Hello to all blogers out there in the real world.
Im 17 turning 18, and i have learn things in this my last year of high school that other kids would already know. Maturing is somthing normal, but it depends at the age you do it and how you deal with it. This last year i was invited to a junior prom because i wasnt able to go to my, that day i leraned a lot, like how most kids act and that some at such younth age are getting into sutff that they shouldnt. Talking to a girl younger than me was a good experience, she told me that many teens at young age are smoking getting into table and having sex, and that most girls in their freshman year lose their virginity: this shock me a lot. She told me that they dont really care about it and once they do that they start experience other stuff like drugs,. girls younger than me in my school do all of this stuff i didnt even know, the 80% of girls in high school lose their virginity, have experience with drugs and have gotten in some sort of trouble with the law.
To all teen bloggers out there i just want to let you know that you dont have to be part of that percent that is normal and very honorable to not have done any of does things in high school, because i didnt and many i know havent either, dont get pushed around by what some friends might say, be yourself and stay the way you are because does that dont would look at you as a great role model for other.
im Paola Silva reaching out.
Teens
By Paola - Posted on June 3rd, 2008
Tagged: sexuality amoung teens
I think it would really be appreciated if you proofread your post beforehand.
There are many teens that don't engage in drugs, drinking, or sexual activity during high school. Only 47% of high schoolers have had sexual intercourse. That's decreased from 54% in 1991. I'm sure this statistic varies based on geographical region, rural vs. suburban vs. urban, and based on the type of sex education. (Hint: comprehensive sex ed, not abstinence only ed. has been shown to delay teenage sexual activity.) I'm glad that you're encouraging other teens to think twice before engaging in sexual activity. If people are going to be sexual active they should make sure to do so with a trustworthy partner and to use protection.
Common sense is as rare as genius. ~Emerson
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I thought 80% percent seemed a bit high, although that's probably about right at my school. And I agree I think it is about comprehensive sex ed. I go to a high school that a few years ago had the highest rates of syphilis and some other STD in the country and we have the highest pregnancy rate in the country. Yet, the whole time I've been there I've seen any type of sex ed only once, and it was abstinence only. A group for abstinence called breakdown has been coming to our school for a few years but only the sophomores are invited to the program. Plus, for many of these kids it's just too late for that.
I've heard yet another statistic: only 25% of teens have had a sexual experience by the time they graduate high school. Obviously, our so-called "factual" stats aren't in agreement.
Teens have the ultimate choice as to whether or not engage in sex, but I think the abstinence decision is the better path. Look at it this way: which would you be more likely to regret down the road: deciding to not have sex at all, or deciding to have sex before you're really ready? Abstinence, while not endorsed by mainstream society, is the regret-proof alternative.
My statistic was from a 2005 study by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics — a consortium of federal agencies that includes the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the Census Bureau and the Administration for Children and Families.
http://childstats.ed.gov/pdf/ac2007/ac_07.pdf
Above is a link to the pdf of the study. the statistic is on the page titled "Sexual Acitivity" in the category "Behavior"
Common sense is as rare as genius. ~Emerson
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I agree and say that resisting temptation is a very honorable, and in many cases humbling, thing to do. I just wanted to add that if you have done any of those things it doesn't mean that you are dishonorable. I feel that a very large number, if not most people, engage in those activities from tremendous pressure, either imagined or real, or out of simple, youthful innoncence where certain things just don't seem so bad.
peace.
You now it does seem like EVERYone is having sex and drugs but that is only if you have narrow scope of the whole or you go to a school designed for those who are to 'bad' for regular school.
I like the way you signed off, it feels genuine.
When giving a speach its easy for the audience to forget and/ or over look mistakes. Each new speach can be viewed independantly my a new audience. These things are not so on Pro U. The only picture and representation we have of you is what you write. If what you write is incoherant and boardering on crazy talk, you will quickly lose your readers and any potential. They will see your name and run screaming;) which is really bad for publicity and points. No body is saying be perfect but if you do not make sense and the point is lost to confusion then the affect we ALL are going for will be lost too.
I really like the idea and the heart and realization of your post...If I guessed correctly.
I look forward to see your growth and good hearted ideas in edited blogs.
Good luck,
~T
All truths are easy to understand once discovered; The point is to discover them ~Galileo
Way to try to reach out to teens to stay away from bad decisions. I'm surprised you didn't know about all the tenn pregnancies earlier until your friends talked to you about people having sex. But at 17 years old, it would be a shock. I didn't realize how big the whole ten pregnancy trend was until I started reading hte newspaper a few years ago, and at least one article in the paper was about teens, and how they need help. I like how youre giving good advice :)