Friday, March 04, 2005 @9:27 PM
As many as 30 percent of couples in the Philippines are unaware that having sex can result in babies, Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit said."They do not know how pregnancy happens," even though some of them have had numerous children already, Dayrit remarked.The discovery was the result of field studies by health workers who went door-to-door to determine population control program awareness, Dayrit said in remarks released here.He did not say how many couples in the mainly Roman Catholic nation were surveyed.The field workers found that in many of these cases, the couples believed the children were simply gifts from God."Often times people do things even if they dont understand why they do it," Dayrit said, attributing the ignorance over sex to the conservatism of Philippine society."A lot of it is cultural because people dont talk about sex," he said, remarking that "knowledge is often tempered by values. And if the values are such that they will reject knowledge theres nothing you can do," he added.The government is promoting a door-to-door campaign for population control in this country of 84 million people but the Catholic church, which counts about 80 percent of the population as followers, has been actively opposing the campaign. this news is pretty shocking considering we are now into the 21st century. Think philippines should consider teaching about sex, like singapore since primary school. at least these lessons can give the people a better idea on this whole issue..
digressing from this article, i want to talk a bit about today. today is the release of the A levels results. for people for are not sure what is it, it's actually a cambridge exam which more or less determines which college you qualify. Yeah, so acjc did well.. i should say the best in ac history.. So congrats to them and let's wish 2 years down the road, the school will be filled with such anticipation and excitement. Mdm Khemani asked if i'd like to interview the high flyers and i gladly agreed. It's been a cool experience interviewing them, finding out about their road to success.
some quotes..
"dare to dream.................even in class"
"don't be constrain by the O levels. dream hard, work hard and play hard"
"you don't know what fulfilment is all about until you understand true fulfilment"
the 2nd quote applies to me (:. I shouldn't be complacent with what i have. but instead use this as a motivation to spur me on in the years ahead. So, i supposed studying starts soon.. after the march holidays? but the thing is, our classes will have to be reshuffled. and it's time to socialize again, making good buddies in class, getting to know more people. it's another orientation i suppose. I really hope i can stay in AHR instead of moving over to AHB.. mdm's a great form teacher.