For my inquiry project I am interested in researching the topic of health education in the school systems. Something else I would like to touch upon is the teachings of sex education and nutrition to high schools students and even younger.
Something that makes me want to touch upon sex ed and the fact that it seems like health is always a joke, at least in my experience and many other people I talk to. Health class was always given only because it was required and a way to lessen up the space in gym glasses. In any case, the other day in my Study of Human Diseases class we talked about Sexually Transmitted Infections and it was brought to my attention how little my classmates knew about the topic. At the beginning of the class we had a group activity in which each group was assigned a STI, they would have to write symptoms, treatments, preventions and anything else that goes along with that. It was obvious that there were few students who knew the topics very well and many who knew nothing more then the fact that they didn't want the disease. I have always found sex ed interesting because as a young person I think it's incredibly important to know what kinds of diseases are out there and ways to protect yourself. It's also important to know how to deal with your life if God forbid you do get some type of disease. Getting back to my project, the example I gave from class just shows how little schools are teaching about sex ed and how to protect and take care of yourself. The average teen loses their virginity around age 16, this means that sex ed in the high school education should be absolutely more in depth. Also, the United States is known to have one of the highest teen pregnancy rates, why is this you may ask? Perhaps it's because teens need to have a better understanding of what can happen to them and how to prevent it, if they do have this education and background I think that this rate would eventually diminish and things would change.
Another topic that interests me in the health education aspect is the talk of nutrition, another way teens should be told how to take care of themselves. Being raised in a house that did not enforce proper eating habits I am now not proud to say I am a 20 year old woman who does not eat a lick of fruits or vegetables. Now I am currently reaping the disadvantages of unhealthy eating habits in my health and overall well being. That being said I think it should be throughly enforced to teens and younger students how they should be nourishing their bodies and things that would help better their overall health. Considering America's pediatric obesity rate has been on the rise, one might assume that the government would take notice and perhaps try and educate it's school students so that bad habits will change.
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I like the idea of teaching more in depth sex classes in a high school. I totally agree on the fact that students don't know as much as they should. With the statement that you made about the average person losing their virginity at the age of 16, it just goes to show that the students are sexually active. As teachers, we were all kids at one point and we are not naive. Some of the students that we are going to have are going to be engaging in sexual activity, and the more we can teach them about the diseases and infections they can get is essential. Rather than sitting there wasting time telling them not to have sex, we should be educating them about the consequences of their actions and what they can do to prevent things.
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