Gordon,+Norissa,+Teen+pregnancy

=I chose the topic of Teen Pregnancy because it is a growing epidemic. With every three out of ten American girls becoming pregnant before the age of twenty; you are bound to run into a girl on a high school campus sporting the baby bump. Pregnant teens miss out on many typical adolescent experiences; it is important that we protect the innocence of our youth, provide sex education and deglamorize teen pregnancy. =

**5.More than 2/3 of all teenagers who have a baby will not graduate from high school.**
I found this video on Google. If I had to choose one video to show to class this would be it. This is a Fox News discussion about a bill that is was trying to be passed in Pensylvaina about mandatory sex education and when schools should start teaching childern about safe sex and abstinence. To my astonishment the educational psychologist that is taking part in this interview feels that students should be taught sex education around the ages of 10, 11, and 12 years of age. I give this video a 4 out of 5. I like the content, the hard facts that are presented, and the ideas that are put into disucssion, it makes you think should sex education be taught in the public school system.

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1. I found this video on youtube. This is a news intervew on MSNBC about why abstinence-only education doesn't work. They discuss that there is no evidence that the abstinence-only education helps delay teens having sex or prevent students from having sex. I give this video a 4 out of 5 because it is very imformative and give you something to ponder, is abstinence-only education worth the government funding in schools? Or should we realize that this approach isn't working and strat to think up a new way to educate teens on sex education. media type="youtube" key="P5Xy-RQgLFI?fs=1" height="385" width="480"

2. This video is from Youtube and is clear and to the point. I feel this video is something that every teen should watch so that they can really Face the Facts. I give this video 5 out of 5. The reason I have chosen to give this video such a high rating is because i like that it is consice and is not glamorizing the idea of teen pregnancy, I feel that it sends a very strong message. media type="youtube" key="UDo-EuyFYSg?fs=1" height="385" width="480" align="left"

3. This Video is a blurp from Katie Curic's Notebook portion on CBS news speaking about teen pregnancy. Although the amount of teen pregnancy has dropped from the ninetys it has begun to rise again and the thought is that instead of teaching teens how to protect themselves from STD's and pregnancy we are simply just teaching them abstanance; However, not all teens will support the idea of abstanance so it is better to have all the facts rather than just some. I give this video a 4 out of 5 because it is given by a very reputable news anchor and is short sweet and to the point. This video is full of great information in a short amount of time. I feel that Katie is talking to us not at us and I feel that more teens will respond to this type of communication. media type="youtube" key="CAlEKYFzDno?fs=1" height="385" width="480"

4. This video is a teen pregnancy PSA. You get the chance to meet a group of teenagers as they discuss the reasons they do not want to become another statistic. I also give this video a 4 out of 5 rating. This is a student made PSA that has teens speaking on becoming teen parents and how they want to choose their futures. I found this to be a very powerful PSA and something that will be a good reference for students to watch. media type="youtube" key="k-4BSi_C6eY?fs=1" height="385" width="640"

5. This video was a condom commercial shown over seas. It is very contriversial and was not allowed air time in the United States; however, I feel that this video is not only humorous but also sends a strong message... parenthood is not all that glamorous. Be safe, wear a condom. I give this video a 2 out of 5 rating. This is a very funny commerical that sends a strong message, I wouldn't recommend showing this to a high school class for sex education, but I thought it would be a good laugh. media type="youtube" key="Es_uivijpek?fs=1" height="385" width="640"

6. On todays television shows it is all to often that when you flip the channel you will see a teen pregnancy whether it be on MTV's Teen Mom, or Sixteen and Pregnant, on ABC Family's Seceret Life of the American Teenager, or ABC's Glee you are bound to run into an issue with teen pregnancy. However good intentions the network my have by putting teen pregnancy into a real perspective, they are still glamourizing the idea of teen pregnancy. At the end of every episode of Seceret Life of the American Teenager there is a teen pregnancy PSA. This video touches on the subject that teen pregnancy is **100% preventable** and that just because your parents haven't talke to you about it doesn't mean they don't care. I give this a 5 out of 5 rating. I think that teens react very strongly to commercials and PSA's made by celebrities. Alot of teens see actors, singers, etc. to be their idols and by having one of those idols speak about important topics it may make a bigger impact than having a parent, gaurdian, or teacher speak about it. media type="youtube" key="61NfBXZ1cvU?fs=1" height="385" width="640"

7. This is an interview I found on CBS with a teen mom which. This interview touches on some of the disturbing statistics associated with teen pregnancy and how parents tell their children dont drink, dont do drugs but rarely do we hear don't become a teen parent. I give this video a 3 out of 5. I feel that it is a bit lengthy, but that it holds lots of valuable information. The teen mother in this video is one of the 1.5% who actually attend college so it is nice to see that it is possible to be sucessfull as a teen parent, but it is rarely the case.

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8. This is an NPR broadcast by Brenda Wilson speaking on a new survey that talks about an overwhelming majority of teens that now say that having babies outside of marriage is OK. But the new attitudes haven't carried over into changes in actual sexual behavior — the rate of sex among teenagers has remained the same for about a decade. I give this radio segment a 4 out of 5. It is extremely informational and is not super lengthy as to where the listener would become bored with the topic. I also like that Brenda speaks to teenagers and their reactions to the out come of the survey.media type="custom" key="7557031" align="left"