Madison Becker6th hourShould birth control be taught in schools?Condoms are not completely safe. A friend of mine was wearing one and got hit by a bus. (Rubin) We can joke about birth control, but do people really know how to use it? Teen births are a growing concern across America and there are endless statistics to back it up, but schools are doing everything they can to teach teens precautions about certain things, like offering more in-depth lessons for those who would like learn more, or even birth control methods, or on the flip side, the reasons why people don't want this taught in public schools. Teenagers will have sex, there's no doubt about that, the only way not to is to go back to the chastity belt era, but even then there's no surefire way to make them stop. In my opinion, I think they should teach information about how to be safer, how it works and how to use it. Or at least offer it as an optional class for people who are interested and want more knowledge about it. Not everyone may want to accept this, as in some schools across the country students can opt out of a sex education class with parental approval, which is there just as an American because of the First Amendment of the Constitution. However, the course would not be so in-depth that it would become a hands-on course, but would simply cover the basics, all types of birth control, how to use them, and how to keep yourself safe. Some schools are implementing some form of sex education starting in kindergarten. In elementary school, children in the lower grades learn the names of their body parts and learn about inappropriate touching and how to handle potentially dangerous situations, such as being approached by strangers. (Gerard S. Walen...... center of document......oquest.com/docview/OTHER VOICES: PROVIDE ACCESS TO SEX EDUCATION AND BATH CONTROL. Rashti, M. (2006, December 30). Daily Press. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docviewPublic favors birth control messages Mall, J. (1985, November 17). Quotes about birth control http://www.liberalamerica.org/2013/04/13 Bob RubinSex education in public schools should go beyond abstinence (2005, Sarasota Herald Tribune). /TEENAGERS & SEX EDUCATION DEBATE By Nicholas Goldberg and Michele Ingrassia (1987, June 23). This third part of a series examines how the AIDS crisis has intruded on the sometimes bitter controversy over school accountability Newsday Excerpted from http://search.proquest.com