Fixing the Teenage Pregnancy Problem A Humble Suggestion...

A Humble Suggestion It is a melancholy feeling one bears when trying not to stare too obviously at a young girl with a large, attention-calling belly full of baby, and this girl might not even be through her sophomore year in high school. One might wonder what this girl’s plan is. Will this very large girl drop out of school? Is she still seeing whoever put that in her? If so, is he ready to help provide for the future child? One might even wonder if a belly that big is carrying twins, but we all hope not. Occurrences like these are not odd or rare, but no matter how common they have become, the problem is no less evident. This problem is not unsolvable, in fact, many solutions exist, but no matter how promising a proposal is, nothing†¦show more content†¦Though this reasoning is a stretch, abstinence is almost the only 100% effective adversary to teenage pregnancy. Another possible solution is compulsory sterilization, meaning that the government would administer a f orced prohibition of child bearing through surgical sterilization. Though this proposal might initially be perceived to echo similar approaches taken by Nazi Germany under the Third Reich, my resolution is actually much more ethical. Similar to the abstinence-only proposal, forced sterilization is also 100% effective, but unlike the abstinence-only proposal, this policy recognizes that teenagers having sex is inevitable. The enforced sterilization I suggest is much tamer than any implemented by a totalitarian nation. Unlike the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring passed in Germany during the summer of 1933, my proposal is much more modest. The mentally retarded, mentally ill, epileptic, blind, deaf, and physically deformed would not be required for fixing, I merely propose that men who fall under a specific income and intelligence criteria be sterilized through the means of a vasectomy. Money and intelligence move society forward, making them the two perfect st andards to base required sterilization off of. At first glance, this solution may appear too complicated, but dictating it would hardly be something the national government could not easily execute. Tests no different from any otherShow MoreRelatedDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 Pages978-0-13-612100-8 1. Management—-Study and teaching. 2. Management—Problems, exercises, etc. Kim S. II. Title. HD30.4.W46 2011 658.40071 173—dc22 I. Cameron, 2009040522 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 ISBN 10: 0-13-612100-4 ISBN 13: 978-0-13-612100-8 B R I E F TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S Preface xvii Introduction 1 PART I 1 2 3 PERSONAL SKILLS 44 Developing Self-Awareness 45 Managing Personal Stress 105 Solving Problems Analytically and Creatively 167 PART II 4 5 6 7 INTERPERSONAL