In 7th grade we have our week long sex education class. I live in Katy, Texas right outside of Houston. The gym teacher teaching our class told us she could not speak to us about birth control. She also did not mention condomns. The whole program was centered aroundabstinence like you said. She showed us the horrors of STDs yet did not show us how to prevent them or what to do if you get one and how you will know. She told us the only way to not get them was to not have sex at all.

You know, it's been awhile since high school, but we sort of went over it in my health class from what I can remember. It was just the "horrors of STDs" as you mentioned. Unfortunately, just showing us pictures and telling people not to do something just isn't working.

i do nOt know if the state of Texas has taken notice to this and has started to change it or what but i know from my 6th grade year until now every year we are showed films and pictures that show the horrors of STD's....but then again the number of pregnant girls at my high school does seem a little too muchh...but the truth is im sure many people especially in america know the horrors of std's (just in places like Africa where many donot know) but the youth of america (me being young and knowing my people) just dont really care this goes for the majority, we are careless, and just dont give a crap about anything but ourselves (we only care about our materials we could care less about our health or other people...we honor swagger and status too much...and i blame what we see on TV for that see in the 60's and 70's there was music and stuff on TV that was real & truthful...all of the money, cars, and women werent show boated around like today) ppl say there are so many wrong things going on in America now that if this were the 60's & 70's it would have been 10 times worse than those periods were but back then through all of the hatred people began to get a sense of self which brought them together & b4 then most were like us now not caring about their future until great leaders showed courage and that sparked movements everywhere and made people join together for peace and change....now where all of that went in the last few decades i do not know......maybe we need another great leader to bring us together, or maybe all of the drugs done heavily by people in those periods to get over the realities of life is what has America in shambles.......but i feel that great leader is Mr. Barack Obama himself he's truly the voice of everyonce as we have seen.....not just African Americans as the world expected...& he is the voice of the young people....unfortunately i am not 18 years of age but if you are you better vote this year it could cost you the way your life turns out and your childrens' lives.

When I was in grade school we were educated about birth control methods, So we learned that we could enjoy sex more safely using condoms to prevent pregnancy and STDs. We actually knew about it before the teachers decided to have the class discussion.. This was before the internet and MTV influencing sexuality and promoting promiscuity,  Unfortunately condoms do break or fall off.  Condoms give a false sense of security. Abstinance is the only way to insure 100% protection.. Also todays youth are informed about condoms and BC in the media..teen magazines, movies, internet etc..  so if they think it is ok if they use protection the odds are they will get in trouble.