... using and abusing illegal drugs is as strong as it has ever been. But today, the youth of America are faced with a crisis unique to the modern era; the soaring rate of adolescent AIDS infection. The Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV, causes the terminal Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. AIDS weakens the body's immune system to a point where any ordinary infection, such as ... risk of contracting HIV or AIDS, the Government has set up many abstinence programs in our schools in order to try and quell the problem. One such program is the "Me, My World, Future Program" (Mays et al., 19...

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... more teenage students are becoming sexually active during middle school and high school and not using protection. "The United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate of any developed country" which shows that the United States as a country needs to concentrate on making sure that teens are sexually educated (Brown ... issue has become very controversial in several states across the United States and many of the states are trying to find ways to slow the rate of STD's and pregnancies among high school students. People's strong beliefs as to why or why not they should be available are ...

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... to say that if Johnny were trying to persuade Susie into having sex he could just say, "Hey, everything is okay. Nothing will go wrong. Heck, the school gave me this condom, they know what they're doing. You'll be fine" (750). Limbaugh presented this as if the school is promoting sex to teenagers. He ignored the fact ... and genuine concern about the issue. He doesn't use statistics very well nor does he appeal to expert authority or popular opinion. For instance, he says, "The condom failure rate can be as high as twenty percent" (753). The reader would question the source of this data...

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... . Haffner believes that sexual education programs should teach students how to "handle the challenges of dating, intimacy and sexual limit setting." My personal experience with these types of programs lead me to believe Haffner is more aware of what young adults need to learn from a sex-ed course. Any sex-ed program should explain relationships, affection and ways to prevent pregnancy ... that catch the pupils" interest, they will remember what they learned and hopefully apply it to everyday situations when confronted with sex. Knowing about the difficulties associated with the rising ra...

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... are calling for the decriminalization of prostitution is that it would greatly reduce the levels of crime. When interviewed (by me), Chief of Police in Haddon Township, Joseph Gallagher stated, "many countries have benefited significantly from prostitution in Sweden alone, the crime rate has split in half since they decided to allow prostitution it's only a matter of time before the States jump ... a victimless crime, why are we putting so much time, effort, and money into prostitution enforcement when we could be putting these same efforts towards something more useful? (If you ask me,...

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... continues to say that if Johnny were trying to persuade Susie into having sex he could just say, "Hey, everything is okay. Nothing will go wrong. Heck, the school gave me this condom, they know what they"re doing. You"ll be fine". The essay consists of about thirty percent data and about seventy percent sarcastic generalizations. However, he doesn't use ... statistics very well, nor does he appeal to expert authority or popular opinion. For instance, he says, "The condom failure rate can be as high as twenty percent," but where did this information come from. Furthermore, he uses langua...

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... continues to say that if Johnny were trying to persuade Susie into having sex he could just say, "Hey, everything is okay. Nothing will go wrong. Heck, the school gave me this condom, they know what they"re doing. You"ll be fine". The essay consists of about thirty percent data and about seventy percent sarcastic generalizations. However, he doesn't use ... statistics very well, nor does he appeal to expert authority or popular opinion. For instance, he says, "The condom failure rate can be as high as twenty percent," but where did this information come from. Furthermore, he uses langua...

• Word Count: 1445
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate