Sex is an undeniable occurrence in many schools across the nation. The big issue is that students and even parents are uneducated on this subject. This results in some serious flaws in the lives of young people. Diseases spread faster through youth faster than any other age group and is rising by the second. Programs like Get Real have shown major results in delaying or even preventing the spread of disease and sexual activity among students who have participated in this program. Many parents and legislators disagree with the idea of having a sex education program in schools, whether it be for religious reasons or just personal preference. Regardless, these students are missing out on information that is crucial to their lives. With
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This program is not like most you see, where students attend a daily sex education class. 27 lessons are distributed throughout the middle schools years, then 9 or ten are given in 9th or tenth grade. This program is used to stop the urge for students to engage in early sex, and give information on protection and contraceptives. Get Real uses state and national rules and regulations to accomplish their goal of reaching out to students who are not aware of the many things that have to do with sex and disease prevention. Not only does this program communicate sex education with students but is meant to help build healthy relationships, communication, self-awareness, and decision-making skills. This sex education program has proven to be very effective with delaying sexual encounters among young students. A study was done to test the effects of Get Real on sexual behavior of students. The results of this study showed that 16% of boys and 15% fewer girls had sex compared to their peers who did not participate in Get Real (planned parenthood 2014.) Having some type of sex education at school, whether it be several different lessons scattered throughout the consecutive years, or an everyday class shows to improve the health and lives of its …show more content…
Diseases like these are very common among young people, in fact, health editor Molly Masland states that about 65% of all sexually transmitted infections accumulated by Americans is by people under the age of 24. Some schools are not required to teach the same curriculum, for instance, out of the 24 states that require sex education programs in schools, 21 of them require that sex and HIV be taught, while 2 don’t mandate HIV information in the curriculum. A lack of education on sexual disease leaves some major cracks in the system. For example, according to the National Conference of State Legislature, there are 33 states that do not require that the medical information being taught in these programs is accurate (ncsl, 2016). The idea that information being taught about students’ bodies does not have to be accurate, meaning correct in all details, is disturbing. With 1/4 of all new HIV infections being reported from people under the age of 22(Masland, 2016 ), this is a large risk take against the medically accuracy of sex education classes. Most sex education programs take these issues very seriously and create a professional classroom environment for students. In the Advocates for Youth curriculums, sex education shows very clear goals on preventing STD’s and HIV among the youth of our schools. Nearly all programs
This program is not like most you see, where students attend a daily sex education class. 27 lessons are distributed throughout the middle schools years, then 9 or ten are given in 9th or tenth grade. This program is used to stop the urge for students to engage in early sex, and give information on protection and contraceptives. Get Real uses state and national rules and regulations to accomplish their goal of reaching out to students who are not aware of the many things that have to do with sex and disease prevention. Not only does this program communicate sex education with students but is meant to help build healthy relationships, communication, self-awareness, and decision-making skills. This sex education program has proven to be very effective with delaying sexual encounters among young students. A study was done to test the effects of Get Real on sexual behavior of students. The results of this study showed that 16% of boys and 15% fewer girls had sex compared to their peers who did not participate in Get Real (planned parenthood 2014.) Having some type of sex education at school, whether it be several different lessons scattered throughout the consecutive years, or an everyday class shows to improve the health and lives of its …show more content…
Diseases like these are very common among young people, in fact, health editor Molly Masland states that about 65% of all sexually transmitted infections accumulated by Americans is by people under the age of 24. Some schools are not required to teach the same curriculum, for instance, out of the 24 states that require sex education programs in schools, 21 of them require that sex and HIV be taught, while 2 don’t mandate HIV information in the curriculum. A lack of education on sexual disease leaves some major cracks in the system. For example, according to the National Conference of State Legislature, there are 33 states that do not require that the medical information being taught in these programs is accurate (ncsl, 2016). The idea that information being taught about students’ bodies does not have to be accurate, meaning correct in all details, is disturbing. With 1/4 of all new HIV infections being reported from people under the age of 22(Masland, 2016 ), this is a large risk take against the medically accuracy of sex education classes. Most sex education programs take these issues very seriously and create a professional classroom environment for students. In the Advocates for Youth curriculums, sex education shows very clear goals on preventing STD’s and HIV among the youth of our schools. Nearly all programs