Thursday, February 19, 2009

''ink coporated'' IN section page 8-9

What are some reasons stated in the article why some people choose to have body art like tattoos or piercings done to their bodies.

Some of the reasons as to why some people choose to have tattoos or piercings is because they want to express themselves, attract attention or curious. By doing these piercings or tattoos, they become different from other people in terms that they have something that most people don't have. Some of them are young and easily influenced by other people. They see others doing things like that and want to try them out themselves.

What are some impressions you would form of a person whose body is covered in tattoos

In my opinion, i think these people are silly by doing such things as most of them don't know what are the risks of doing these acts.  Those people covered in tattoos gives me an impression that they are unsatisfied with what they were born like. They are like vandalising their own bodies inflicting pain on themselves just to stand out or stand out.

Would you consider getting a tattoo in future? Why?

To me, I would not even think of getting a tattoo because I am aware of the risk and consequences of getting a tattoo. Getting a tattoo, even a small one would get the risk of getting ugly keloids. Keloid is a raised lump of scar tissue that grows beyond the edge of the wound after getting a tattoo. There are 3 types of scars. The first kind is the normal one which heals by its own. the other two are keloids and hyperplastic scars. Among the 3, keloids would be the worse because hyperplastic scars have no symptoms and can't be noticed while keloids would cause pain and itchiness. 

Monday, February 16, 2009

Sharp rise in girls under 16 having sex

State any two reasons mentioned in the article which contributes to the sharp rise in girls under 16 having sex

The first reason as to why teenage girls under 16 wants to have sex is because they are inflience by their friends who are about the same age in/or outside school. Most of them are told that having sex would make them look cool and more feminine. The second reason is because they don't want to leave them and they think that by having sex with them is their best option.

What are some consequences which a girl might face for engaging in casual sex?

Some girls are too rash and they forget all about the consequences of having casual sex. While some girls think that having sex is no big deal and they have it without worrying of any consequences. One of the consequences would be having sexually transmitted diseases or STD. Another would be having an unwanted teenage pregnancy. In my opinion, i think that these teenage girls are very foolish to engage in sexual intercourse at such a young age without thinking what will happen to their education and what would they do if they were to have a baby and their boyfriends had left them. Having an unwanted pregnancy would making studying for them much difficult because they have to take care of the child in their womb and they have to make plans for the baby if they want to keep it and if they decide to keep it the baby may contract STDs such as gonnorhea or syphylis they would not only ruin their lives but the life of an innocent child. If they decide to have an abortion, there will also be consequences. It will make the chances of them getting pregnant slimmer and the might die due to the loss of blood during abortion.

What are some of your reactions after reading this article? If one day, a close friend of yours confess to you that he/she has been engaging in sex, what would your advice to him/her be?

After reading this article, i was not surprised because this is not my first time reading an article like this. This is because more and more teenage girls are having sex all around the world and there is a high abortion rate over the years mostly in china and america.

I would advice him to think about the consequences he/she might have because i would not want he/she to have his/her life ruin but whether to heed to my advice is his/her decision but most importantly i would want him/her to go for a full body checkup. Everyone has a choice in everything it all depends on what they want to do with it.