I chose to answer the question that dealt with teen pregnancy. Personally, I think that most Americans who think that people do this because they are lazy are simply looking for an excuse to not do anything about it. While it is true that some people do put themselves in this situation because they don’t want to do anything else, they are by far in the minority. Most people in that situation got there because they either had little other choice or because something happened to put them there.

I’ve known a few people in that situation and they were not there because they wanted to be. In fact, one of them ended up in that situation because she was running from her now ex-husband who abused her and her children and later took to stalking them. Thankfully, she has, for the most part, managed to pull herself out of that situation. It just goes to show you that some things happen for reasons that you don’t see, and that you should not be so quick to judge another person without knowing where they’ve been.

Rose, I couldn’t agree more.

I also realize that I have said “I know” a great many times in the posts and in class. (Un)fortunately (it all depends on your point of view, I suppose), it’s true. This life has been one long, often strange, trip and I have not exactly been sheltered through most of it. It tends to give one an interesting perspective on life and the people who you come across in it, because, after a while, you begin to learn to take people on the basis of being people instead of being a skin color, religion, dating preference, or other divisions that you could think of.

Just remember, it’s not about the cards that you’re dealt in life, because those are largely left up to chance, but rather what you do with the things you’re given that’s important.