Let's Talk About Sex

Today brought many smiles. We finally implemented the last big project with which I’ll be assisting; a 10 week sexual education initiative at the school. What makes this project unique is that sex ed. does not exist in the Romanian school system…period, end of sentence. At this particular school, the majority of the students come from low socioeconomic and unstable homes that lack positive role models; and they tend to get trapped in the perpetual cycle of becoming extremely young parents. We had four groups of children, starting at 5^th grade and up to 11^th. And it’s true…kids say the darnedest things! “Doamna, învățăm cum să facem sex? (Missus, are we learning how to have sex?)” It was fun to hear what they had to say and see their giddiness in talking openly with an adult about the topic – I often had to bite my cheek to keep from giggling. The other aspect that left me in amazement was the classroom management and skill of the trainer that came today…it was like a breath of fresh air!