Re: FW: Study Casts Doubt on Abstinence-Only Programs

2007-04-16 Thread Larry Lyons
>I remember taking psychology, in both high school and college. I remember >that every issue we confronted, we would investigate what the different >philosophies believed were the causes and treatments for the various >issuesthe humanists, the behaviorists, the cognitive folks, the >psychoanaly

Re: FW: Study Casts Doubt on Abstinence-Only Programs

2007-04-16 Thread Larry Lyons
>Amazing that money has to be wasted on a study that attempts to prove what >should be patently obvious to anyone with common sense. > >On 4/14/07, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >-- >I got the anti-Christ in the kitchen yelling at me again. Tell that to those in the administration wh

Re: FW: Study Casts Doubt on Abstinence-Only Programs

2007-04-16 Thread G Money
I remember taking psychology, in both high school and college. I remember that every issue we confronted, we would investigate what the different philosophies believed were the causes and treatments for the various issuesthe humanists, the behaviorists, the cognitive folks, the psychoanalytic t

Re: FW: Study Casts Doubt on Abstinence-Only Programs

2007-04-16 Thread William Bowen
> Amazing that money has to be wasted on a study that attempts to prove what > should be patently obvious to anyone with common sense. Oddly, "common sense" was the administration's argument *for* abstinence only programs -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would

Re: FW: Study Casts Doubt on Abstinence-Only Programs

2007-04-16 Thread G Money
Amazing that money has to be wasted on a study that attempts to prove what should be patently obvious to anyone with common sense. On 4/14/07, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here's my own take on the study. I went to Mathmatica's site and read more > on the study. With the design Mathm

FW: Study Casts Doubt on Abstinence-Only Programs

2007-04-14 Thread Larry Lyons
Here's my own take on the study. I went to Mathmatica's site and read more on the study. With the design Mathmathica used, its a very strong strong study. Unfortunately they could not control for SES. With that caveat, these results should put the issue mostly to rest, abstinence only sex ed doe