Facts about Teenage Pregnancy

Some Eye-opening Teen Pregnancy Facts

Teen pregnancy has become rampant in American society and throughout the world. Different studies and researchers have shown startling facts that indicate that children born to mothers under 20 years of age will have a much more difficult life, often below the poverty line.

95% of teen pregnancies are unplanned, and oftentimes these girls have tough lives before they even become pregnant, and they'll only become more difficult after the child is born.

Teen mothers are more likely to have lower incomes, be less educated, and have children with developmental problems. In 2002, only 10% of adolescent mothers graduated from high school, and only 1.5% continued on to get a college degree before the age of 30. Only 33% of teen mothers return to high school to get a degree after the baby is born. It is for this reason that nearly 80% of teen mothers end up on welfare. These facts don't just apply to mothers though; teen fathers earn significantly less than fathers who waited until at least the age of 20 to have children.

The annual cost of teenage pregnancy in taxes, public assistance, foster care, child health care, and even encounters with the law is billion. These statistics don't just apply to teen parents either, the children of these teen mothers and fathers have a much more difficult start in life and are often likely to take the same path their parents did. 80% of children born to unwed high school dropouts will end up on welfare, compared to only 8% of children born to parents who waited until at least the age of 20. 53% of welfare funding is spent on families where at least the first child was born to an adolescent mother.

Teen pregnancy has become a pandemic in a country that has the means to prevent it. Education is often the best answer and spending more money on programs that help to educate kids can help to prevent the rise in numbers of teen pregnancy. Providing contraceptives to teens can help to combat the problem, and spending more time educating them and helping them understand the risks not just of pregnancy, but also of sexually transmitted diseases can help to deter kids from intercourse. While there is never a cut and dry answer to any nationwide problem, bringing the facts and statistics to the forefront of the debate will help to find a solution.

http://www.parentsupersite.com/ad/parenting/teens/some-eye-opening-teen-pregnancy-facts.html

Class bully fact and story

This is about depression that is led by bullying which involves topic of teenage suicide and classroom politics.

It is believed that depression causes most teenage suicides, but this creates a new question - what causes the depression? A person just doesn't wake up one morning with depression. Psychologists believe that some people have a genetic tendency towards depression, some people develop depression because of environmental triggers, and some people can have both genetic and environmental triggers, Brandon developed depression from bullying at school as well as an assault by a bully in school. The new term being used to describe this type of teen Suicide is, "bullycide," a suicide caused from the effects of bullying.

Brandon developed PTSD, (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), and Depression, after being harassed, tormented, isolated, assaulted and brutally beaten in our public school system. When we took out a protective order against one of the "Bullies," he, the bully, decided to send a friend into the principal's office to claim that Brandon had made a bomb threat. It was absurd, along with the way that the school handled the allegation. The damage done to Brandon over this incident alone, was beyond measure-- victimize the victim.


The assistant principal later told me that he was convinced that Brandon had not made the bomb threat. Unfortunately, the damage to Brandon could not be undone. Brandon had to live with the stigma of the would-be-bomber. This is just one of the incidents. There were many.

On 12/16/00 Brandon put a loaded gun to his head, pulled the trigger and ended his pain. Some of the "Bullies" have said, (through their crocodile tears), that they didn't realize what they were doing-- that they were, "just having fun."

Those years that I watched my son die a slow and painful death. Those years that I saw the sparkling light of joy, love, and hope in his big, beautiful, brown eyes-- slowly replaced with the darkness of pain, devastation, and hopelessness. The night that Brandon stood by me and told me that he felt "dead inside"-- then the morning, three weeks later, that I stood over his dead body, knowing, that despite all my efforts to save my beloved son, the "Bullies" job had been too well done. Their mission had been accomplished. Suffice to say that through all this, Brandon and all of us who love him were not having fun. Where was any justice for Brandon? Where is justice for us? Our light, our hope, our joy has been replaced with darkness, hopelessness, and an unrelenting sorrow. We feel "dead inside."

