SEX EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES for Elementary Schools

SEX EDUCATION - is a broad term used to describe education about human sexual anatomy, sexual reproduction, sexual intercourse, reproductive health, emotional relations, reproductive rights and responsibilities, abstinence, contraception, and other aspects of human sexual behavior. Common avenues for sex education are parents or caregivers, school programs, and public health campaigns. (Wikipedia)

Sex Education for Elementary Schools has been a big issue in the Philippines for God knows how long. Issue of wether to include it in the curriculum or not. For me, I think it's premature. this sensitive matter can wait, it's too early to expose these young minds about all of these. Sure, I got the point that puberty starts as early as 9, but did they ever consider the risk, or danger this would cause? Children of these age have very wide imagination, curious about everything. Getting their minds loaded with information about sex may be useful to possibly prevent or avoid early marriage or unwanted pregnancies but would also cause a greater danger. The PROs may say, it's better to be educated as early as now so as to be aware about the result of having sex, unsafe safe what not. But do you think a 9 year old kid, will completely comprehend what's in it for them or will it even make sense at all? Yes they would have the knowledge(hopefully as the success relies on the teachers/experts who will facilitate the program) but do you think they are mature enough to have a greater control of their minds over the call of their flesh? What I am trying to say is that, the more you expose a child to something, the more they become curious about it and may even want to experience such. Now what usually happens? It leads to a worse scenario. Lets just cite the example of the kids exposed to cigarettes at their very young age, result... as early as the elementary grades, they are already nicotine addicts.

Why not leave these children alone for now.. Or maybe government should try to impose a law of proper parenting, where in parents are given some constant trainings or symposiums that will equip them with proper knowledge in giving their children the right guidance as they grow up. This will prevent not only the exposure of children to the sensitivity of sex but it will also give the parents a better chance to bond with their kids, spending quality time, giving the necessary attention, love and care, that once missing can lead the children astray.. Think about that.. You may or may not agree with me... but what the he**, what do i know? I am only speaking for myself... AJA!!!

Prostitution

Prostitution has known to be the oldest profession in the world. A lot of resources defines this as 'act or practice of engaging in sexual intercourse for monetary gain' which I believe isn't always true as one article says, 'prostitute cannot simply be a woman who sells her body, since 'that is done every day by women who became wives in order to gain a home and a livelihood'. Therefore, the most applicable definition would be, ‘prostitution is the act of rendering a non-reproductive sex for payment.
One can turn to this for different reasons: money, security or just as simple as having brought about by their environment. I understand that some of them are in it for the money, but for the majority of them I believe it is a way of life that is a direct consequence of the emotionally and physically abusive way they were raised.

Ultimately, though, the main reason why prostitution is rampant is because sex has always been regarded as a highest form of pleasure for humans and thus explains people crave for it, if there’s no one to buy this kind of transaction, there'll be no prostitution at all. Like any other types of transaction for pleasure purposes (eg. Purchasing gadgets, clothes…), sex will remain an entity that is out in the market if people continue to view it as something that can be bought and not sacred. It is so unfortunate and sorrowful to know that sex is increasingly becoming something more of a merchandise than that of what it was really made for, as shown by the rise of the prostitution and pornographic industries everywhere; an act of bestial nature that violates the sanctity of the ultimate physical intimacy between fellow beings.

Prostitutes are people in bad situations, getting themselves in worse conditions. It is unbelievably heartbreaking that this people are so devoid of options that they have to turn to selling their precious bodies. I do not look down on them, or look at them as lesser people. They can do what they have to do to survive. If they do it for the right reasons, supporting children, family then that is their decision. Being in this kind of business puts one into ultimate humiliation, but people who decides to take this turn should be left alone. If someone reasons that prostitution, at this time in their life is a way for them to survive or even thrive, who are we to judge? We cannot enforce our opinion and beliefs onto society as a whole. If one is trying to make a living out of something that is not good for him or her, then be it. We need to respect whatever reasons they may have.

