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RealTalk ATL Essay Winner: Otis Jones
Otis Jones, 11th Grade
Booker T. Washington High School
“Put A Ring On It”
Society today is so twisted. Waiting to have sex will be the most responsible thing to do. For one, it ensures you are healthy and safe. Your children will follow your path. Then society will want to follow you. Especially, as a teen waiting makes you as safe as possible. Since there are a lot of diseases out here in the world, there’s no telling what you may catch. A disease is thought of everyday. Of course you can also get pregnant. So why would you want to defer your dream that quickly? Listen when I tell you that waiting is the best thing to do.
Imagine your child growing up and you are 17 years old. Your child grows up; he/she will think since my mom had me at a young age, “I should do it too!” Honestly you really don’t want that. You should wait; you will have a positive, mindset and inspire your child. In your child’s eyes, you are the only person to which your child looks up to. If they see you doing something out of character, it will negatively affect them. So in order for your child to follow in your footsteps, you must wait until you’re married to have sex and produce children.
Waiting until you are married to have sex can affect society as well. As a teenager, you will have sexually active friends who don’t know anything about the outcome. So if you let them know about the outcome they can gain self-esteem, including inner and outer beauty. You can be the friend to tell them that it’s not worth destroying your body. You can help by sharing two or three sentences. You matter, your body, and our society matters also. Demolishing your self, mind, and others around you can be much safer, if you wait. Just wait and you can guarantee you will be proud of yourself and your decision.
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