Credible Source-An Educator

An educator of any kind, whether they are a health teacher, or a Professor at a University, or a teachers aid see first hand the damages and repercussions of teen pregnancy. My own personal story happened when I was in high school; it was senior year and I was the only girl who was not pregnant, or expecting out of 14 girls in my health class. We had discussions mostly about teen pregnancy and how to care for children since most of us were around the age of 18 and already HAD children. What was the point of learning about contraceptives so intensely anymore? Anyways, one day after the class was over, the teacher called me aside to her desk and told me that she was very proud of me for abstaining in my own life and that I should advocate for young women some day to prevent pregnancy. I told her that that was just the way I viewed life, and that was normal for me. She told me that I was a very lucky girl to have parents that taught me those values because I can take them for granted and that I never saw the damages of teen pregnancy in my own life. After that I really evaluated my life and the girls around me and became thankful that I had such a caring family to put me first always in their lives, and work hard to support me so someday I could have an education. I realized that a teacher, someone who sees and works with students everyday of their career, sees so many unfortunate cases, and of smart girls who make the wrong decisions. They see first hand how teen pregnancy can ruin their lives and how their peers treat them because of it. I think that teachers have the ability to help and take it on as a personal responsibility to teach their students to be safe and support them. You never know who you might effect and how much the words might influence someone. Just one student who listens is success.