Teenage Pregnancy Essay, Research Paper

I thought that the group on sex, marriage and reproduction did a very good job presenting their information that they had gathered. Their purpose was to give people a better understanding that sex is everywhere. They presented this several different ways. The first way that they presented this was through the usage of posters. They had two posters filled with pictures and sayings that they cut out of magazines to illustrate the fact that the subject of sex is found all over the place.

Each member of the group read an article from a magazine. Each of the articles had a different meaning to them, which added variety to their presentation. The first article was about a boy who didn’t want to have sex because he didn’t want to mess up his future. The second article was about a girl named Angela who was pregnant with twins, and wishes that she would have waited to have sex. The third article was about a woman who was pregnant, got married later in life and made the most of her life. She ended up dropping out of school but eventually received her diploma then ended up marrying someone who wasn’t the father of her baby. The fourth article was about a single mom who was working different jobs to try and make it financially.

The variety of the articles that they chose was good because it gave each person in the class a chance to try and relate to something from those articles. Whether it be relating themselves to the articles, or relating other people that they know to the articles. I particularly liked the article about the mother who was pregnant at an early age, but made the best of what she could out of the situation. It seems to me that I am always hearing stories where a teenager gets pregnant, and it’s hopeless from there, they are going to be struggling for the rest of their lives. It was nice to finally hear a successful story, one where someone made the most out of the situation that they were put in.

The story about the football player, who didn’t want to have sex was also good. This showed that not every one is having sex, and that it is more the media putting it into kids heads through commercials and television programs that every one is having sex. This story promoted abstinence, which is something that I don’t feel society focuses on enough.

Then they presented the facts from the survey that they gave. They did the survey randomly so that it wasn’t bias, and asked questions to 50 guys and 50 girls about sex. The questions included if they thought premarital sex was ok, if they felt pressured at all to have sex, if they were sexually active right now, and if they were sexually active than if they used protection. The results to this survey brought about a big surprise for everyone in the class. More females were sexually active than males.

The class got really involved than, and some good discussions came up. I really liked how the group involved the class with their discussions, and didn’t just stand up in the front and lecture. This kept everyone’s attention.

The story about the football player, who didn’t want to have sex was also good. This showed that not every one is having sex, and that it is more the media putting it into kids heads through commercials and television programs that every one is having sex. This story promoted abstinence, which is something that I don’t feel society focuses on enough.