3) Don't all American teens have to endure that embarrassing, awkward class about condoms, STDs, and health called "sex education"?
Uh, not so much. And actually, it's been the center of a lot of debate. President Bush's administration supports teaching abstinence-only to students – and even offered federal assistance to school districts that agreed to teach students only about abstinence. Thankfully, by August 2008, half of all states turned down abstinence-only funding and insisted on providing their students comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education.
Way to stay informed! The controversial "abstinence-only" policy that's been pushed by President Bush's administration has been failing since it started. President Bush's administration supports teaching abstinence-only to students – and even offered federal assistance to school districts that agreed to teach students only about abstinence. But as of August 2008, half of all states chose to turn down federal assistance to promote abstinence-only education and chose instead to teach comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education.
