Over the past decade sex has emerged as a prominent aspect of everyday life. Television shows, movies, magazines, newspapers, radio programs, movies and billboards are just the beginning of the list of items that throw sex at the public everyday. Let's face it; sex sells. Also over the past decade a new crisis has developed "teenage pregnancy". In the early 1900's teenage pregnancy was common and socially exceptable as long as you were married. A married couple began their life together and started a family at an early age. The woman usually was the homemaker and raised the children while the man worked. A college degree was not necessary for either and very few actually attended college. Times have changed dramatically though. Women do not have children until a much later age, like their late twenties or early thirties. Women work as much as men, sometimes more, and the child raising is a split job between the parents with a little help from the baby-sitters. A !
             college education has essentially became a must for anyone, male or female, to live a descent life and make a decent wage. A teenage pregnancy is basically the worst occurrence that can happen to a young lady. The costs and time necessary to raise a child denies the teenage mother advanced education that would lead her to a successful job. Schools are to blame for this unfortunate occurrence. The times have changed and so should the teachings of the sexual education courses. Instead of sexual education classes teaching youth about what sex is and abstinence, they should teach kids what sex is and about the contraceptives available for safe sex. The use of contraceptives should be taught because it is unrealistic to expect people to wait until marriage, it can cut down on the number of teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases (STD), and it can teach students the proper way to use contraceptives.
             Some parents might oppos...