17 teen girls pregnant in glouster high school...what the hell is going on?

[djklambake]

You were listening to 92.3 KTAR too, huh? This story was the subject of the afternoon drive.

HA! That's where I heard it! Then later on with some quotes from random folks on the street. Buncha morons...

 

[djklambake]

You know that homeless guy was bragging to all his friends. "You'll never guess what happened to me last night!"

Was listening to Adam Corolla on the way in to work today and they were talking about this. He was saying, "Yeah one homeless guy is like, 'Yeah, you know what I ^^^^ed last night? A milk carton.' And all the rest of the bums are impressed until the 24-year-old hobo comes along and says, 'Dudes, you're never gonna believe this...'"

 

[Rogue Trooper]

Big Time Weird but what really gets me angry is taxes paying for these girls, here in the UK we call them Chav's.

 

[Mesa]

A job isn't the answer. Kids are going to find ways to do what they want. There is a laundry list of reasons why kids will try to quickly get into sexual experiences from exposure to early in their developmental years to wanting to replace voids in their own lives to just wanting to see what the hell is the big deal.

I remember being in 6th grade and hearing about people having sex, calling bull^^^^, only to hear from eye witnesses at a party that the couple put on a live show to prove themselves. I remember having options to have sex in 8th grade but being too scared of getting the girl pregnant to try and I remember a ton of friends whose "gloves were off" in 9th grade in terms of sex. most of them had jobs. The thing is 14 year old, at least in my area, can only work 4 hours a day....that leaves plenty of time for other things if you are actively looking for it.

I'll never forget a friend of mine, Monica, who got pregnant in the first month of our 9th grade year. I also remember her three year old at Graduation and the fight she had to put up to return to regular school and not be forced to go to the continuation school.

This isn't a new issue its just getting the attention now. Many people just put their hands to their ears when they hear about these issues as young as eleven but as a teacher you hear about them all from colleagues, just a couple of weeks ago a 6th grade girl was suspended for servicing a boy behind the gym. Unfortunately that is reality.

I gotta disagree Mike. I think having a job helps establish a good work ethic and responsibility, and the younger you learn those things, the better you are for it, in all aspects of life. I have heard from too many of my co-workers about their kids and the problems they are having, and I just think to myself, "Quit babying your kids and giving them everything they want." Too many times I've seen parents today come to their childs rescue when they get into trouble, or simply convince themselves that their child couldn't be the problem "My kid wouldn't do that." A good majority or parents today seem to be very ignorant of what their kids are doing when mommy and daddy aren't around. Times certainly aren't like when I was a teenager only 10-15 years ago. Kids today are forced to grow up much faster. Blame MTV, society, the internet, video games, whatever. I still say it's lazy, disengaged, and often ignorant parenting.

Of course I'm not including everyone in this generalization, so no offense to the active parents that get involved out there, but I've seen it enough to know it's not that uncommon.

 

[ProgMatinee]

.........still working on 18th, try back later..........

 

[The Mike]

"Chavs"? What does that mean? I love British slang.

 

[The Mike]

I still say it's lazy, disengaged, and often ignorant parenting.

Bingo. I agree. A job for the kid ain't gonna fix this. Many parents are willing to think that their kids wouldn't do that. Many are willing to let the schools educate their kids and some are willing to let the schools educate their kids. Some are willing to let TV educate their kids.

Yes I agree that jobs are good for building character but I'll take a parent more involved in their kids lives and really talking and educating their kids over one who forces their kids down to McDonalds to pull a check.

 

[ProgMatinee]

I'll agree with the parents taking responsibility, however, I will say that parents have a lot more things to compete against today than my parents did trying to raise me.

We had a few girls at my school get pregnant, but I would never have imagined a group of them getting together thinking its cool and purposely making it happen...chalk that up to more influential media from places like MTV "I'm a teenage mom" shows and stuff that glamorizes any activity that isn't considered "normal".

 

[Mesa]

Bingo. I agree. A job for the kid ain't gonna fix this. Many parents are willing to think that their kids wouldn't do that. Many are willing to let the schools educate their kids and some are willing to let the schools educate their kids. Some are willing to let TV educate their kids.

Yes I agree that jobs are good for building character but I'll take a parent more involved in their kids lives and really talking and educating their kids over one who forces their kids down to McDonalds to pull a check.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting getting a job will fix all the problems with today's youth. This is just one aspect of it. Many kids today feel entitled to whatever they want, and they should because many of them simply have to ask for it and mommy and daddy (if there is one) will provide, leading these kids to believe money and luxuries grow on trees and you don't have to work for them. When I was young, and I wanted a new toy, or comics, or a car, my parents told me to either do chores when I was really young, and once I hit 14, get a job, AND maintain an A/B average or theere would be hell to pay. I don't see enough of that today. Once these nurtured brats finally grow up enough to get out into the real world, they will be ill-equipped to deal with how things really work.


