biology textbook provided about two paragraphs that discussed creationism, which were not based on any known facts, and so was unbelievable to most students. A section shown in the textbook, on embryonic development compared the developing human being to a developing lizard and developing chicken. The three illustrations shown appeared very similar.
A chapter read in health class discussed human sexuality, venereal diseases, birth control, and abortion, of which the last was briefly addressed as being an individual moral choice and issue. The birth control pill was cited as the most effective form of birth control. No mention was made of its abortifacient nature. As the teacher discussed, taught, and questioned students on this material, there was a marked change in the class behavior. Student’s began “goofing off” and became quite disruptive sometimes throwing balls of paper around the room. Through this instruction, I became aware of the venereal diseases of syphilis, gonorrhea, genital warts, and herpes where the last two conditions which are not as serious as the first two if left untreated, are however chronic for life with no cure. These diseases combined with an anxiety of pregnancy at an inopportune time of my life contributed and/or prevented me from becoming promiscuous. As far as I was concerned, it was not logical to risk the above circumstances that could result from promiscuous behavior. Later and by the year 2000, apparently over eighty different venereal diseases had surfaced in addition to the possibly devastating HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) that sometimes leads to the deadly AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) conditions that were discovered in the early 1980’s. Yet and unbelievably promiscuous behavior continued at a brisk pace in the population of people and was beginning at younger ages to include pre-teens through to the year 2013, leading one to believe that mind control is likely a factor of these absurd and dangerous circumstances.
During this year, we began to read various renowned novels. Some of these books were perverted and disturbing. Perhaps one reason for reading these books was to psychologically examine and interpret some kinds of human behavior, as this was discussed in depth in class. We read “Lord of the Flies”, “1984”, “Animal Farm” and “Hiroshima” for some examples. I became uninterested in reading anymore of these kinds of books, and so used comic books that provided a shortened highlighted version of the story or relied on “Cliffs Notes” to complete assignments.
At about this time, it was discovered by me that the teacher’s union, The United Federation of Teachers and possibly to also include the American Federation of Teachers, supported abortion policies. I was aghast at this media revealed revelation and presented the question to mother and father that “Why would teachers who are suppose to like children based on their job selection, support and agree with the murdering of children?”
The oil embargo beginning this year created much aggravation for mother and father. Supplies of gasoline were greatly reduced by OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) apparently to protest the sales of weapons to Israel, for the Yom Kippur war. In the United States, people could only procure gasoline for their vehicle on a weekday and had to follow an odd/even system based on the day and the license plate number of their vehicle. Father would arise before dawn on his designated days to