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Secret life of an american teenager
I was wondering if your high school was at all like its portrayed in the show the Secret life of an American Teenager? I'm a sophomore, and sure kids are having sex at my school but its not nearly dramatic and a big deal as it is in the show.
My mom happened to see the show so now she's got the wrong idea about my friends and my school. Sure I'm somewhat sexually active but its not like its all everyone talks about and everyone doesn't just sleep around.
I'm curious how your high schools are in comparison to the show. Thanks!
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TV is never, ever, ever the same as real life. Even documenteries are blown out of proportion and exaggurated.
Yes, teeneragers are having sex. Yes, some are getting pregnant. This isn't anything new, and it isn't anything to panic about.
My old high school was what I consider to be fairly normal, and there were a fair amount of couples that people assumed were having sex, and I've had a few conversations about sex with classmates in class, but everyday life is nothing close to what's depicted on the show.
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yes the show is a little over dramatized.
its a show. you also need to realize that they are trying to send a message that young teens are having sex and they are getting pregnant. things like that happen. i dont know to that extent depending on where you live and what kind of people you hang around with.In some neighborhoods it is like that. i know that 35 percent of freshmen girls are not virgins at my school. i know about 7 or 8 girls that are pregnant. By senior year at my school they assume that you are no longer a virgin. so i would say for the most part it is realistic
- JAMIE
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God, that is one of the cheesiest shows on tv right now. Seriously, its not as big of a deal as they make it seem. A lot of it depends on where you live and the general type of people you go to school with. But trust me, its just television. The usual over the top, dramatic, trite episodes. My school is not like that at all but I live in a pretty small town but bigger towns nearby aren't even like that. Tell your mom its JUST tv and nothing more. Hope I helped :]
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I would guess that a good 80% of my graduating class (class of 2004) was infected with gonorrhea because of ONE guy that slept around with various girls in my class. Another, at least, 70% of students had oral herpes by the time we graduated that I am aware of.
Sex was HUGE when I went to high school. I mean HUGE!
Everyone wore skimpy clothes and talked about sneaking out of their houses at night to meet so-and-so and have sex.
One girl was giving a guy head (not her boyfriend, just a random hook-up at a party) and she threw up on him. We ALL knew about it the next day. She had a nickname that followed her until I graduated (and probably went on from there)--Donna-Hoe.
We knew who had sex and when they had sex.
I had a friend, Tiffany, who was pressured into losing her virginity. Everyone in her circle of friends were no longer virgins and would talk about it all the time and she felt left out so she went and lost her virginity to fit in. She was proud she fit in then.
After that, Tiffany slept with a good 50 guys, if not more. She had some guys bring friends to be with her. She had sex behind the school countless of times.
Tiffany wasn't the only one either. Another girl lost her virginity to a friend and came to school late, proudly announcing that she had lost her virginity and needed a pad because her hymen was torn and she didn't want to ruin her new panties.
There were three students that made a porno tape together and gave it out to other students in my class. They say that there is two of them on the bed having sex and stuff while the third is filming and making remarks about things.
One girl was caught in the vice principal's office giving a male student oral sex.
There were two girls that had sex with this guy that wanted to poop on their chests and they came to school and talked all about it.
One guy lost his virginity in 11th grade and wrote a letter to a girl about it. The girl stood up in class and read it outloud during free-period.
There was a group of girls who had sex with each other but were "straight" and "hated" gay people.
Then there was a girl that sold nude photos of herself so she could pay for an online game subscription monthly.
There was a guy who could give himself head (seriously). He started dating this girl and they brought their sex toys (whip and handcuffs) to school and showed us.
The "Christian" girls openly admitted to having anal sex with their boyfriends (which they changed up every few weeks) because it "didn't count" as sex. That was AT LEAST 10 girls that would encourage other girls to have anal sex because it "didn't count" and they were still "virgins".
We had quite a few teen pregnancies. I know of at least 5 girls who gave birth during the school term and MANY girls who had miscarriages here and there. One girl had THREE abortions by her senior year. I knew a guy that had TWO children by the time he was in 11th grade. When I graduated, we had six girls that were pregnant during graduation.
There were THREE 8th grade girls caught in the bathroom with three 8th grade boys when I was a freshmen. The girls were naked on the tile and the boys were all taking turns on each girl. They were pissed when a teacher found them and made them go to the principals office!
My brother is in 7th grade and has sex (with a 10th grader girl) and didn't even think it was a big deal at all. He couldn't understand why he was in trouble even!
There is a girl in 7th grade here that brought her dildo to school and showed it to everyone in her art class. I know this because my brother is in that class.
My cousin had sex with a freshmen when he was a senior and she announced in the cafeteria that she wanted to sue him for statutory rape.
Two girls (twins), Miranda and Amanda, made a bet with eachother about how many guys they could have sex with in a year. The one with the most guys won. They shared many partners and had sex with the football coach--everyone found out when one of the girls was pregnant by him.
There were two girls (twin sisters but not the girls mentioned above) that would throw sex parties at their house when their parents went away. Everyone knew it and you could actually "rent" out a room for an hour in their house for $15 so you could have sex in it.
There were more sex parties too. People would show up, expecting to meet a random person and have sex with them. I know there happened to be at least 4 sex parties thrown during my senior year.
At the time I didn't think much of it. You never do when you're one of the students. Years later I look back and said, "Wow...how much nastier could we have gotten? EWH!"
I look on Advicenators and see that there are at least 10 questions asked every day on how to give their boyfriend/girlfriend some sort of sex. I look at the ages, some of these people being 14 years old!
The media feeds teenagers such lies about NEEDING to have sex. Sex makes you popular--NOT. Sex is so good, everyone should have it--HAH, YEAH RIGHT! Sex is not risky if you're on the pill--OH REALLY, THAT'S WHY THERE'S SO MANY TEEN PREGNANCIES, HUH?!
It really is that bad.
I promise you.
Your mom should be scared.
YOU should be scared.
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I was totally thinking the same thing. Just watching the show, you hear the word sex every 5 seconds. I personally think that they overdid it a little. I know it's not like that in my high school. Obviously it's talked about, but I think the show makes it look like its all anyone ever does or thinks about.
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My high school is kind of like that. I'm going to be a junior, too.
It's like that, meaning that people [myself NOT included] are having sex, and yeah, girls as young as freshmen get pregnant. It's not, by any means, an every day occurance, but it has happened. It's not as bad as the show. The show does overdo it a little.
-Laura. (16-f)
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