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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1978
Page
7
At Madison High School students discuss teen pregnancy views. Girls favor marriage or adoption to protect the child, while some consider fostering or adoption as alternatives. Boys split evenly, with opinions ranging from dating unwed mothers to forgiveness for mistakes.
A 17 year old girl in a public high school describes becoming pregnant at 15, choosing to stay single, and raising her child while pursuing nurse’s training. She recalls parental disappointment, peer judgment, limited contact with the father, and a personal belief that abortion is only for health risks. She emphasizes responsibility, advice to avoid pregnancy, and that marriage for love is preferable for a child’s sake.
A Planned Parenthood pamphlet warns that over one million girls aged 15 to 19 will become pregnant in 1978 and 30 000 under 15 will become mothers. In Butler County over 5 000 young women are sexually active and 700 000 unintended teenage pregnancies occur yearly in the United States. The pamphlet outlines health risks, forced marriages, disrupted education, welfare dependency, and socio economic issues.
The Page surveys about 100 students with 84 percent saying there is no solution to cheating in high school tests. Remedies focus on teachers, including closer supervision, separate testing, varied exams, more discussion, note taking, and clearer homework instructions.
Middletown High students discuss fashion bravado in hallways as gauchos and boots debut. Trish the trendsetter and Wanda the bold dresser spark envy and ridicule while debate rages over cheating, testing rules, and the value of effort versus outcomes.
Editor notes this is the final installment in the Page series on cheating in the high school classroom. The inquiry surveyed about 100 students across five area high schools to assess attitudes and instances of cheating.
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