Yes, this is another sex post. Sorry.

While many organizations may exclaim that having contraceptive sex-ed taught in school will increase the teen sex-rate, in September of 1997 Lynda Richardson wrote a piece for the New York Times about a study that says otherwise.  And while the study didn’t claim to decrease the number of sexually-active teenagers, it did show that there was an increased number of teens who used condoms during their sexual encounters.

A Dark Reflection …the other side of the argument.

The latest HUFF assignment was to write an argument supporting to the other side.  So to take a stand on the “Yes” side, I searched the net to find this array of information.

Information from Reliable Sources

Much of the cyber community that may have stumbled upon my latest blog post might brush it off as teenage ramblings or perhaps just someone “bs-ing” to pass a class.  No.  I truly feel strongly about this topic.  However, strong feelings only cover one third of the rhetorical triangle that my dearest Huff demands of her students.  Now I must give you a little credibility.  And whilst I am naught but a silly teenage girl, my sources have much more credibility than I.

Should Abstinence-Only Sex-Ed be Taught in Public Schools?

Many programs promote sexual abstinence in their teachings.  But is this right?  Do abstinence-only programs work? 

Popcorn and Pickles: Rhetoric at the Movies

The Dark Knight (2008)

Based on the DC Comics character, Batman, this sequel to the movie Batman Begins (2005) is one of highest grossing movies in box-office history and THE highest grossing superhero movie ever.  It is the second movie ever to earn over $500 million at US box-offices.  Why all the hype? 

NASA Breaking News

I am ever fond of NASA’s open information policy with the public and press. Every new discovery is posted quite clearly on their website. Editors “dumbing-down” all the technical talk into layman’s terms allow the public to easily understand the going-ons of our country’s space program.

Yahoo! News: Political News

I was very disappointed with this feed. While it gathered an excess of information as USAToday’s feed had, I found myself staring at an endless stream of statistics that my self-diagnosed ADD couldn’t concentrate on for more than a few fleeting minutes.

USAToday.com News – Top Stories

This feed, while extremely informative, left me somewhat overwhelmed. Reading a couple times a week, some days I would find my Google Reader filled with over a hundred stories from this single feed. Engulfing myself in the plethora of information at my finger tips, I did my best to skim the titles and weed out the less interesting/important stories.

Alice in Wonderland

Like Alice found herself wandering around in the confusing world of Wonderland, after reading the summer assignment for AP English class, I was whisked away into the wonderland of the blog world. I found myself intrigued by some people’s thoughts and ideas but also repelled by others. Page after page, blog after blog, I delved into the minds of more experienced bloggers and reveled in their opinions.

Spirits and Demons: Decreasing the Drinking Age

Throughout history, there have been many attempts at “cleansing” the country of the “evils” of alcohol, but has anyone noticed that the cure is worse than the disease?  Drunk-driving stories haunt the papers.  Alcoholics tear families apart.  College students flock to dorms and secret meeting places to binge on illegal drinks, many of them dying from over intoxication.  These problems, although still present, were not as prominent as they were before the legal drinking age was raised to age twenty-one.  Decreasing the drinking age lowers alcohol abuse.  Not all spirits are demons.