What to do...

As many of the Glenbrook North health class students know, sex ed is now our new topic for the next couple weeks. The other day, our class had a guest speaker come into our class to talk to us about birth control, and how to prevent pregnancy and STDs. But there has been some controversial ideas about the teachers teaching us the lessons about preventind pregnancy. Although they do tell us that abstinence is the only 100% way to prevent pregnancy and STDs, are they saying it's ok to be having sex in high school? Are they saying it's ok to engage in an activity with another that is actually illegal when we're under the age of 18? But at the same time, maybe they are doing the right thing by trying to prevent bad things of happening when some people actually do these things. So which one is right? I'm still not even sure. I agree with both sides of the idea, but can't figure out a way to make both sides happy.

An example of where this actually occured was Jamie Lynn Spears. She got pregnant a while ago by her boyfriend and is now caring for her own child-- while she's still a teenager! So how did this happen? Is it from her not being well educated enough about birth control or is it from not being informed it was an illegal and wrong act when she's under the age of 18? There's no real telling the answer to that, but I think people should understand both sides- that sex is illegal when one or both partners are under the age of 18, and what birth control to use. Although one baby seemed like enough for Jamie Lynn, magazines say she is pregnant again, but not yet sure of what to do. It seems crazy to me that this could be happening to her again. But I guess it's all about choice, weather it was your choice to have a baby or not. Make sure you're informed before you do something!