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Introduction
What would it be like if you had no idea what birth control, or a condom are? Or you had no idea what being sexually protected was? Unfortunately, some teenagers don’t know what that means because of lack of sexual education in schools. One third of public schools in states **do not** require any sort of sex education (Sullivan). By all means sexual education should be taught in all high schools. Especially, considering the fact that…according to the MTV show teen mom, in the U.S. one out of every ten babies is born to a teenage parent. That’s way too high of a number. Although sex ed has always been hard to teach because of moral, cultural, or religious reasons there’s just way to high of a number of teenagers getting pregnant (George).

What is Sex Education?
Sex Education is a class taught in most high schools, and the majority of middle schools. It tells you all the need to know stuff about sex. What it should do is emphazises the healthy and fun sides of sex. It is shown that when you talk to teens about only preventing STD’s they tone it out. Opposed to talking about how things work and what the different options are (George). If there isn’t any sort of Sex Education, how are the teenagers suppose to know that sex is wrong?

What Should be taught in Schools?
It is quit simple. There is no doubt in my mind that all schools should be taught sex ed. The fact of the matter is that there should be two different classes, and your parents should choose the one they think its best. One class should teach abstinence and abstinence only. The other class should teach abstinence, and all the ways to be safe. The class teaching both would be highly more recommended. It is scientifically proven that teaching both of the methods together is the best way for teaching kids (Gough). In the end it really is the parents who are always the ones complaining, so they might as well choose what they think it best for their kids.



If Anything..Protective Sex is the Way to Go
No one’s dumb, obviously teenagers are having sex. If they weren’t there wouldn’t be such a high rate of young girls getting pregnant. If you are going to have sex the safest way is a condom of birth control. If you don’t wont to get pregnant use birth control. If you don’t want to have an STI (sexually transmitted infection) use a condom. The safest bet is probably to use both. It is extremely important to be safe if you are going to do it.

Conclusion
More then 85% of Canadian parents agree that some sort of sex ed should be allowed in schools (George). Sexual Education should be taken much more seriously, and be taught in all schools. Maybe just for once the teen pregnancies rates won’t be as high if every school in the U.S. has sex ed classes. Never think it’s a good idea to have a baby at such a young age. It’s going to be very difficult on not just you but the enviorment around you. The U.S. has over 15% higher teenage pregnanices the any other country in the world (Sullivan)! Just remember, be smart, and be safe.

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