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Post by Swimmy on Sept 21, 2008 16:19:28 GMT -5
My ex made me watch the movie, "Thirteen" and told me that it's a realistic account of what the majority of girls face these days in school. I wonder if those parents who go out of their way to "protect" their kids from the evils of the world realize that by preventing even a discussion about these things is actually causing more damage to their kids than if they allowed serious discussion.
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Post by dan on Sept 21, 2008 17:37:25 GMT -5
"Can you imagine trying to navigate through the jungle, weapon in one hand and the other hand trying to hold your damn pants up."
That's just it Clip, no one dresses like thier life depends on it anymore. Try running through the jungle (urban or otherwise) with those stupid things dragging around your knees. The ARNV would be laughing too hard to shoot.
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Post by Clipper on Sept 21, 2008 19:08:50 GMT -5
I have cracked up a couple of different times, while watching the show "Cops" on TV. I love it when the perps try to run with those pants on and stumble and fall, or when they are put in handcuffs or forced to put their hands on top of a patrol car, while their damn pants fall to their ankles, LOL.
I wonder if that is where the term "one armed bandit" came from. The guy that robs the convenience store with one hand, while the other is holding his drawers up?
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Post by kim on Sept 21, 2008 19:19:56 GMT -5
That's just it Clip, no one dresses like thier life depends on it anymore. That's funny! That is funny because I wear sneakers most of the time. The reason? I never know when I might have to run somewhere! |
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Post by dgriffin on Sept 21, 2008 19:31:42 GMT -5
I forget where I read it, but preteen and teenage girls are increasingly victims of sex crimes from their peers. It was a disturbing article.Maybe that's why .... One in Four Teenage Girls Has an STDDr. Laura Blog: www.drlaurablog.com/category/teens/page/2/The results of the first national study to measure the most common sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) found in young women were released recently by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to the report, 3.2 million teenage girls between the ages of 14 and 19 were found to have the human papillovirus (HPV), chlamydia, genital herpes or trichomoniasis. The study did not determine the number of girls who had HIV/AIDS, syphilis or gonorrhea. I don’t know what qualifies as an epidemic here, but clearly, these numbers represent a crisis of monstrous proportions. Responsible adults forming public should be figuring out how we can reverse the direction of these horrifying statistics. The wholesale distribution of condoms and consensual counseling at the high school level has not dampened the levels of risky behavior among the nation’s teens. Sex education has apparently been successful at teaching our children how to do it…often, and clearly, not safely. ###  |
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Post by Swimmy on Sept 24, 2008 21:18:47 GMT -5
I don't think it's the wholesale distribution of condoms and consensual counseling. As I understand it, many high schools prohibit the distribution or open discussion of sex and the ramifications of unprotected sex. It's so watered down that it's ineffective in educating the kids.
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Post by Clipper on Sept 24, 2008 21:41:26 GMT -5
It would probably be time better spent, if they focused on seminars for teachers that taught them the ramifications of banging their under aged students. Lots of that going on lately here in the South. Just finished a trial for a guy in Knoxville that shot one of his wife's students who was having an affair with his wife. Had a music teacher here locally that went to jail for having sex with a female student. Consensual, but she was not at the age of consent, so he got some state prison time and lost his teaching license.
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