The questionnaire was validated by faculty members of the Psychology Department of the Far Eastern University. Classroom behavior was observed with the use of the ASEAN Student Rating Scale. The instrument was accomplished by the researcher while observing the students of different learning styles in their classes. An interview was conducted to cross validate the behavior shown by the selected correspondents. Questions asked consisted of ten item questions prepared by the researcher. Final grades of the respondents...
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...Attending a single-sex school is not as beneficial as some educators claim. Both types of schools have their own social benefits as well as negative social aspects. However, it is evidently of more social benefits to attend a co-education school than to attend a single-sex school. The co-education schools play a major role in ensuring that social harmony between both genders is maintained. It does this through several ways. Firstly, the co-education type of schools helps students in developing vital life-skills. Some educators argue that single-sex schools are better because they give students a sense of confidence, which might be true to some extent. However, it is very important to understand that this kind of confidence is short-lived and of wrongly timed. The co-education system depicts a complete social setting and thus, students from the co-education schools stand a greater chance of learning how to solve their social problems like cross-gender intimidation and gender stereotypes, once they are out of school. This is the type of confidence that the students need. Unlike their counterparts from single-sex schools, graduands from the co-education schools will also have learnt how to behave in the presence of the opposite sex, how to relate at work, dating and forming friendships as well as how to communicate in an acceptable manner. Secondly, student diversity is highly hindered in the single-sex schools. Those educators who argue in favor of the single-sex schools by claiming...
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...and it’s Setting Background of the study Sex education has become a major issue here in the Philippines because the church people and government officials cannot decide on whether to incorporate sex education in students learning curriculum in this study the researchers will show the importance of incorporating sex education to the subjects of the students. According to statistics compiled by the Guttmacher Institute schools (2008) is exploring the best sex education programs to benefit students. The US has “one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the developed world—almost twice as high as those of England, Wales and Canada, and eight times as high as those of the Netherlands and Japan.” Because of the rising pregnancy rates among teens, in addition to the rising rates of sexual activity among teens, parents. The United States has unacceptably high rates of teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and HIV/AIDS infections. To address this challenge, NARAL Pro-Choice America supports honest, age-appropriate, and medically accurate sex education that promotes abstinence and provides young people with the information they need to protect themselves. On the same hand, Peter J. Smith (2006) any DepEd directors and church people have argued that if they should incorporate sex education to the learning of the students. Furthermore they have argued about it since 2006 but today some public schools are incorporating sex education to a child’s learning in addition the government...
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...provided to teenagers from their high school sexual education programs. Abstinence-only sexual education has caused nationwide debate over the lack of information provided to teenagers about pregnancy, STDs and other harmful consequences that can result after having unprotected sex. The debate can be solved by reducing government funding for abstinence-only education, allowing parents to determine whether or not their children should be taught about safe sex, and introducing a comprehensive education system. Description of Problem The ineffectiveness of abstinence-only education...
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...field. It is said that a vaccine has now been discovered but how far it is successful, is still doubtful. But its efficacy in saving the new born babies is said to have been proved to an acceptable measure. The best safeguard against this devastating disease is the precautions that we should take and bear in mind. The first reason how a man gets AIDS is through infected blood transfused into his body. So, if we need transfusion of blood for any reason, we should make sure that it is AIDS free and has conclusively been tested as such. In is quite understandable that we should use only disposable syringes if we want to have an injection. A non-disposable syringe might have got infected. Another reason for the spread of AIDS is unprotected sex. We must take care that we are never to indulge in unprotected sex. The best thing is that we should never have extra-marital relations. A baby may be infected with AIDS if any of the parents has got the infection or is HIV positive. It should be confirmed from specialists if the new vaccine developed for the protection of babies against AIDS is effective. If found so, it should be administered to the baby under the guidance and supervision of the specialist concerned. If a person has at all developed AIDS, we should not discard him like a hot potato. He should be shown due regard and affection and we should take measures that we can for his comfort and recovery, if possible. We should remember that certain acts such as shaking hands, kissing...
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