Dear Mr. Dressel,
Thank you for coming to our school to talk about abstinence. I liked that you were being real with us and weren't just teaching us the standard “textbook” information. I learned that it's ok to be a virgin and that I shouldn't feel pressured. Thanks again!
~ teen girl ________________________________________________________ Dear Mr. Dressel,
Thank you so much for coming in and talking to us today. I think you are by far the best and most influential guest speaker we have ever had. I think that is very nice of you to put aside so much of your work and time to talk to us in order to protect us, and care about our future. I agree with you 100% that you really shouldn't ruin your future at such a young age. A lot of the information you shared I had no idea about, but I am so glad that I know now. I think what made your talk so great was that you didn't just say, “don't have sex until your married, it will ruin your life” just like every other adult says. You explained to us why we should keep our abstinence until we are married, you read us letters from other people, and you used great examples to help us understand what you meant, like the fireplace, and the fire inside and outside. Of all the stuff you said, what I most liked was that “you are a special gift, don't unwrap the gift until it's for the person you really love. One day you will be the most special thing to someone.” I think it is great to think of it that way. I really learned so much from you. Now, I know that I will be such a special gift to someone one day, and I will wait to unwrap the gift until it's for someone I truly love and want to be with forever, my husband. Because of your talk, I know that I can wait that long. Thanks again!
~ teen girl ________________________________________________________
Thank you very much for coming and talking to our class on Monday about abstinence. I learned a lot about how to life my early life with freedom and choice, not being held down by early pregnancy or emotional strain. I also learned and agree with the fact that you always wait to have sex until it is special, and you trust and know your partner very well. Just like you said, we are like a present, probably the best one that anyone can get one day, and it is important to take care of yourself until you really love someone who you loves you back, ideally during marriage. I will always remember to value myself and live up to my own worth. I hope that someday I will be able to use what I have learned to either protect myself or live happily. Thank you so much for talking to us. I think that you are the first guest speaker that we have heard that can make an impact on us.
~ teen girl ________________________________________________________
Dear Mr. Dressel,
I really enjoyed your speech and learned a lot. I had already decided not have pre-marital sex, but it was a good reminder and gave me even more reasons to wait. I realize that it takes a very strong man to wait until they are married. You are doing God's will and I respect that very much. I hope to follow in your footsteps and to tell kids about God and explaining how they can honor God. Thanks again and I think you did a really great job.
~ teen guy ________________________________________________________
Dear Mr. Dressel,
Thank you for coming and speaking to my class. I learned a lot from your talk, starting with what abstinence is. I have learned that I want to be abstinent because otherwise you may really screw your life up, and as an aspiring doctor, I don't want to do anything to mess up my chances of that happening. I want to remember as much as I can of what you said because I think it is important to know that shows only show the good sides of sex before you are married and that is something everyone should know and remember, that they are negatives. You left a very positive impression on me, one I hopefully will never forget. You are a great speaker and didn't lose my attention once. Thanks again for speaking to my class!
~ teen girl ________________________________________________________
Dear Erik,
I wanted to thank you for coming in and talking to us about abstinence. You came to my church and gave pretty much the same talk. At my church, it was one of those bombs that just hit me, and I was like I will never have sex until I am married. But this talk was a little different. It was applying what I already knew you were going to say, and understanding what could happen to me spiritually. Also, this talk actually got me thinking, that maybe I want to grow up and share the same information as you, and be affective. I never really thought that you could lose your virginity having oral sex. It was just one of those things that never occurred to me. Now I am aware of this, and can protect myself from losing my virginity. Also, I have learned about the many STDs that can be spread easily. I never knew that there were so many kinds. What made an impression on me was that one stupid mistake, like drinking, can lead to losing my virginity. That is why I have decided to not drink until I am married. That way I won't make the mistake of having sex with a person that does not love me. During this talk, I remember what you said at my church about your husband or wife unwrapping the best gift they will ever get. This will always stick in my mind. I don't want to regret it if I had sex with someone else. I am so glad that you could talk to us, and that I could see you again. I would to get your e-mail, that way I could talk to you every once in a while.
~ teen guy ________________________________________________________
First of all I'd like to thank you for spending your time with our class. It was a pleasure having you as our guest speaker. I'd hope you liked the school. I can't tell you how much your words touched me. Especially, about the women or girls being a wrapped up present. You gave useful and meaningful examples of sex, relationships, and other topics you talked about. Now I have a whole different point of view. I'd always planned to get married and then have sex. (My mother has always told me). And you are right, commercials and TV shows are giving out wrong information about sex. What you said should be heard around the country. (Very powerful words). Once again, thank you for your presence.
