Sex education in schools should be mandatory

It is a salient topic amongst the parents of many students like myself. In this debate, I shall be arguing that students should be required to have sex education whilst in school. I have my argument prepared early, which is why I am posting it so early. Arguments1. How will children find out about it? I happen to have been misfortunate enough to not find out about how babies were made until I was in 6th grade, simply because my parents refused to teach me the concept. Because of this, I was simply kept in the dark. This put me at a disadvantage because I was the only one who had no idea what every individual was talking about. I am also aware that many people are in the same predicament. By not being taught about sex, how would one find out? Most of the time, they wouldn't. Instead, they would be without knowledge of the real world. I wish for my opponent to tell me why it would be good for a child to be without knowledge of the real world. 2. How would children understand the dangers? As I am sure my opponent is aware, sex has many dangers, including children, STDs, etc. What if a child was unaware of these dangers and decided to have sex, not knowing the consequences? There is a good change they would become a parent, obtain an STD, or both. To make a long story short, it would not end well. This scenario could have been avoided if the two individuals had been previously educated as to what dangers come with sexual activity. This is a good reason to make sex education mandatory, for children should be forced to be into awareness of this topic. Without this awareness, STDs will only spread faster and poverty of homeless mothers will only increase. I wish for my opponent to tell my why this is a good thing.3. There is no good reason to keep this from themWhat would be the reason to keep this information from children? I cannot find one. However, there are many reasons not to keep it from them. Here are some facts:1. More that 47% of students say they have had sex. 2. 15% have had sex with four or more partners3. 3 in 10 girls will be pregnant before they are 204. These teenage pregnancies have resulted in $9.4 billion annually for child careThough these people were aware of what sex is, they did not fully understand the consequences. The percentage would have been much lower if they had been more aware.4. Sex is not grossOne of the reasons parents keep this from their children is because they believe sex to be gross, inappropriate, and vulgar. This, however, is false and is simply a bad reason. First of all, sex is a very natural occurrence. Secondly, it is a bad reason to keep facts from people. Though they are young, children have the right to know what goes on in the world around them. I wish for my opponent to tell me why it is a good idea to keep facts from children. ConclusionI have given my arguments as to why sex education should be mandatory. It is now time for my opponent to give his arguments as to why it should not be mandatory. I wait patiently for his arguments. Works Cited"State Policies on Sex Education in Schools. " State Policies on Sex Education in Schools. N. p. , n. d. Web. 21 May 2014. .