Being tested for STD’s is important. Whether you think you might have something or are just looking for something to do on a Tuesday afternoon. Knowledge is power and no one likes the guy that gives everyone crabs. Therefore, do not be that person and make sure you are 100% positive on what is going on in your body. It should not be embarrassing or shameful since it benefits everyone. Make it a part of the routine every couple of months and bring some friends along to join in on the fun. It is always good to be safe and use protection, and being tested is just as important to that process. No matter what the case may be, knowing and treating is always better than spreading something unknowingly. Get tested and be honest because those who do not tell aren’t swell.
- Ruben
Archive for the ‘Sex’ Category
Don’t Be That Guy With Crabs
Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Three Little Letters
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Listen to the condom
A powerful three words or letters that can change a person’s life. It is shocking to find out that you of all people have a STD. You thought to yourself that you would always be careful and always get tested. Then one day you go to the doctor because something is suspicious. A couple weeks later your doctor tells you that you have a STD. That happened to a friend of mine. Luckily she got one that could be cured. She was happy about that but wondered where in the world it came from. Her boyfriend was clean. She couldn’t think of any way that she could have caught it. She received the antibiotics for it and hopefully she will be cured. I’m really happy that she has a curable disease but not everyone is so lucky. Anyone can get an STD and it isn’t that hard. The next time you decide to have sex with someone you like make sure they are clean or at least wear protection.
- Tatiana
Guiding the Freshmen
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
I am one of the Freshman Ambassadors at my school. What we do is help the freshman out. We attend their assemblies and make sure they behave or just help out any of the teachers. Soon we will get assigned 20 or so freshmen. We are to make sure they get acquainted to the school. Like help them figure out where certain places are in the school. I get volunteer hours for going to freshman events. The other day our first assignment was to go to one of the assemblies. This one was about HIV/AIDS and abstinence. It was the same thing I had to go to as freshman but I hardly remembered it. It was four actors doing skits that had to deal with AIDS and abstinence. It was very entertaining because it is directed toward a younger audience. They also gave us statistics such as: every 9 and a half minutes someone in the U.S gets HIV. Its sad but very true. All that info was very interesting.
- Tatiana
Teenage Pregnancy
Monday, October 5th, 2009
Recently, as I’ve met more people at college, I’ve noticed the presence of the issue of teenage pregnancy more. Personally I’ve met quite a few teenagers who are currently pregnant or have already had a child and returned to school. I see teenage pregnancy as the result of an increasing open-mindedness about sexual relationships coupled with inadequate sexual education, that or just thoughtlessness in general. Of course, I’m not saying that there aren’t people out there who intended to have a child for their loved one as a teenager but that seems to be a rare phenomenon in this era where couples usually don’t have their first child until they are financially stable — most teenage pregnancies seem to be accidental. Teenagers are exposed to sex a lot earlier and easier than before and the sexual education doesn’t seem to be keeping up, so it ends up that they either aren’t using condoms or birth-control at all, or they’re not using it properly, which leads to these accidents. Personally, I think schools and parents should be more open-minded to sexual education so that they can properly educate their children so that if they’re being exposed to shows with sexual innuendo or content, it’d be less likely for them to commit irreversible mistakes.
- Vivian