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I was shocked in my college Health class by the amount of people that thought condoms were 99% effective, that pulling out was about the same, and that didn't know how to probably use the pill (like some thought as long as you took it almost every day it would day, but that skipping a day wouldn't hurt anything). My high school health class was less than useless when it came to sex, but my parents educated me (though I was brought up in a strictly abstinence-only home with extremely Christian parents I was taught about condoms, the pill, etc. and how effective they were) by talking to me and sending me to a program in the area when I was in 5th or 6th grade. So I didn't understand how ignorant some people were. Also, pregnancy was a more important worry than STD's, even with people that had frequently changed partners and didn't use condoms.
I don't know if it isn't taught, if people just don't listen, or if it's the teen attitude of "it won't happen to me", but some people just don't get it. In my hometown teen pregnancy didn't happen, literally. (Or at least births didn't). Not one person had a baby the entire time I was there. I expected it to be a relatively uncommon occurrence in college as most people in college are there to achieve a degree and a job and realize that a baby will make those things more difficult to obtain. But I know a LOT of new moms. They've made the best of it and of course they love their kids, but their lives are harder now, and most don't have a father figure. I wish people were more careful.
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