The lack of sex education classes in Texas is a problem. As a student who has passed through every grade level of the Texas public education system, I find the need to challenge public high schools to implement effective sex education courses which will accomplish three things: teach students how to protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases, teach students how to properly use contraceptives, and teach students how to access resources regarding their sexual health.
Students need to know how to protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases, which are becoming more common, every year, in students from age 15 to 19. The number of congenital syphilis cases alone has increased from 68 in 1999 to 127 in 2008 (Collins). The only reason this increase is occurring is because Texas public schools are not required by law to offer a sex health education class, and often, the schools that are actually teaching sex education are teaching with an abstinence only approach. While abstinence is a sure way to forgo sexually transmitted diseases, abstinence is not a realistic method for today's generation.
In 2009, a study was done on a group of youth in Texas indicating that 52% of high school students are sexually active and among that same group of teens that are sexually active, 42% of these students did not use a condom during their last intercourse (Collins). In the schools where sex education is offered, usually the abstinence only approach is being taught. Students who receive abstinence only education are not informed about how to protect themselves from sexually transmitted diseases and even more uninformed are the students who receive no sex education course at all. As a community, we must begin to educate students on the risk of sexually transmitted diseases; otherwise the number of 15 to 19 year old students that have sexually transmitted diseases in our area will continue to rise.
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