HIV education
The students were surprisingly eager to learn. Perhaps it was the novelty of the sight of a big white guy and a big Chinese guy dressed in full medical scrubs. But then again, the students asked many questions; many important questions. And for rambunctious, hormone-crazed teenagers, they were very attentive. Most of the students seemed genuinely interested in the material. You can almost feel the tension in the air dissipate rapidly as we started talking about this culturally taboo topic in a frank, open, academic manner. We explored the different modes of HIV transmission; the different methods of prevention (not just abstinence); various risk factors for HIV; oral, vaginal, and anal sex with respect to HIV; etc. etc. etc.
It feels like just yesterday that I was a seventeen year old sitting in a classroom listening to a much duller lecture on HIV. The role reversal is strange and foreign. Damn, my ass is getting old.
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