Most of this grammar assignment reading was review. And the rest of it was things that are easy to fix when typing a research paper because the computer fixes spelling errors and capitalization errors for you. It was good to read over though because when we write in class essays and do not have a computer it will come in handy. I found the section about setting off words very interesting. I never really knew there were certain guidelines for when you use italics to highlight certain words. I still don’t know how appropriate they are to use in research papers (like italicizing numbers or words you later define), but I think it is good information that I did not know before. I completed exercise 37.1 to make sure I had a grasp on when italics were appropriate. I also learned new information when I was reading about hyphens. I did not know about suspended hyphens. I’m still a little confused on when you should add hyphens, but the book says to look in a dictionary so I will do that in the future. I completed exercise # 38.1 to practice placing hyphens in sentences. I used the information about symbols and numbers to edit my paper because I had actually used 2 + 2 in my paper to make a point and I changed it to two plus two to make it more accurate because my paper is not a technical or scientific writing. It helped a lot that the book explained when numbers are appropriate in APA style writing.
The abstinence-only sex education programs in the study also taught unproved claims and outright fabrications about gender traits, stereotypes, when life actually begins, and general reproductive health (Public Health, 2004). How are teenagers supposed to learn anything of value if their teachers are teaching them lies? Teenagers should be able to go to class and trust their teachers and be able to believe they are being told the truth. Would we accept it if teachers were teaching children that two plus two was five? I don’t think that would settle well; and abstinence-only should not either.
60.9% of teenagers have reported having sex by grade 12; more than half of the United States’ teenagers are NOT practicing abstinence. This illustrates how abstinence-only programs which preach waiting to have sex until marriage are not effective at all in postponing teens from having sex (Weiss, 2006). The fact of the matter is that teenagers are having sex, but do not know some of the risks associated with the act. This is a major reason why there are one million teens getting pregnant every year. With abstinence-only programs teenage students are not taught about using condoms or other contraceptives that would significantly decrease chances of pregnancy. According to Caplan, teenagers who have taken pledges of virginity are more likely than others to not use any contraception when they do start having sex (2005).
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