one of the things that we do during beat the drum is to put out a box where the kids can write annonymous letters that we will personally respond to either in class or write them a letter if they wish to put their name on it. because we don’t have much time with the class this is a great way for us to be able to know more about them and help answer their deep questions.
here are some of the questions that students in our grade 10 class asked us:
i am the only one of my friends not having sex…. they tease me and call me names…. i am confused….. so now i am thinking about having sex.
what do i do: my parents abuse me and tell me to go to my boyfriend…. my cousin has HIV….. and my mother shouts at me everyday.
why do people have sex after marriage?
why do people want to have sex with a lot of other people?
my boyfried said that if i loved him i would have sex with him…. i loved him but wouldn’t have sex…. so he broke up with me.
is it good and cool to have sex with my young age girlfried?
it is good to take revenge on someone you hate.
my father doesn’t live with us anymore. my mom doesn’t have a job, so we are struggling. i try to talk with my dad, but he will not talk to me. my step-mom even gets in the way to keep me from talking or even seeing him. sometimes i feel like i don’t belong in this world. please help!
when i was 13 i had sex with an older lady who is my neighbor. we used a condom. but afterwards i found out she has HIV. what should i do?
