Why school should get involved- Entry 2 Draft 4

We spend most of our days in school right? so why shouldn't school be held responsible to teach students on how to develop healthy relationship. The majority of teens in high school are dating and almost half of that percent are experiencing some sort of violence in their relationship. Teenagers most likely do not have the skill or knowledge to make the right decision by themselves. They may not know what a healthy relationship look like and what an unhealthy relationship looks like. They cannot distinguished the differences, so they should be able to seek help and guidance from the adults at the school.

From the article "dating violence" written by a professor at Southeast Missouri State University, David Stader, he conducted a research through out 8 different schools and data showed that over a quarter of that were female victims who reported violence in their relationship.If that is the case school should be offering help since this situation can be fatal. I agree with this article completely on that students should be educated on relationship and that the teachers should also be able to recognize signs of an unhealthy relationship and provide them help. 

Being able to develop a healthy relationship is part of healthy living. In a healthy relationship there are respect, trust, honesty and good communication between the two people involved. While in an unhealthy relationship all those signs are not well established. there might be pressure from one of the participant to do things that the other may not feel very comfortable doing. In an abusive relationship one of the person may try to control everything that goes on in the relationship, which may cause a lot of disagreements and fights.

when i was in this kind of relationship, I didn't really know where to seek advice. I wasn't close to my parents and they didn't approve of me dating at the time either, so asking them for advice wouldn't be any help to me, that's what I was thinking at the time. Also I was afraid to seek help from friends, I was scared to be judge by them. I didn't want anyone to see how weak I was for staying with someone who verbally abused me. This is what lead me to agree with Stader article, school should be more involved in providing education and help on developing healthy relationship. I spent most of my days in school, that was the place i felt most comfortable and safe in.