Jill's online assignment- birth control article and principal's body found

I found the article on birth control interesting. I have never thought of middle schoolers and birth control together before. I was shocked, and I think that a middle school is no place for birth control distribution. I think it is two different things to have informed students and then to promote sex by handing out condoms or the pill. Students should be educated, and they should know what sex is and all that it implies. By handing out condoms and birth control pills, middle schools will be promoting sexual relations.
I selected this story because the title caught my eye on the left side of the screen. The article seemed interesting. How will this article impact my view of education. It will make me look at my students a bit differently. It just bothers me that these students could possible be thinking about sex. I have taught high school before, and I know that sex is thought about more during that age than middle school ages. My middle school students, goodness, some of them have not hit puberty yet, so the thought of sexual relations is a bit frightening.
I think it is the right of parents, not schools, to decide how and when to approach the issue of contraception with their children.

My next article was the one about the principal's body found in the park. I chose this article because certain titles grab my interest. The topic of suicide has always been a topic of my education research. It is a shame that such a loved man, husband, teacher, father, and friend, would take his own life, and be gone so quickly. I thought it was a sad article and I feel for that school community. They lost a dear friend and a good man.
This impacts my views of education in the sense that you never know what is going on at the home life of a studnt. We should not assume that everyone has a happy home life. We, as teachers, do not know what goes on behind closed doors. Hopefully if signs of suicide or depression, or anything out of the ordinary is being observed, the teachers will have the sense and knowledge to deal with the situation. We need to be loving and caring and supportive to all students at all times.
This also makes me appreciate of all the school counselors out in our schools. They deal with these things all the time.
We should not take our loved ones for granted, because you never know when will be the last time you will have the opportunity to see him/her again.