This House Would Legalize the Distribution of Condoms in School

a few weeks ago, i had to do a group presentation for my Organizational Behavior class and we decided to have a debate about teenage pregnancy. therefore, before any good debate could start, i had to do research on the subject and why such a subject should arise in the first place.

currently, The United States of America is in the list of top 10 countries with the highest teenage birth rates, highest being Niger. they do however have the highest rate in the industrialized world. this is the core of the problem which needs a solution.however, in status quo, most schools in the US do have sex education programs. alas, the exposure of these programs varies among schools between the ages that the students receive this information and the contents that s revealed. basically, there is no fixed outline or syllabus for this programs.

how then should such a problem still occur when most of the sex education programs brings forth and promotes the idea of abstinence? these classes teaches the students that having sex before marriage would ultimately lead to immoral, unhealthy and harmful practices. but then again, on the other hand, these same kids are the ones that are given over exposure and influence of MTV and all other current things on tv and the internet that promotes and glorify sex.

in the end of the day, the fact is that:
1. teenage pregnancy is still happening.
2. teenage mothers are more likely to drop out of high school.
3. they will be and remain a single parent

so lets contemplate on what is wrong in the equation here. yes, they are aware of the different forms of contraceptives but why aren't they using it? it is because of the fact that these kids are at the age of as young as 13 or 14 and even the idea of going to the store to buy a pack of condoms is an outrageous thought. it is much easier for them to not wear it with hopes they can still have safe sex.

so then how can we solve this problem? we can do more talks and classes to promote awareness. include parents and children in a forum where they can voice out their opinion. but let's admit that just talking is not enough. therefore, personally, the best solution that i could come up with is to distribute condoms in school. no we are not just going to give out a lot of condoms to these kids. the condoms should be distributed to the students that are at the age of 13 and onwards after they attended their yearly sex education class. they will get only 1 condom each as a significant representation of accepting the responsibility and trust that they would think carefully before engaging in an intercourse.

in the end of the day, for those who are already open to the idea of having early sex at such an age, at least they already have an available condom in hand, which hopefully would open a trend for these generation to have safe sex, and maybe would lead to less teenage pregnancy. n the long run, the early exposure of sex education adding with the act of entrusting a condom to them despite the notion whether they are going to use them or not shows the weight of responsibility and trust that we are giving them. they eventually will understand and comprehend the need to have safe sex or the idea of sex after marriage. with this, they would mature earlier and hopefully leads to lesser underage sex.

implementation of syllabus:

in this post, i used the 4 problem solving step model in order to do a complete research. i defined the problem, which was teenage pregnancy, analyzed the problem, as in to why these kids do not use contraceptives even after they were taught to. finally i list the possible solution and decided on the most appropriate alternative. with this, this house would legalize the distribution of condoms in school.