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My good pal Mr. Peasley sent me this interesting little line from a NYTimes article seemingly blaming the Bush Administration for teen pregnancy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/us/24pregnant.html?ref=us
Check this out:
Dr. Orr and Ms. Daly said increasing use of alcohol by Gloucester students, media influences, lack of sex education and the weak economy were all contributing factors in the rise in pregnancies.
Imagine that ! I’m surprised that Dr. Dipshat didn’t try and blame it all on Global Warming as well. Well, it’s warmer and people naturally become more “excited” and uncontrollable. The fine Doctor goes on to say “We had 2 pregnancies, then 5, now 18,” Dr. Orr said, citing statistics from the past three school years. “We have to put a stop to it.”
We have to put a stop to it ? Who’s we Doctor ? The school ? The Government ? It’s the governments fault ? Notice how the good doctor places blame on everything but the girls, the boys or their parents. None have any personal responsibility in the matter. That girls parents didn’t have a good job and this caused her to fall on top of her boyfriend who was laying around watching FOXNEWS.
Damn you George Bush…Damn you !!!
Also not mentioned in this article: ”Nurse practitioner Kim Daly had administered some 150 pregnancy tests at Gloucester High’s student clinic, she and the clinic’s medical director, Dr. Brian Orr, a local pediatrician, began to advocate prescribing contraceptives regardless of parental consent, a practice at about 15 public high schools in Massachusetts.”
Passing out balloons without parental consent ? Perhaps encouraging this behavior ? Great idea, give a child a condom, tell them that’s it’s for “making love” and then be surprised that a few extra teen pregnancies happen. How about sticking to Math, English, Science and physical education.
~NEPAConservative says: This country needs better educated kids, not another generation of love children !
8 responses so far ↓
1 JediMaster9780 // Jun 24, 2008 at 9:36 am
Better sex education would be a benefit to public schools. Studies show that abstinence only programs do not help at all. They fail to stop sexual behavior.
Bush has waged a war on sexual education.
If teens are going to do it, and they are, its best that they know precautionary measures they can take and the consequences.
2 Snerd // Jun 24, 2008 at 1:40 pm
How is it that a weak economy translates to more teenage pregnancies?
3 Enigma // Jun 24, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Abstinence only programs start at home add in integrity and values training for a complete success.
4 NEPAConservative // Jun 24, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Libs are funny people. Serd it’s not even fuzzy math…I don’t know what equation you would use to derive $$$=Values and self worth.
5 NEPAConservative // Jun 24, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Jedi…I knew you’d be by to weigh in on this one
If these are studies done by doctors like Dr. Brian Orr then they are obviously biased reports. If you give a child a balloon and then tell them how to use it, expect them to go that extra mile. They are children. there brains don’t process information like the adult brain. You are right that you can’t stop sexual behavior. But good parenting can keep it to a minimum. This is why handing out French Ticklers to 15 year olds without parental consent ain’t a good idea.
Bush has waged a war on sexual education because the left has waged war on parental rights.
I’m sure with parental consent a school can have parent supervised sex ed. Why do parents need to be there and be aware of what’s being presented ?
Just last year there was a situation where homosexuals came into a school and did a presentation to the entire student body on gay sex and drug use. Yes they were both glorified and the admin just sat there and enjoyed the show. Again trumping the standards and morals of the parents. I wish I can find that link right now…absolutely unacceptable and someday when you have kids you WILL feel the same.
6 NEPAConservative // Jun 24, 2008 at 4:19 pm
E , Teachers should have to experience integrity and values training once a year. Where I work we have to take online training modules every year…same ones…violence in the work place, insider trading etc. We need to be reminded of why we are where we are.
And as long as we’re talking teachers, the ones I know…drug testing once a year would be great as well.
ba-leed-dat yo
word
7 JediMaster9780 // Jun 24, 2008 at 8:50 pm
If parents do not want their kids to take sex ed, let them drop out. I’m totally fine with that. I’ll see to you on that. I’m totally for letting parents decide if their kids should not take public sex ed, but I do believe it should be offered.
If kids are going to be sexually active then they should know that they should be responsible and use condoms each and every time. Condoms are 98% effective against pregnancy. It’s roughly the same for protection against STDs. Teens need to know what kind of diseases they can get if they are not careful.
I’m not saying teach them in third grade, but teach them around 8th grade.Teens are getting sexually active around 7th and 8th grade. There was a study done somewhere where a significant number of kids didn’t consider oral sex, real sex, even though you can still get STDs from it.
Maybe we can blame Slick Willey for that one.
Parents should teach their kids about sex. However, there is a need for comprehensive sex ed in public schools because not all parents are going to go over it. Not all kids are going to know what they need to know about sex and it falls upon the school to teach them. Like I said before, send home permission slips in case parents do not consent.
As for the homosexuals teaching about gay sex and drug use I’d have to read the article before commenting. Sex and drugs should not be glorified by anyone in schools.
I do not have a problem with homosexuality being discussed in a sex ed class or in any class. Public schools should not shun homosexuality because some people find it immoral.
I believe I had sex ed back in 8th grade. We had parental notification and we had to bring in a paper signed by our parents/guardians informing the school if they gave permission. The alternative to sex ed was being put in another class room and just continuing being taught other health related subjects for those few days. In my class of about 20 kids, I don’t believe anyone’s parents objected. None that I can recall at least. If there was, it was perhaps one or two kids at best.
8 Enigma // Jun 25, 2008 at 7:44 am
Maybe we all should listen to B. Hussein Obama:
http://nepalibwatch.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=30
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