FALLING FOR SOMEBODY WHILE LOVING SOMEONE

Just got a taste of what they call life,
with the person I have now.
Unfortunately, a sudden twist of time came along.
she is leaving.
Now i took a turn and surprisingly, i met a wonderful soul
someone who has given color to my life.
Not quite sure if she is aware of what i really am.
Not certain if she can take the fact that behind her back,
i'm starting to fall for her..
Does she need to know?
Or will i just settle down in silence to a place
where she wouldn't dare go?
I am afraid she will serve me the verdict just like the cruel minds'.

Im scared.

So scared of losing a friend. So i'd rather keep these words unspoken
No, I don't want to take the risk.
I don't want to commit the same mistake again.
I have been there, I have done that.
Stupidity is the name of the game that so far I played best and I'm good with it..
So let me leave it that way.

Life really has it's own mean way of making you feel empty,
then giving you what can fill it in..
but at the end, will leave you hanging..
no assurance..
no happy endings..

Life. what an endless journey..
it's always like this..
been confused what to do and what not to do.
Does it really have to be this complicated?

not wanting to take a chance or making a choice drowns me deeper.
i feel i am a lose...
but what can i do? what do i need to do?

Starting A New

Things can be very confusing sometimes.. but if you come to think of it deeper..
dig into the the deepest structure of such occurence.. fiber by fiber..
you might come up with a clear explanation why things supposed to happen..
but how are you going to do that? how can one ever start the process.. when
there isn't enough foundation..

I can remember myself way back.. saying after i fail.. i won't try again..
After this.. i might as well forget how its like to be in it..
if this will come to an end.. i won't start all over again..
but look at me now.. i've begun packing up..i've started journeying once more..
the road that im heading to might not be as smooth as that of the OLD one..
but atleast.. i've tried.. Who knows, this turn leads me somewhere better..

just some TIME ago, i stopped in the middle of my thinking, and sized myself up..
i caressed my wounds.. felt my cuts AND bruises.. they're still there..
but i think, it doesn't hurt that much anymore.. i pressed them harder..
they have healed i guess.. im drifting away FROM the painful truth OF the past..
slowly.. i'm reaching the end of the stormy sky..
i've come to realize one thing.. there is really such thing as happiness when you convince yourself that there is.. lay some prof.. lay some evidence AND facts that would
make it real.. that will make it TRUE..

Help Me I Am Lost

sometimes i think i have done nothing right.
i kept trying my best but it's never enough..
what am i missing? what am i doing wrong?
living this life is like killing my self each and every day..
my longing for death is getting stronger..
but it scares me twice as much..

i'm tired of wearing this mask..
i am not that strong..
i am not that care-free type like what everybody sees..
i'm weak.. in my day by day life, i am suffering..
i am a prisoner of my own world.
i've been exiled and persecuted by my own self.
my mouth is shut so no one can hear my whalings..
darkness is my constant companion..
my uncertainties is infinite..
it's like looking up the horizon
and looking down to the depths of the sea..
i'm drowning myself into an abyss of melancholy
and am doing nothing to pull it over..

the more i laugh, the more i tear myself into pieces..
and before i get to patch it up,
it's shattered into smaller ones again.
life is delicate.. but mine?
i cant even call it a life anymore..

how can anyone ever enjoy living in this kind of world?
a world full of vipers hanging around.. ready to slay you anytime..
how can anyone love to love.. when in reality loving would end when it ends..
and nothing can stop that..
everybody changes.. everything changes..
because aparently. change is the only constant thing in the world..
and me? i don't think I belong to that everybody..
i'm a thing.. floating in mid air..
in between truth and lies..
in between acceptance and denial..
in between sanity and madness
in between life and death..

i finally figured out the truth about myself..
the truth that I am a lie..

insanity, i may be close to that..
but thank God i'm not giving in..
i am no ordinary.. but i'm not special..
Now I'm confused.. what am I, really?
O help me, i'm lost..