Pregnant adolescents in school Options

[jesusisthebestth...]

i was listening on to the radio the other day and there were some women who called in complaining because they were kicked out of junior high/high school when they started "showing" i think it's totally fair, i don't want to see some pregnant girl beside me in AP biology. but that's just me...

do you think that pregnant teens should be forced to leave school when they begin to show?

[*CowerPointyObjects*]

i am not sure. but i know for a fact that it happens in schools in maryland, where i live...i've had a 4 friends sent to alternative schools when they started to show. some of them didn't even go to the alternative school, they just stayed home, which is unfortunate.

Well, there's one of the main reason a lot of us are opposing this. Pregnant girls shouldn't be forced to go out of their way to continue their education, as many of them won't. That's hardly a good thing. The desire to be educated-- regardless of how strong or weak it is-- shouldn't be suppressed like that, especially for reasons so entirely irrelevant to how they actually fare academically. I'm not saying girls who get pregnant shouldn't have an option if they don't want to stay in their normal school, for the embarrassment and all of that, but forcing them out to another school likely nowhere near their homes is not the answer to this nonexistent problem.

[Smarmosaur]

Well, there's one of the main reason a lot of us are opposing this. Pregnant girls shouldn't be forced to go out of their way to continue their education, as many of them won't. That's hardly a good thing. The desire to be educated-- regardless of how strong or weak it is-- shouldn't be suppressed like that, especially for reasons so entirely irrelevant to how they actually fare academically. I'm not saying girls who get pregnant shouldn't have an option if they don't want to stay in their normal school, for the embarrassment and all of that, but forcing them out to another school likely nowhere near their homes is not the answer to this nonexistent problem.

yeah but bad things happen to good people...others are just sluts, or just screwed up one night and didn't think. anyways...honestly, i'm neutral on this; some people don't want to be sitting by some pregnant girl in class-others don't mind. they should have options, but i think the choice should be left to everybody-students, faculty, and the pregnant person.

[brooklyneast05]

yeah but bad things happen to good people...others are just sluts, or just screwed up one night and didn't think. anyways...honestly, i'm neutral on this; some people don't want to be sitting by some pregnant girl in class-others don't mind. they should have options, but i think the choice should be left to everybody-students, faculty, and the pregnant person.

but WHY do they not want to be sitting next to a pregnant girl?

[Uronacid]

but WHY do they not want to be sitting next to a pregnant girl?

Because she's a pregnant ball of hate, lust, greed.

[brooklyneast05]

Because she's a pregnant ball of hate.

yeah i mean that's basically the only reason i can think of. so far everyone in this topic who's claimed to not want to sit next a pregnant girl hasn't been able to give a reason why they don't.

[Uronacid]

yeah i mean that's basically the only reason i can think of. so far everyone in this topic who's claimed to not want to sit next a pregnant girl hasn't been able to give a reason why they don't.

You could do a better job. She could be smoking or drinking.

She can make you jealous. She could have gotten pregnant just so that she could have sex without contraceptives.

Gross!! She's also distracting because she sits there and eats pickles and mayo at lunch.

Damn dude, She's like a ticking time bomb. She could have a baby at any moment. What if you were taking your math regents, and all of the sudden the girl next to you started having a baby! I would be so mad. Shit woman!, cann't you just hold it for one fucking hour while I take my damn test!