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High school is in the painfully recent history of ...

2009-07-06T01:32:31.430-04:00

High school is in the painfully recent history of my life. At the time this took place, I knew of fourteen pregnant girls, the majority of them being "freshies"--our term for freshmen. It wasn't unusual and none of us thought much of the more than ten girls expecting. My own year had the lowest number of teen pregnancies in our time there, including a set of identical twins. Teen pregnancies is a common occurrence in this town of maybe six to seven thousand residents. It happens.

As someone who went to school during the time this took place, I find that it's insulting to think that someone would suggest that this was a "pact", a plan created between these girls. While I was not one of many young mothers, many of them were girls I knew quite well. It wasn't a pact at all, it was that they did not have access to contraceptives and did not even have a proper education concerning sex. No one gets that unless we end up with the one biology teacher who can teach it (and we can't get into that class until sophomore year and most parents have their children removed from his class due to his controversial ideals). The area where I am from is similar to the area these girls have grown up in. While we are not heavily Catholic, this town has at least two Southern Baptist churches on every street, or so it seems. This place is extremely conservative, but the administrators in our school (the same size as the Gloucester high school in question) have never come up with such a silly notion as a "pregnancy pact".

It's unfortunate but it's a direct result of the current society of this country. Without a proper education in all areas, including sex and all that is connected to it, girls can be drawn into the society that makes sex look cool. The problem is that neither she nor he has the proper knowledge or access to contraceptives. Without that, the number of teen pregnancies is only going to rise.

And it's going to be worse in these charming small towns that are, tragically, the dirty underbelly of the shiny American life.

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2008-06-22T20:25:00.000-04:00

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I think the movies are a small part of a huge prob...

2008-06-22T20:11:00.000-04:00

I think the movies are a small part of a huge problem. Casual sex in general, is often met with little consequences in our society.

I do believe that parents need to get more involved in the lives of their children and self esteem is very important.

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2008-06-22T16:13:00.000-04:00

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I agree...that alot of times the young girls think...

2008-06-21T19:21:00.000-04:00

I agree...that alot of times the young girls think they will finally feel loved unconditionally. So sad for both them and the babies when reality sets in. I wanted a baby all of my life (always loved babie) but of course waited until I was older. "Older" in my day was pregnant at 21. (wow...such a baby still) At 21 I was happy sure, in a secure relationship (now married to the man :) ) but wow! I had no idea that somethings just were not "instinctual" like I thought. It was not easy. I can't imagine being a teen.
Thanks for posting/sharing this. I don't watch much news, and had no idea.

It really is a sad story.

2008-06-21T13:04:00.000-04:00

It really is a sad story.

That's really disturbing. When I was in high schoo...

2008-06-20T23:07:00.000-04:00

That's really disturbing.
When I was in high school, I knew of 3 girls that got pregnant. This was in 4 years! I can't imagine that many in one year. My, things have changed.

So God created man in his own image, in the image ...

2008-06-20T16:58:00.000-04:00

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

How many of the young ladies come from broken home...

2008-06-20T16:49:00.000-04:00

How many of the young ladies come from broken homes?

Rain:Thanks for post this. It's tremendously sad.

2008-06-20T07:57:00.000-04:00

Rain:
Thanks for post this. It's tremendously sad.