10. Thinking about one of the facts along with a few other pieces, what do girls need in High School besides "Sex Ed" in order to not get pregnant, etc.?
The fact that really stood out to me was the one talking about girls who play sports after school are less likely to participate in sexual activity or become pregnant, than girls who do not play sports. I have always grown up playing sports after school, and after reading this fact I wondered to myself how different my life would be if I never was active in sports. Would I have been one of those girls participating in sexual activity? I think this fact is true, because the two girls who I know from my high school that have gotten pregnant, did not play sports or participate in clubs after school. So this powerful fact really hit home for me. This also hits home because my sister who is in high school has had a boyfriend all year, but just started to get sexual active with him because she does not play a spring sport, yet she plays a fall sport. I think that this fact is important for everyone to read, understand, and to continue to spread around in hopes of helping other girls.
The last time that I remember having "Sex Ed" was in middle school and my freshman year of high school. "Sex Ed" should be a mandatory class that one takes every year because students seem to be forgetting or not comprehending the class entirely. I know that I didn't begin to get sexual active until my senior year of high school, and do you think I remembered what I learned back in middle school? Nope. "Sex Ed" should be a constant lesson, because students will become sexual active at different times and stages throughout high school. I also feel that students leaving high school and entering college need "Sex Ed" classes the most because college is where a lot of experimentation occurs sexual and irresponsible choices occur. These classes for students in middle school are teaching but more importantly informing these students of the knowledge about sex. You cannot stop teaching them, you must continue to expand the lessons because the older they get, the more they can relate because they begin to experience sexually.
However, besides continuing "Sex Ed" classes throughout all of high school, I feel that more schools should be creating after school programs to encourage students to stay after at school rather than participating in sexual activities. Not every student is an athlete, but there are so many other programs such as music, theatre, and art that schools should build up and encourage for their students. I remember a girl in class talking about her professor who worked at a school and created a program like this and saw a dramatic decrease in students becoming sexually active. That is amazing and should be a model for other schools! When students become active within the school and community, they can even begin to form friendships and a support system if anything were to still happen to them. The girl in, "It's not a baby, it's a maybe" did not seem to have anyone she could turn to for advice and support when she got pregnant. If only her school encouraged her to stay after school, she may have found the support she needed to make that important decision. That is why I think that after school programs are effect and important for every school to look into!
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