Abstinence-Only Education at Work

cantonrep.com wrote:

Sixty-five — again, 65 — of Timken High School’s 490 girl students are pregnant.
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Whose fault is it that more than 13 percent of Timken’s girls are with child? Some would say fault-finding isn’t a fruitful exercise, but in this case, it’s critical. Suspects range from movies, TV and video games to lazy parents and lax discipline. Only one thing is sure: Schools don’t impregnate children.

How about abstinence-only education? See this pdf, bottom of page 12 (14 of 17 in the pdf), under Canton City in Stark County. via

According to what's written there, if less than 25% of the students became pregnant, the program is meeting it's target ... they only have an expectation of reaching 75% of the student population. (even if you take into account both the mothers and fathers of the bastard children, you still probably come up under the 25% rate, since some of the males may have fathered more than one child, and not all of the providers of sperm will be Timkin High students.)

*sigh*

I remember when it was a big scandal for ONE girl in the class to get knocked up.

wolf wrote:

According to what's written there, if less than 25% of the students became pregnant, the program is meeting it's target ... they only have an expectation of reaching 75% of the student population.

Heh. I guess that works.