need for a real sex education
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The Need for a Real Sex Education
Do teenagers have sex? Is it right to have an abortion if you get pregnant by mistake? What is the most effective type of birth control? These are all questions being asked by Ridgewood High School students in their Health Nine classes. Their teacher, Ms. Evelyn Shalom, has no problem answering the students' questions and does so without the slightest blush. As the students continue to ask questions it seems obvious that many other students in the class wonder the same things (Dooley F1). Many teenagers have a warped knowledge concerning sexual information causing them to make poor, irresponsible choices. These choices have led to a record number of fifteen to nineteen year olds being sexually active. This behavior appears to be the contributing factor in the worldwide epidemic of teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases...