One such example is a female's first menstruation and the uneasiness they feel. If this girl had been informed of this change prior to its onset, then her ability to accept and understand it would be gre

With sex education classes the students are taught about various methods of contraception, including abstinence. By teaching the students about the many types of contraception, the chance of contraceptives being used is greatly increased. Many schools have recently begun programs to distribute condoms to students in their schools in order to hopefully increase the use of condoms. A recent study shows that the availability of condoms in schools did in fact increase condom use. Condom access is a "low-cost harmless addition" to our current sex education programs (Richardson "Condoms in_" B8). When thinking of sex education for our children, the cliché‚ "better safe than sorry" should immediately come to mind. Along with teaching contraceptives to students the vital information of STD's.

Teenage sexual activity has been rising steadily for more than two decades until now. A recent survey shows the first drop since the nineteen seventies. In 1990 girls that had engaged in sexual intercourse was at fifty-five percent, until 1995 when it dropped to fifty percent. The percentage of boys engaging in sexual intercourse also dropped by five percent. The use of condoms has tripled since the 1970's showing people are being safer about sex (Vobejda et al. A1). A poll done by Reuter's show that eighty-two percent of the people who participated in the survey supported sex education in schools (Yahoo). Studies obviously show that sex education courses are helping today's teenagers to become more responsible for their own actions. The information that sex education provides teenagers are indispensable. Schools are meant to educate our children in not just one topic but also all topics. "Why would anyone on the state Board of Education not want to cover something comprehensively? Do we take that approach with history or math?" says Denice Bruce of Wichita, Kansas (Associated Press). Sexually educating our children is just important if not more important than math or history because sex education can mean the difference between life and death of your child.

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