The Melting Pot

Start Talking!

OK… I just saw this advertisement on television about AIDS awareness.

A mother practicing about how to speak to her teenaged daughter about AIDS. I seriously found the AD pretty cool. The message was clear - “Parents must talk to their wards about sex, AIDS etc.”.

Tayari kar lo… baat to karni hi padegi.

I fully agree with them. Parents must talk to their children & discuss such topics with them openly. Its high time. Earlier there was no sex-education in schools but from what I have heard sex-education is being made compulsary in all CBSE Affiliated Schools from the coming session for classes 9th to 12th. Good!

In class eleventh, after the school prize distribution ceremony & induction of the new school cabinet (yes I was a part of it!) the chairman of the school board called the students of classes 11th & 12th in the hall. He asked about the problems we faced & wanted our feedback & suggestions. People talked about the founder (ARJUN!!), about having pay-phones in school, better canteen etc. But I wanted to ask something different, not the typical cliche stuff.

So what actually did I ask. Well the DPS Scandal had just surfaced then. So I stood up, in front of the chairman, the school principal, the teachers, the students & asked what they least expected.

Sir, India has the highest number of AIDS patients & recently we have come to know about the DPS Scandal. So when will Bhavan start offering sex-education to its students?

I have actually forgotten the exact words but they were more or less the same. No one actually supported me. Not even a single child. Not a single teacher. Why? I don’t fuckin know! Some children even told me later that I was a fool to have asked such a question in front of everbody. But I actually didn’t care. The chairman didn’t quite have an answer. He just said that in his times teenagers didn’t know about sex (WTF!! Stop lying old man!) & the authorities are working to arrange a counselor.

Now I don’t wanna blow my own trumpet here but I actually love telling this story :D. Its sad that none of my juniors know bout it!

Guys pick fights, try & act like bullies in schools just to show that they have guts. They make fun of teachers n all. OK even I made fun of some teachers but in my entire school life, I have never fought. Sounds strange. But its true. I have fought but they were never severe fights. I have friends & loads of them. Even some of my worst enemies have turned friends. Kofi Annan, get aside… Rahul’s coming! Now guys might say there’s nothing gutsy in that… then go ahead try & do the same & then reply!

Man… I can seriously go off topic.

Bottom line… Parents need to talk to their kids bout sex n stuff & I’m too gutsy… admit it people!!