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[john_n_carolina]

....yes, good points. at my public highschool, we currently have 4 pregnant girls. they seem to do ok, i don't seem them that much. i think they stay at home a lot with morning sickness, headaches, etc. especially, the later term ones. but, i see them from time to time in history class.

[cangringo]

I think the point was that it wouldn't be accepted in the US or Canada. People may try to expel students for being gay or pregnant or what have you but if that is found to be the reason, people speak out about it. I haven't heard of this happening in Canada and not being hotly contested.

As for this

[Samantha]

Truly. That and the fact that our friend appears to think pregnancy is a handicap, inhibiting learning abilities by causing headaches.

[GueroPaz]

Indeed, being pregnant in secondary school does not need to be a handicap or a disqualifying condition for students. My brilliant 17 year old was about to finish high school with high honors, officer of National Honorary Society, etc., when she became pregnant. She not only finished, but she went on and graduated four years later with honors as an education and science major, etc. What helped is that the school didn't force her to finish in a third rate program, didn't even expel her from her NHS position, both families supported the couple, etc.

My second daughter got embarrassed at age 16, when she needed that pregnancy program that our current school district didn't have. We moved across town, she finished her year at school, she and her husband were helped to get their GED's, and everybody lived happily ever after.

Mexico is a different culture; not sure what would have happened. But the father of my 23 year old grandson is a Mexican-American!

[john_n_carolina]

have you seen the internal organs of a 30 week mother? it's not a pretty sight. i'd say to my daughter, "If you can do it, go to class." otherwise, sit at home and rest, go for a walk, listen to Mozart.

reasons for staying home:
no lead in the drinking water
good food / snacks
easy place to vomit
you can sleep any time
talk on the phone
you can do your stretching, excersises, etc
no falling down cement, metal steps.(there was a case of a miscarriage from this, i'll look it up)

my wife slept about 2 hours a night during the first trimester and the last. how can you go to class on 2 hours of sleep?? my wife vomited every morning for about 30 minutes during the first and last trimesters...you feel like studying Napolean after that? i'm not against going to H.S. pregnant, but for some women it will be very hard.

[john_n_carolina]

i'm not gay either but as for this Trinity Christian school. it's a private school? the parent's are choosing this school and paying $13,000 / yr. the school made the right decision based on it's policy. i didn't say i was in agreement with the school's decision. that's just the way it is. private schools can do whatever they want.

[MELEE]

Not every women handles pregnancy the same way. It sounds like your wife was one of the unlucky ones.

I had a twin pregnancy, know for being more difficult than a singleton pregnancy, yet I only vomited once at work. It did become hard to me to go up and down the stairs and the very steep hill we have here on campus--but I was carrying 10 lbs of baby, 4 lbs of placenta, and 2 lbs of fluid.

Most women, gradually sleep less and less in a pregnancy, this is good prepartion for life with a newborn.

Having been pregnant myself, I personally think it would be much easier to go to HS pregnant, than it would be to go to highschool for the first 3 months after birth. I aplaud and admire all those strong women who have done so. There's a reason men don't have babies, most men would never have the strength to endure motherhood.

[tagastelum]

The best thing about these forums is that if you just wait awhile, someone else will make your point.