College Essay
Due to the changing state ways of life, and high developments in the technological sector, most students have found themselves indulging in evil acts, such as the abuse of substance and drugs, and sexual activities (Lilienfeld et al, 34). These behaviours therefore lead to spread of diseases, through sexual activities and addiction due to the abuse of drugs. Drug abuse and sex education, will be a very good course for the first years, in order to broaden their minds, thus making them to avoid indulging into such activities. When I was a first year at the university, I did not know match about sex and drug abuse, and this really affected me because I found myself abusing drugs. I was influenced by my peers who made me believe that life could not be enjoyable without doing drugs. I therefore decided to abuse drugs, in order to explore the beauty of drugs, this consequently led me into very sexual behaviours, which really ruined my life (Bowen, 12).
Drug abuse and sex education will mainly focus on teaching the students the importance of abstaining from both sex and the abuse of drugs (Lilienfeld et al, 34). Moreover, it will also educate on how to deal with drug addiction, thus helping those who are addicted to drugs to reform. On sexual matters, students will be taught on the importance of using protection particularly during a sexual intercourse. The social media will also be a topic of discussion in this course. The reason as to why the social media has been included in this course, is simply because of the influence that the social media has on the youths (Bowen, 12).
Most of the youths indulge in either sexual activities of drug abuse, because of the influence of the social media. Most celebrities post images and videos on the social media either doing drugs or even posting erotic images (Bowen, 12). This consequently encourages students to do according to the celebrities whom they look up to. On the other hand, some students also indulge in the abuse of drugs due to the negative criticism that they receive from the social media. These will therefore teach on how to manage negative criticism from the social media, and how to avoid posting erotic images on the social media (Lilienfeld et al, 35).
These is very valuable since it will help to restore the moral traditions of the students, thus changing the negative view of the youths by the world. Furthermore, it will also help in the reduction of sexual transmitted disease which lead to deaths (Bowen, 13). This therefore means that the number of sexual related diseases deaths will therefore fall. Students will also be able to focus on their educational goals other than fighting with either drugs, sexually transmitted diseases or negative criticism from the social media (Lilienfeld et al, 35).
This course basically appeals to me because of the type of message that it will be sending to the students (Bowen, 14). The course will therefore impact the lives of the students positively, as it seeks to improve and protect the students from indulging into evil acts which are likely to ruin their lives. First year students will therefore be able to understand how to deal with campus life, hence being able to achieve their academic goals (Lilienfeld et al, 35). Each and every student focuses on achieving his or her goal but the influence that either their peers or the social media has on their lives, leads them to end up not reaching their goals. This course will therefore see to it that all students are able to understand how to live peacefully and to be able to reach their goals.
Work Cited
Lilienfeld, Scott O, Steven J. Lynn, John Ruscio, and Barry L. Beyerstein. 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions About Human Behavior. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2011. Internet resource.
Bowen, José A. Teaching Naked: How Moving Technology Out of Your College Classroom Will Improve Student Learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, a Wiley imprint, 2012. Internet resource.
