Wednesday, July 29, 2009
The Right Decision...
A few months ago a friend of mine got his girlfriend pregnant. He was kicked out of his parent's house when he told them. Him and his girlfriend now live together in their own apartment barely making ends meet. They've already decided they would have the child and raise him or her the best they could. He was recently accepted into college but is not sure if he should go. He doesn't know if he should go to college to make a better future for his family or stay for a better now. Do you think he should go to college(which is out of state) or stay with his family?
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he should go to coellge to have a better future for his new family, my friends has a baby already and she's going to go to college for a better future for her baby =D
ReplyDeleteI would say he should go to college to get a good paying job. I have a friend whose starting a family at a young age and both of them are going to collge.
ReplyDeleteI think he should continue his education, but does he need to do it out of state? The goal would obviously be to take care of his family while in school, so I would search for a way to do both, if possible. Otherwise, I would wait to go to school if I were him because leaving his family comes off as being somewhat selfish.
ReplyDeleteIt will be tough while he is in school. But it will only lead to a better future for him and his family in the long run. If he doesnt go to school he will just be working to make ends meet for a very long time.
ReplyDeletewow. i think that he should go to college. the reason i saty this is because it will make him better understand what life is like in the real world. and also because he can have a better job in the future for his family. even though he wont see them as much as he wants to he can still provide for them while hes away. so yes i think that he should go to college
ReplyDeletei feel he should go to college, but an in state college so that he can also be there for his family. it'll be the same educstion as long as he gets that degree
ReplyDeleteDepending on the college, some offer family housing for this exact reason. I think that education is not a must but it does give some stability in this recent economic time. Thinking about doing what is good for you family you need to think about the long future. what if you kid wants to go to college and you can not afford to send them because you did not go to college and your job makes it so that you live from pay check to pay check. not saying that this is how it is for everyone.
ReplyDeleteunfortuanetly he has placed him self in a positon were he no longer is allowed to make decisons for him self with out considering tiothers first. your friend defiently should pursue colleg that would be a long time benifit for him but he should defnetly look into staying in the city with his family for college . if he's sayign that he wants to got out of state for college thats more of a personel choice that he's attempting to get away and have fun .. sorry buddy but play time is over . my question is why do so many teens get pregnet now a days why arnt they considering the consequnces of there actions ?
ReplyDeleteI'm going to edit this question a bit: "A few months ago, a friend of mine got his girlfriend pregnant and was kicked out of his parents house when he told them. He and his girlfriend now live together in their own apartment and barely make ends meat. They've already decided they would have the child and raise him or her the best they could. He ws recently accepted into college, but is not sure if he should go. He doesn't know if he should go to college to make a better future for his family or stay at home and be more present in the child's life. Do you think he should go to college, which is out of state, or stay with his family?" What kind of punctuation chages were made and how did it change the question?
ReplyDeleteAlso, what are the ethical considerations in here? What does this question imply about family, morals, work, education, and issues of value(s)?
Martin, are teens not considering their actions or are they not educated about their actions? There are certain populations that are less able to have full access to birth control and birth control information. There are also certain policies and programs that complicate this ssue too.
ReplyDeleteI think he should go to college not saying just go there and leave them behind i think he should go to college so that he can make a better life for his family in the long run. like without a college education you really cant get a good job so if he dont have a good job he not gone b able to do nuthing for is family period... so i think he should go to college get and education get a well paying job and then he can like send his girlfriend to college and both of them can make a better life for their child. who concurs?????????
ReplyDeletelife is harder when you have a child when your younge, but that doesnt mean he should stop his life. if he go to school he might miss out on the first 4 years of his child life but he could just go to a community college, but anyway if he stay in school he can make a better life for his family.
ReplyDeleteNow thinking back... he can just got to a college near him and still be around and stil take care of his family without leaving them..
ReplyDeleteMy sister had a kid at a young a she was only 18 also but she still attended college and got her masters. so there other things he can do.
"He ws recently accepted into college" needs to change spelling of "ws" to Was
ReplyDeleteIf he wanted to college it shouldn't be out of state because he has a family now and family always come first no matter what! Honestly I know varies of people who didn't go to college and they have a career getting paid alot and its a career they love. So you don't have to go to college to make a better life for yourself because theirs different routes to go.
ReplyDeleteHave any of you considered alternatives to college? Perhaps there is something else he could be doing besides college.
ReplyDeleteWhy is college as valued as it is? Do you think college is for everyone? Do you think the BA holds ultimate value? Do you think you need graduate school afterwards?
kristen i think theres not much eduation that needs to be done ... well true there are teens who don't know that if they have sex with out a condom they still run the risk of impreganting a girl if he pulls out or not from through pre ejaculation . but isint that the parents job to educat there children? i think it suycks that weer in a generation wee parents leave it up to the world to educate there child and then become upset if they turn out wrong my mom gave me the sex talk when i was 8 why arnt parents doing this any more? and even worse why isnt sex ed REALLY being taught in school ? in my health class my teacher skipped the entire section about the reporductive system whats wrong ?
ReplyDeleteNO i dont believe college is for everyone college just dont fit everyone.I kinda do A Ba holds an ultimate value, its says you wiling to work hard for some and not just take the easy awas out.
ReplyDeleteNO i dont believe college is for everyone college just dont fit everyone.I kinda do A Ba holds an ultimate value, its says you wiling to work hard for some and not just take the easy WAY out
ReplyDeleteI agree, but not everyone lives with parents or with parents who believe it's a good idea to discuss this issue. Some, more conservative parents, might think this encourages sex.
ReplyDeleteAlso, we deny a lot of our biology. Think about the past--women were married young and boys were experimenting at a young age in all cultures (there were traditions and rites of passage that included sex). However, we now seem to pretend biology isn't taking place or that sexuality is not human and can be somehow repressed.
I've often wondered if this is further denial of our link to animals.
What does everyone else think about sex education?
he also can go to a trade school it will be a shorter period of time and certain trades make good money. i know some one who make like $42.00 an hour working as an electrician.
ReplyDeleteWe dont need to rely on the public school system to teach our children about sex. Like Martin said it is the parents job to do this. Unfortuneatly parents do not always do this, so the school takes over. But, most schools dont approach the sex talk realistically. They will just preach abstanance to teens rather than safe sex practices. The schools do such a bad job going about sex education that students mostly take it as a joke.
ReplyDeleteYes thats also true.... REECE
ReplyDeleteMy brother was really into school almost drop out of highschool and he went to a trade school now his an electrician and doing pretty well for him self. so there are other things you can do its just all about what type of person you are and what you want to do with your life
When Oprah aired a show that "approved" masturbation and cited scientific rationale for it being stress relief (even for children), people flipped out. Do you think parents supress sex and sexuality and that makes this conversation impossible?
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