As tragic as all of these deaths are, the greater tragedy is if society doesn't stop to look at the reasons, and pause for a moment to see "all the victims."

http://www.jaredstory.com/brandon.html
http://www.jaredstory.com/

In the fields of psychology and psychiatry, the terms depression or depressed refer to sadness and other related emotions and behaviors. It can be thought of as either a disease or a syndrome.

Biological influences of depression are varied, but may relate to malnutrition, heredity, hormones, seasons, stress, illness, drug or alcohol use, neurotransmitter malfunction, long-term exposure to dampness and mold[1], back injury, and to aerosol exposure. There are also correlations between long term sleep difficulties and depression. Up to 90% of patients with depression are found to have sleep difficulties.

question:

How Do People Respond to Someone Who's Depressed?
Sometimes friends or family members recognize that someone is depressed. They may respond with love, kindness, or support, hoping that the sadness will soon pass. They may offer to listen if the person wants to talk. If the depressed feeling doesn't pass with a little time, friends or loved ones may encourage the person to get help from a doctor, therapist, or counselor.
But not everyone recognizes depression when it happens to someone they know.
Some people don't really understand about depression. For example, they may react to a depressed person's low energy with criticism, yelling at the person for acting lazy or not trying harder. Some people mistakenly believe that depression is just an attitude or a mood that a person can shake off. It's not that easy.
Sometimes even people who are depressed don't take their condition seriously enough. Some people feel that they are weak in some way because they are depressed. This is wrong — and it can even be harmful if it causes people to hide their depression and avoid getting help.
Occasionally, when depression causes physical symptoms (things like headaches or other stress-related problems), a person may see a doctor. Once in a while, even a well-meaning doctor may not realize a person is depressed, and just treat the physical symptoms.

sources: http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/depression.html
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/health/view/441617/1/.html

amanda goh, 211 (2)

depression..

Depression
Facts about depression! (sounds wrong to put an exclamation mark here)

Depression is a serious disorder that affects both the mind and the body. It is a common mental problem until it is normally referred to the “common cold” of mental illness.

There are many different types of depression, mainly classified into atypical depression, melancholic depression/major depressive disorder, psychotic depression, Dysthymic Disorder, Bipolar Disorder etc.

Since there are so many types of depression, how do you know which one are you suffering from? (once again, I am NOT a sadist XD) There are many symptoms which can help you spot whether or not you are a victim of the “common cold”, but not everybody will have the same symptoms.

Here are some of the general symptoms of depression:
§ cannot feel pleasure in activities that were once enjoyed
§ often has physical agitation
§ insomnia or waking earlier than usual
§ decreased appetite
§ fatigue
§ feelings of hopelessness and helplessness
§ thoughts of death or suicide attempts
§ difficulty concentrating
§ excessive crying


Do you know?
There is a genetic component in twins that makes them having a higher risk of developing depression?

http://www.zoloft.com/depr_myths_facts.aspx
http://www.allaboutdepression.com/gen_01.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depression

Story!

I am sure that I am not alone in the fact that I have regular periods of my life when I am depressed, but knowing this fact does not make it any easier for me.

I have recently spoken to my parents about the subject of my depression. My mother has said that she thinks we have some kind of depression gene as most of our family suffer from similar symptoms.

I have as recently as last week suffered with a severe bout of this depression, however from it I learnt a valuable lesson. I had been having a bad period in my life where seemingly everything was going wrong. It was one kick in the teeth after each other. I had nothing to look forward to and decided that I needed a night out with my friends. There was one intention that I had in mind which was to get as drunk as possible.

The next day I felt really ill and hungover after having a very late night and as planned a huge amount of alcohol. For the whole day I struggled to stay awake and as the day wore on I became more and more depressed. The negative side of my brain had taken over my whole head and it seemed like there was a whole bunch of negative chemicals running through my body.

The lesson I have learnt is that is not a good idea to go out drinking alcohol if you are feeling low and depressed.

When I was speaking to my parents about my latest period of anxiety and depression, they gave me some interesting and useful advice. They asked me to think about all of the things and aspects of my life that were getting me down. What I then needed to do was to talk about them and to think positive by attempting to find solutions to each of these problems.

This is not at all easy to do but is something I now try. I have realised that it is good to talk about our fears and phobias and that there is nothing wrong with admitting that you are stressed and depressed.

