Talking about sex is something that most of our young people feel uncomfortable talking about. Sex is something completely normal, but yet it is not treated as such in our education system. Teachers are required to teach certain levels of mathematics included in the curriculum, but on a daily basis how often is this information used? Not very often. Sexuality education must be taught accurately, efficiently and appropriately with a mandatory curriculum in all schools. Treating the topic with maturity and respect will change the way students see it. In most states, sex education isn't even required. Those states force young people to fend for themselves. Only 24 out of 50 states in the United States are required to teach sex education. Only 20 of these states are needed for it to be taught in a medically sound manner (NCSL). When history lessons are taught, students must learn the material correctly, otherwise the student will fail the course and have learned nothing. The same is true when teaching young people about sex. Some states teach the abstinence-only portion of sex education regarding religious affiliation, but it's not surprising to know that almost everyone has/will have sex at some point in their life. According to the Penguin Atlas of Human Sexuality, sex occurs 120 million times a day. A 2013 survey found that approximately 47% of high school students reported having had sexual intercourse (ReCapp). I conducted a survey among my peers asking them what they remembered from sex education lessons and were later told: "I went to a Catholic school, they only taught chastity and abstinence", "Use a condom and don't have sex with many people because you might get a sexually transmitted disease,” “How boys and girls go through puberty,” and “My school never taught anything about