My sis is a teacher too. And she tells me stories exactly like you're describing. Many parents simply drop their kids off at the public school, often unfed, unbathed, and little to zero respect for adults. Schools are meant to give an education, not to raise kids and teach them basic soical skills that should be provided at home before these kids ever even get put into the school system. I hear horror stories how some kids don't even have the most basic of skills, whether it be manners, or counting to ten, or getting up to "F" in the alphabet. This stuff should be learned at home with parents involvment. So when these kids get dropped off, hungry, dirty, and other basic needs unfilled, how the hell are they supposed to start studying. I think on Maslow's needs heirarchy, "The need to study" isn't near the top. Someone should expalin this to Mr. Bush and his ridiculous "No Child Left Behind" supporters.

 

[ProgMatinee]

So Bush is at fault for teen pregnancy? Shoot, I was hoping I could at least claim some of it.

 

[Vader AL]

when I see stories like this i'm just glad it didn't happen in the south.....we've been trying to clean up our image you know.

 

[Darth Caedus]

These girls need to be forced to get a smishmortion at the smishmortion clinic........

 

[ProgMatinee]

They should be forced to have their pictures posted on the internet.

 

[rabidwolverine21]

could be worse, they could have made a pack to all get pregnant and then all get abortions

 

[Darth Caedus]

could be worse, they could have made a pack to all get pregnant and then all get abortions

If that would mean that my tax dollars wouldn't be spent to take care of them, I would no problem with that.

 

[Chimera 1]

are you freaking kidding me??
i was watching fox [its my favorite sitcom] and i saw this story run. Its about 17 girls that made a pact to get pregnant so they could raise their children together. one of the father's was a 24 year old homeless man. Now what the frak is going on in our culture?! Right after the story aired i also heard that Jamie Lynn Spears gave birth [TAKING ALL BETS TO HOW LONG IT TAKES TILL THIS HAPPENS AGAIN!] Is it something in the water or are our kids just getting more retarded by the hour?

What ever happened to "the talk"? what ever happened to not raising your child like a whore or a pimp? It just really phases my mind on how retarded our kids are getting nowadays. How do you feel about this story?

https://www.myfoxboston.com/myfox/p...n=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.1.1

They should be legally required to take complete care of them. No help from any state agency or even child support. They did it on purpose now they should be required to raise them alone with no help. The ****** dads should have to pay support but the money should go into a college fund for the kids to be released when they are 18. If the Dad decides to stick around then that is great but if not then the 17 girls should have to go it alone with no help. Just my opinion. Teenage pregnancy is at an all time high and they do it on purpose.... that is radiculous.

 

[Darth Madden]

They should be legally required to take complete care of them. No help from any state agency or even child support. They did it on purpose now they should be required to raise them alone with no help. The ****** dads should have to pay support but the money should go into a college fund for the kids to be released when they are 18. If the Dad decides to stick around then that is great but if not then the 17 girls should have to go it alone with no help. Just my opinion. Teenage pregnancy is at an all time high and they do it on purpose.... that is radiculous.

Thats what SHOULD happen but we all know it wont. Just like somebody all ready mentioned I am sure the reality show for them is all ready in the works.

 

[Kuzeh]

Wow, I've been reading through these posts, and all I can say is, I'm not surprised at all. It's sad for the babies, but unfortunately, human nature hasn't evolved as much as we believe. People do stupid things all the time since the dawn of civilization... not a big surprise for me, honestly.
And each generation will blame the previous one and will condemn the following one, that's just how things are, unfortunately.

 

[Darth Caedus]

Wow, I've been reading through these posts, and all I can say is, I'm not surprised at all. It's sad for the babies, but unfortunately, human nature hasn't evolved as much as we believe. People do stupid things all the time since the dawn of civilization... not a big surprise for me, honestly.
And each generation will blame the previous one and will condemn the following one, that's just how things are, unfortunately.

VERY sad, but VERY true; that's what we can come to as a society. Honestly, like 50 years ago, this would NEVER happen. But with today's liberal society and society accepting this type of behavior, there are no barriers to stop kids from doing it.

 

[Darth Madden]

VERY sad, but VERY true; that's what we can come to as a society. Honestly, like 50 years ago, this would NEVER happen. But with today's liberal society and society accepting this type of behavior, there are no barriers to stop kids from doing it.

Its not that it would never happen its that you would never hear about it. The good old days weren't all that good. I'm sure lots of stuff happened (maybe not to this extent) but it stayed in the city and didn't get leaked all over the world.