I hope I will not have to live with these regular bouts of depression for the rest of my life as I have to say I hate it, especially when it means I can not get any sleep during a night, which happens quite regularly for me. I will however look for more ways of beating my depression when it does occur.

I now try to think positive in all situations, life is far too short to be always worrying about everything. I have also started to read a lot of self-help books, these have taught me quite a lot of new things and have given me many new ideas.

~~Lek Yee Khoon XDXD~~~~

(love lollipop!love show~)

Classroom Politics

Story about classroom politics:

Story of Ryan Halligan


In December 2002, the bullying problem surfaced again to a significant level. There was an evening that month when he just had a melt down … a very tearful session at the kitchen table. We thought 7th grade was going fine but discovered he was bottling up a lot of bad experiences during the first few months. Again, it was the same kid and his friends that bullied him on and off since the 5th grade. They were tormenting him again and he said he hated going to school, that he never wanted to go back there. He asked that night if we could move or home school him.
I was torn between wanting to be his bodyguard all day and feeling he needed to (again) learn how to manage the situation as a part of growing up. We sat at the kitchen table discussing our options that evening. We explained that moving in the middle of the winter was not a good time and home schooling was not an option because Mom worked part-time. I said, “That’s it Ryan. I had enough. Let’s take it to the principal and have him put a stop to it once and for all.” To that, Ryan exclaimed, “No dad, please don’t do that. They will only make it worse. I see it happen all the time.” Instead Ryan asked that we help him learn how to fight so he can “beat the heck” out of this kid if he or his 8th grade friends tried to jump Ryan.

Facts about classroom politics
The Perceived Threat Syndrome

-People who have a history of being bullied react as if they have been threatened when the other person dealing with them didn’t do anything to cause that reaction.

-For example, someone might be making a suggestion to this person and the person sees the suggestion as a threat to them, instead of the intended suggestion.

thanks to:
http://bullyinglte.wordpress.com/

-Cassmain Low-

heyy. yong hui here again. found out some facts on teenage pregnancy.

here:

Rates of teenage pregnancy in Singapore had been increasing (from over 700 cases in 2003 to more than 800 today) despite measures taken by the government to educate teens about the implications of engaging in teenage pregnancy such as sex education lessons and talks. Another worrying trend that we found was how the number of teens that contracted sexually transmitted dieseases had quadrupled from a low of slightly above 200 in the late 1990s to more than 800 today despite increasing media publicity on the dire consequences of contracting such dieseases.

the link:http://projectsday.hci.edu.sg/2008/15-FinalsWeb/Cat-06/6-24/research.html

kay. thats all i researched. if got problems call me:)
byee.
Yong Hui:):)

hello. this is yong hui here.
i found a story on the BGR and teenage prenancy.
here:


Hi my name is Jazmine I am 18 years old and I have been dealing with a lot of pain inside of me for the past 4 years now.
When I was in the 8th grade one of my guy friends introduced me to one of his friends at the beginning of the school year. The guy and I hit it off and began to talk on the phone all the time. At the time I was 12 years old and he was15. One day he asked me to be his girl friend and I said yes. He used to talk about sex all the time, but we never went through with it until....
It was the the summer before i was going to the 9th grade and I decided to give in to all his peer pressure and loose my virginity to him. I was 13 years old not knowing what I was getting myself into. We had sex 3 times that summer and surprisingly the 3rd time was a charm. When he came he told me he came inside of me and that the condom had failed. I did not know what to think. A month later my period did not come.
I told my boyfriend and he was speechless. Every time I brought up anything about the baby he didn't want to hear it. So eventually I gave up on him being apart of my life and my child's life.
I was 13 almost 14. Prego. Alone. Depressed.
I was stressed with how i was i going to tell my mom. I knew she was going to be completely distraught. I cried all the time trying to get up enough courage to tell my mom, but I never could. The only people I had told was my best friend and my boyfriend.
Months and months went by. Labor Day, Halloween, My Birthday(11-10), Thanksgiving, and Christmas. It was almost time to go back to school and I was on the phone with my best friend and she just kept telling me I needed to tell my mom and stop hiding my pregnancy since I was so far along. As soon as I got off the phone with BFF I called my mom at her job and told her I was pregnant. She was highly upset. She told me I couldn't have my baby. I was devastated. She told me to get dressed and immediately took me to the doctor. He tested my urine and sure enough I was pregnant. I got an ultrasound and he said I was 22 1/2 weeks prego. My mom was so stuck on me getting an abortion and that was the last thing I thought she would say. My mom gave me NO choice. Either she disowned or I get rid of it. I had no one to turn to. I felt like it wasn't even my baby anymore. Since I was so far along I had to drive to have an induced abortion in Atlanta, Georgia at 24 weeks.
Even though I was so young I still wanted to have my baby and raise her. She was apart of me and my mom took that away from me. To this day I live with this pain inside of me. Sometimes I sit and cry because I know I would have been able to do everything possible for my child, but my mom took my chance away from me. I yearn for another child so much. I pray to God that he will bless me to give the gift of life.