~ teen guy ________________________________________________________
Dear Mr. Dressel,
I really enjoyed you speaking to my class. To be honest I wasn't sure how to deal with saying no to that type of peer pressure. The way you said it's like opening a present really helped me understand how truly special it really is. Not only did I enjoy you speaking but I learned a lot too. Hopefully in high school I will hear you speak again so I can get the reassurance of not feeling like I'm the only one who waited for that special time. I am also really happy that my class got the opportunity to learn and understand why waiting is so important. I think if I didn't hear you speak that my future and I would have regretted things. Thanks again!
~ teen girl ________________________________________________________
Dear Mr. Dressel,
Thank you for coming to our school to talk to us about not having sex. You explained about the physical impacts it can have on you, but even more important, the emotional impact having sex before you are ready can have on you. I like the way you explained how girls are a present, and when we get married, you are a great gift to give your husband, especially if no one has ever opened up the present. You made me want to wait to save my present for my husband. You made me believe that I am really special. I like how you explained that the media has portrayed sex as something everyone should do, and that it “doesn't matter if you're married”. I know that isn't true, and you explained that. Thank you!
~ teen girl ________________________________________________________
Dear Mr. Dressel,
Thank you fro coming to speak to our class yesterday. I really enjoyed your presentation and loved the fact that you stressed waiting to have sex until marriage. I know way too many people who have made a monstrous mistake and ended up with a baby at 15. I am happy to say that I will never make that mistake. Your lecture further verified and supported my decision. Thank you again! ________________________________________________________
Dear Mr. Dressel,
I would like to thank you for coming and talking about abstinence. My best friend and I have already decided to be abstinent but this talk really helped sealing the deal. A lot of kids don't realize that oral sex is still sex so that brought that to their attention. Sometimes I feel weird because I decided to stay abstinent. People asked me to do things and when I say no they call me prude. I hope that other people choose abstinence after hearing your talk, it will be on of the most beneficial decisions of their life. Thank you so much.
~ teen girl _______________________________________________________
Dear Mr. Dressel,
Thank you for giving up your time to talk to us. It was a lot more interesting then I though it would be and I learned a lot too. I really liked how you said society was giving us the wrong message. They think that teenagers can't control themselves, so they just say wear condoms. Some STDs are not shielded by condoms, like genital warts. Plus, they never say anything about our virginity. Before, I wasn't really planning on when I would have sex. I figured it would be when I was in a serious relationship and ready. Now I think I want to wait until I'm married. It's the only way I can stay away from STDs and not have to compare my husband to other guys I have been with. I want sex to be a good thing in my life, not a bad thing. So, thank you for changing my mind.
~ teen girl ________________________________________________________
Dear Mr. Dressel,
Thank you very much for visiting our school and informing us about sexual abstinence. I have learned a lot of factual information that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. I have learned that condoms do not protect you from sexually transmitted diseases and I have learned that there is a new trend that it to wait to have sex. I have learned all of the dangers of having sex “outside of the safe circle” and that will influence my decision. Thanks to you, I will want to have sex until I am married. I think that this is a wonderful decision. Thanks for informing us about sex and staying abstinent.
~ teen guy ________________________________________________________
Thank you for taking the time to come to speak to our health class. I thought what you said to our class about abstinence is similar to how I feel. It made me feel good to know that others think about abstinence the same way that I do. When I watch television and MTV they make it seem like every teenager is having sex. The boy and girl you brought with you spoke in a way that I could understand them. When you taught us about sexually transmitted diseases I thought that would stop most people from wanting to have sex. Thank you again for taking the time to speak with us. It might be one of the most important classes I ever attended.
~ teen guy ________________________________________________________
Dear Mr. Dressel,
Thank you very much for coming to our class and teaching us about abstinence. I thought it was really cool to hear about sex from a guy's point of view. I was amazed by the “Chart of Intimacy” as I like to call it. I was appalled at the amount of physical intimacy rather than emotional and intellectual. It is really bad how people don't even know each other very well. I feel very strongly about waiting until you find the right person who doesn't care if you are different of unattractive or if you have already experienced the art or pleasure of love making. But you should make sure you have found the right person. I like the way you tell stories about “getting burned in the fire”. I think you should go on telling them to other schools and generations. The main message of Mr. Dressel's talk was that you should wait to have sex and abstinence is not a bad thing. I agree that sex is a present you should wrap up and wait to open it on your wedding night. He also said that if you wait for something for awhile it becomes more enjoyable when you get it. I liked his analogy with giving a kid a trophy didn't mean anything, but if the kid worked for it, the trophy meant a lot to him. (Trophy-sex) I didn't disagree with anything he said because it all made sense. ________________________________________________________
Dear Mr. Dressel,
Hello. First, I just want to thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to talk to us about sex. I appreciate that because I have been made fun of because I didn't have sex yet. It makes me sad to hear that children younger than me saying that they had sex. I really wish you could talk to next years 7 th graders about teen pregnancy and sex. Also, thank you for helping me to realize about standing up for yourself and not doing what everyone is doing. So thank you taking the time to talk to us about sex. ________________________________________________________
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