Word: thought
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...American public school districts follow an abstinence-only curriculum in their sex education classes. We wondered if abstinence education was working, and suggested that perhaps such an approach was unrealistic in light of what we know about sexual behavior among teens. And people let us know exactly what they thought, no holds barred. Whatever the opinion, it's been expressed - vociferously - this week. In our daily articles, limited space doesn't permit a great deal of depth in a single analysis. Here, in a longer format, we can address some of the concerns raised so prolifically in our virtual mailbag...
What makes HPV particularly frightening is that there is no way to prevent it other than abstinence. Condoms to prevent transmission through bodily fluids, once thought to be enough, no longer are. The virus can live in outer skin cells and even in dead cells for a short time, then be transmitted to a partner...
...painting. She experiments and takes chances, which conveys an excitement and a curiosity that makes these paintings successful. To see this experimental quality combined with the facility of an artist who really knows how to paint, how to exploit her medium and make oil paint do things you never thought it could do, makes this exhibit relevant, important and pleasurable to behold...
...start somewhere, and this is better than having me sitting there and saying here are the Ten Commandments of the Ann Radcliffe Trust," she said. "Some of this communication would have been better in the beginning. I guess I thought that we needed to get a committee and get going...
...create a private college which teaches the values they hold most dear. However, it is sad and a little disturbing to think that there will be enough home-schooled students available to fill their class of 2004, students who will complete their education without ever encountering a diversity of thought and faith. When Harvard's early acceptance letters arrive in mailboxes across the country this weekend, their contents will immediately provide students with independence, whether to come here or to wait and see what their other options are. Acceptance to Harvard--or to any college--is an accomplishment...