the link is here:http://standupgirl.com/web//index.php?option=com_myblog&show=My-Story-3313.html&Itemid=247


i will post another post later on the fact.

byee.
yonghui.

Teenage Pregnancy and BGR

Fact: Nearly a third of pregnant teenagers choose abortion. Out of all teenage pregnancies, 29% are terminated by abortion.

Story NUMBER 1:

I was 18 and it was the end of march or beginning of april when I found out I was pregnant. My boyfriend and I (now fiance) were very confused on what to do. He had his deposit down for his college and I was about to do the same for the same school. When I told him the news he immediately dropped out of the college that was a few hours away and enrolled in community college for the fall. We both wanted to keep the baby but he also said he would stand by whatever decision I would make. We were together for almost 2 years when this happened. Well we told his parents first and they were really supportive. We both were 18 and had a strong relationship. My mom and family on the other hand were VERY angry. My mom kept pushing for abortion and I cried EVERYDAY because of the way my family was putting pressure on me. I did not know what to do so I went along with my family and had an abortion. I seemed like the only young woman there who actually cared about what I was about to do. I cried the entire time there and I knew my mom would be furious if I didn't go through with it. The procedure was painful physically and emotionally. I felt awful. I was so angry with myself.

A few months went by since and my boyfriend finally confessed how he felt about the abortion. He cried to me about how much he was looking forward to being a daddy and he would have done whatever it took to help support us. I cried my eyes out that day because if I would have heard him say those words the day I had the abortion I would have walked right out of there. I confided in a close friend of mine about what happened and she turned her back on me and told people at school and before I knew it I was being harassed. Being called a baby killer and other really harsh comments were made. I went home crying EVERYDAY until graduation day. I was so afraid that someone would stand up at graduation when they announced my name and say something rude because that was how bad I was harassed. I'm a pretty quiet girl and never got in trouble in school but when this one girl in my English class kept making comments to her friend about me I got up in her face and cursed her out. I had about enough of everyone's taunting and harassing and she was the last straw. I was sent to the office but did not get in trouble, they were aware of the situation that was going on, which nothing was really done about it. I will never forget my senior year, it was the worst year of school, instead of remembering the good I will always remember the way my classmates treated me.

I am now 21 and have a beautiful almost 3 month old son. He is my everything. I am still with my boyfriend and we're planning to get married within a year. I will never make that decision again and I regret listening to my mother. I still think about my son or daughter to this day. So girls before you go have an abortion really think it through especially if you really want to keep your baby. Don't let anyone else talk you out of it. It's your baby and that baby will love you for the rest of your life.

Story NUMBER 2:

