Well this looks like the end of my blogging for this course. I hope all of you that read my post enjoyed what you read. I know that we all have our own opioions and you may not have agreed with what I read. However, I did my best to support the ideas I had thoughout the semester to show how I reached my points of view. With all that being said I did enjoy reading all of your posts this semester. I think the best part was that all of us peers got to engage with each others thoughts.
As this course comes to an end I am very confiedent in my level of knowledge about HIV. I almost thank it is a social battle that is being lost right now, unfortuately. It will take alot of action to raise enough awarness about HIV for polices to change and who knows maybe with Obama as president it can happen. I am not so positive about social change. I do keep a positive attitude about a vaccination or cure coming in the near future. Until then I will do my best to teach what I know about HIV to my love ones. I feel I have an obligation to my friends and family to try and protect them from this virus. Most importantly anyone who is close to me that is sexualy active.
DYK: My did you know this semester was about HIV education in public schools and I found it is more like a lack of. The polices placed in the 1980's with President Reagan are still in effect. This was when alot of hardcore conservitive were in power and thought it to be best that we use the message of abstience in schools. Well with what I have found out this semester is it isnt working. This is shown with 44,084 known cases of new HIV infections in 2007 (Avert 2009). Weather its the system of which education is being facilitated, regualation, or stressing abstience and not condom use its not working. I just hope that we dont worry about the nature of the disease because its transmitted mostly by sexual intercourse. In the US you see sex everywhere so lets not turn a blind eye to this problem and start our teens off in right direction and educate them on HIV and STD's.
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Well, I have enjoyed reading your blogs. I think that it is a BIG EYE OPENER to this country on how much the school system lacks in HIV awareness. I think that a lot of people try to avoid the whole issue, but that just makes it worst. I hope that you continue educating others.
ReplyDeleteI have enjoyed reading your blogs and viewing your creativity. I am also confident about my knowledge on HIV and it is definitely up to our generation to make a difference. I am shocked and annoyed at the fact that the policies implemented during Reagan's term are still in effect. After so many people have become infected there should be more of a focus on HIV and the school system.
ReplyDeleteI so agree with you that the American school system does not provide enough education on safe sex and STDs. I think that the best way to raise HIV awareness and decrease the spreading of the disease is education. Condoms and safe sex education should help a lot.
ReplyDeleteI also believe that we need to make everyone we know aware of HIV and how serious it is. I hope to stay positive for a cure for HIV even though it is highly unlikely. I also have enjoyed reading your blogs, and I am glad you felt you have got so much from this class.
ReplyDeleteThat is one thing that makes this course rather difficult and controversial. The ideas concerning HIV can be taken the wrong way many times, and there are always 2 sides to every story. HIV is a subject that requires everyone to speak their mind and be open about their feelings. I know a couple times there I felt like the lone man standing on the other side of the fence when it came to the QOTWs.
ReplyDeleteYou are definitely right, there is a tremendous lack of education being distributed to the public schools; not only in Florida but all across the nation. I also agree that it is important that we steer our teens in the right direction but more importantly, it should be started at a young age. There are a lot of moral issues associated with HIV/AIDS education but I think ignorance is not an excuse in this subject. Everyone needs to be aware of the dangers og HIV/AIDS; young, old, black, white, male, female, rich, or poor.
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