Thursday, December 6, 2007

Greatest and/or Sickest Marketing Ploy Ever?

According to CNN.com, the teen birth rate is up for the first time in 15 years. Reasons for the rise are not clear; however many attribute it to the federal-funded "abstinence is the way to go" health education in schools that urge kids to skip sex altogether, rather than teaching them the fundamentals, such as the use of condoms and other forms of contraceptives.

This issue will certainly bring back the debate on whether teaching abstinence-only health education in schools is efficient or not.

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In other not-so-relevant news (cough), I really want to watch "Juno," which finally opens in theaters next week. You know, the movie about a pair of naive teen friends who end up having sex, thus resulting in a pregnancy. Looks like a pretty decent film.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

it's supposed to be this year's Little Miss Sunshine. Can't wait!

Unknown said...

ha that movie actually looks good lol ! the kid from badass is in it!!!!! lol stop having so much sex kids gawd!

Anonymous said...

Looks like a great film. And ha, whoever said that abstinence is the way to control raging teen hormones never got laid.

Anonymous said...

In the Pal Park High School right now, there are at least three known pregnant teens. For one of them, they are getting an abortion (she doesn't know who the father is-Class of 09/Junior). Another is going to have the baby (Junior as well and knows who the father is her boyfriend). And finally a senior and I dont know much about her. These are the only known one for now. By the way, not to be racist, but they are all Hispanic.