HI. MY NAME IS ARACELI I AM 16 YR.. I HAVE A BOYFRIEND HE IS 20 AND WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY. HE IS ALMOST 7 MONTHS. I TOOK A PREGNANCY TEST AT A CHINESE RESTAURANT. I TOOK 3 TEST. MY BOYFRIEND WAS HAPPY BUT NERVOUS. WHILE I WAS SCARED..MY PARENTS KICK ME OUT ON JULY 13 2008 THAT WAS THE DAY I TOLD THEM I WAS PREGNNAT ON MY BROTHERS BIRTHDAY HE HAD TURN 18 YR. AT 8 PM MY MOTHER IN LAW AND SISTER IN LAW ARRIVE TO MY APARTMENTS TO PICK ME UP. WHEN I GOT TO MY BOYFRIENDS HOUSE I COULDN'T STOP CRYING. AND I DIDN'T. AT 12 AM I HEARD MY MOTHER IN L;AW CALLING MY NAME. WHEN I CAME OUT OF MY BOYFRIENDS ROOM I SAW MY DADDY CRYING AND HE CAME CLOSER AND HUG ME. I REMEMBER HIS WORDS "EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT"..HE WAS DRUNK MY COUSIN BROUGHT HIM. MY DADDY HUG ME AND MY BOYFRIEND AND SAY OUR NEW FAMILY. I BEEN OOING TO SCHOOL I AM GOING TO START MY JUNIOR YEAR..I HAVE ALL THE SUPPORT OF MY FAMILY. I AM TRYING MY HARDEST TO BE A GOOD MOM AND I AM. MY BABY IS STARTING TO SAY DADDA ALL THE TIME. HE LOOKS AT HIS DADDY WHEN HE DOES. I AM LIVING WITH MY PARENTS RIGHT NOW BUT I AM MOVING WITH MY BOYFRIEND. WE LOVE EACH OTHER OUR LOVE IS GROWING EVERYDAY LIKE OUR LITTLE BOY.I PROVE TO SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I COULD BE SOMEONE IN THE FUTURE FOR MY LITTLE BOY. I AM NOT A FAILURE JUST BECAUSE I AM A PROUD TEENAGE MOTHER.IF I COULD DO IT EVERYBODY CAN TOO.

Araceli

CREDITS TO :

fact - http://womensissues.about.com/od/datingandsex/tp/Teenpregancy.htm

story number 1 - http://standupgirl.com/web//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3073&Itemid=41

story number 2 - http://www.pregnancystories.net/single_moms/

~ KAHHUI :D

Classroom politics : facts
Classroom politics is a very difficult and controversial topic not often discussed, but felt by every student and instructor at one time or another. It is the Sociology of the Classroom, and could be referred to as a kind of "hidden curriculum".
Although the politics of the classroom touches many aspects of learning and teaching, is that only in the last few years has it been recognised in ELT as a field worth investigating in its own right.
Classroom politics also concerns the decisions that affect how classroom participants spend their time. It is about where power lies and how it is distributed. It is therefore also about the discrepancy between the explicit, visible power structure and the implicit, invisible power structure of the classroom. By extension it has to do with learners who have apparently lost the desire to participate in the decisions that affect them, and with teachers who feel unable or unwilling to share such decisions with their learners.

http://www.personal.kent.edu/~jvazzana/CLASSROOM%20POLITICS.htm
http://www.iatefl.org/content/newsletter/145AU.php

BGR relationship : story
This is a loveletter from a boy to a girl. However, the girl's father does not like him and want them stop their relationship, so the boy wrote this letter to the girl..he knows that the girl's father will definitely read this letter :
1 "The great love that I have for you
2 is gone, and I find my dislike for you
3 grows every day. When I see you,
4 I do not even like your face;
5 the one thing that I want to do is to
6 look at other girls. I never wanted to
7 marry you. Our last conversation
8 was very boring and has not
9 made me look forward to seeing you again.
10 You think only of yourself.
11 If we were married, I know that I would find
12 life very difficult, and I would have no
13 pleasure in living with you. I have a heart
14 to give, but it is not something that
15 I want to give to you. No one is more
16 foolish and selfish than you, and you are not
17 able to care for me and help me.
18 I sincerely want you to understand that
19 I speak the truth. You will do me a favor
20 if you think this is the end. Do not try
21 to answer this. Your letters are full of
22 things that do not interest me. You have no
23 true love for me. Good-bye! Believe me,
24 I do not care for you. Please do not think that
25 I am still your boyfriend."

However, before handing over the letter to the girl, the boy told the girl to "READ BETWEEN THE LINES"

http://www.blogcatalog.com/search.frame.php?term=boy+girl+relationship&id=0c6b1ea335843cbdfff5cf113355b5fb

jiayu(:

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