... the state of Texas has the highest number of birthrates in teenage girls, and taxpayers in the state of Texas spend more than one billion dollars--each year--to finance teen childbearing expenses (Collins). When I graduated from Burleson High School this past spring, 21 out of the 177 graduates were currently pregnant, or had already delivered a child. While this statistic is ... influence the importance of any one student's scholarly education. The emphasis on acquiring a scholarly education has been sermonized to students repeatedly, and by educating current students on how to prevent...

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