Funk Babblings

I think Chryslin's post on Pandagon hit the nail on the head. When less than 40% of Canton has a high school diploma (and less than 10% a college degree), and many of the local industries are going out of business, most teenagers have little to look forward to other than partying and/or starting a family of their own.

As the teenagers who choose to have sex will do so regardless, sex education - including information on birth control - is the only way to slow down teen pregnancy here in the short term.

The cruel irony of the situation is that pregnant girls tend to drop out of high school, which puts Canton City Schools in non-compliance with No Child Left Behind, and created the impression that the teachers aren't doing their jobs. And yet the only way CCS can mitigate teen pregnancy is to provide condoms in the schools, something forbidden by the current administration.