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Wednesday, August 24, 2005
 
Category: Biology
James Taranto at Best of the Web noted this story from Canton, Ohio
65 Girls At Area School Pregnant
CANTON, Ohio -- There are 490 female students at Timken High School, and 65 are pregnant, according to a recent report in the Canton Repository.
The article reported that some would say that movies, TV, videogames, lazy parents and lax discipline may all be to blame.
School officials are not sure what has caused so many pregnancies.
and offered up the suggestion
If Timken High has a biology teacher, maybe the school officials should ask him if he has any theories.
There's a bit of uncommon sense for you.
The article proceeds:
School officials are not sure what has caused so many pregnancies, but in response to them, the school is launching a three-prong educational program to address pregnancy, prevention and parenting.
This week, in creative writing class, they are covering alliteration.


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