Crazy Teens- No Offence-lol Posted: 04-12-06 15:18pm
Why were 64 girls pregnant at one ohio
school?
April 12, 2006 — ashley cartwright was
15 years old when she gave birth to a baby
girl, shantae, but in her community she
was far from alone.
During the 2004-05 school year, when
cartwright was a sophomore at timken
senior high in canton, ohio, 64 out of
nearly 500 girls at the school became
pregnant.
"it was crazy," said cartwright, who is
now 17. "i never had sex before and I
just wanted to try it out, I guess."
the number of teen pregnancies is on the
decline nationally, but there are still
pockets where the numbers have remained
high, such as in canton.
At timken, teen pregnancies cut across
racial and ethnic lines. This year, nine
girls showed up pregnant on the first day
of school, and cartwright was one of them,
carrying her second child.
"having two babies — it's double
trouble," she said.
Timken has not yet released this year's
pregnancy total, though school officials
say that it's lower than last year's.
When contacted by abc news for comment,
school officials responded with a written
reply: "a steady decline in teen pregnancy
rates … below the national average for
urban school districts."
"fifteen years ago, it was double what it
is today," canton schools superintendent
diane talarico said in august.
Ohio public schools offer abstinence
education, but timken goes one step
further, providing prenatal programs.
Most girls at canton, however, do not get
pregnant.
"my mom would kill me," said corrina
hughley, 17. "plus I want to be a doctor,
and that's like something that. … I
just can't get pregnant right now."
for some teens who may feel they never got
enough attention growing up, having a baby
may seem like a way to become the center
of attention.
"the parents get like, 'oh, i'm going to
have a grandbaby and i'm going to give you
this and get you that,'" cartwright
said.
She escaped a broken home at 6 and still
lives with her grandparents, along with
her daughters, jordan and shantae, and
their teenage father, torrean stembridge
the pressure is not really to get the girl
pregnant," stembridge said. "the pressure
is just to have sex so you can fit in with
the crowd, or what not."
cartwright and thousands of teens from
dozens of schools have benefited from
canton's support center, which offers
medical, educational and financial
guidance.
"what we see are very exhausted girls who
are out of the loops with their friends
because they have another life that
they're living at home," said jill taylor,
director of the pregnancy support
center.
Cartwright has dropped out of school, but
she hopes to teach others a lesson.
"don't have sex at all," she said. "or if
you do, be on a condom or be on some kind
of birth control."
she hopes to return to a different school
someday to become a nurse.
what is up with these kids nowadays??
This girl is 15 and has 2 kids!!!!!! I
can barely handle one and i'm almost 27!!!
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sandyallen
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Posted: 04-12-06 16:18pm
It is a shame to see these young girls
that ruin their child hood , to become
pregnant at 13, 14, 15, some never
continue their education, never go to
their prom have so much fun in their
senior year, never go to their high school
graduation plus the party or at leat get
their ged, end up living off the state for
the rest of the rest of their lives, most
have no inspiration, I saw the program on
tv last night, one girl had 2 kids by the
time she was 15 and so many of them have
no ambition can barely take care of
themselves and then bring these poor
innocent babies into their lives that need
all ofthis attention love an care andido
realize that thei are some good one's out
their that care that continue their
education and they do well and then there
are others that some of them still have to
go and party and granddma and grandpa have
to raise them, to me, that is sooo wrong,
they raised their kids. It is time for
these young girls to step up and take
action and respnsiibility for what they
have done, not just the young onesbutthe
older one's too. If you feel that you
cannot handle the responsibilities of
raising a child then their are other ways
and I am not just talking about abortion.
You females that think that these little
baby's are so cute and cuddly, their is
alot more to it then that such as
ssleepless nights, teethimg, they get
sick, Dr. Bills and clothing, food and
much, much more sso you really need to
think about it because just because a guy
says that hewill stick around if you get
pregnant does not always mean the he will
because alot of times they can get jealous
when the baby is getting attention and
they are not and visa versa and pregnant
females change alot to with mood swings
and their hormones are bouncing off of the
wall, a lot changes!
Good luck to you all!
Bwahahahahaaaa... I can just pic the
sneezing the baby out. I think pooping
them out would hurt more than labour.
lmao!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man we are one hillarious bunch today!!!!
Lmao
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~*~Jillian~*~
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Joined: 01 Feb 2005 Posts: 1759 Location: Tennessee, USA
Re: Crazy Teens- No Offence-lol Posted: 04-12-06 21:14pm
lil_blaze2004
wrote:
why were 64 girls pregnant
at one ohio school?
April 12, 2006 — ashley cartwright was
15 years old when she gave birth to a baby
girl, shantae, but in her community she
was far from alone.
During the 2004-05 school year, when
cartwright was a sophomore at timken
senior high in canton, ohio, 64 out of
nearly 500 girls at the school became
pregnant.
"it was crazy," said cartwright, who is
now 17. "i never had sex before and I
just wanted to try it out, I guess."
the number of teen pregnancies is on the
decline nationally, but there are still
pockets where the numbers have remained
high, such as in canton.
At timken, teen pregnancies cut across
racial and ethnic lines. This year, nine
girls showed up pregnant on the first day
of school, and cartwright was one of them,
carrying her second child.
"having two babies — it's double
trouble," she said.
Timken has not yet released this year's
pregnancy total, though school officials
say that it's lower than last year's.
When contacted by abc news for comment,
school officials responded with a written
reply: "a steady decline in teen pregnancy
rates … below the national average for
urban school districts."
"fifteen years ago, it was double what it
is today," canton schools superintendent
diane talarico said in august.
Ohio public schools offer abstinence
education, but timken goes one step
further, providing prenatal programs.
Most girls at canton, however, do not get
pregnant.
"my mom would kill me," said corrina
hughley, 17. "plus I want to be a
doctor, and that's like something that.
… I just can't get pregnant right now."
for some teens who may feel they never got
enough attention growing up, having a baby
may seem like a way to become the center
of attention.
"the parents get like, 'oh, i'm going to
have a grandbaby and i'm going to give you
this and get you that,'" cartwright
said.
She escaped a broken home at 6 and still
lives with her grandparents, along with
her daughters, jordan and shantae, and
their teenage father, torrean stembridge
the pressure is not really to get the girl
pregnant," stembridge said. "the
pressure is just to have sex so you can
fit in with the crowd, or what not."
cartwright and thousands of teens from
dozens of schools have benefited from
canton's support center, which offers
medical, educational and financial
guidance.
"what we see are very exhausted girls who
are out of the loops with their friends
because they have another life that
they're living at home," said jill taylor,
director of the pregnancy support
center.
Cartwright has dropped out of school, but
she hopes to teach others a lesson.
"don't have sex at all," she said. "or
if you do, be on a condom or be on some
kind of birth control."
she hopes to return to a different school
someday to become a nurse.
