Leng Xiuying Karen at 5/19/2005 02:06:00 AM

Just saw an advertisement on a documentary discussing the ignorance of youths regarding in regards to sexuality. Teen sex on the rise... Girl throws baby down building... April fools' joke turned out more than just a joke...

Whatever happened to youths these days??? I only recalled falling asleep in class (hope teachers are not reading this!) and probably a few friendship problems here and there, coupled with hanging downtown if i ever got upset. hmm.. tt was all the teenage angst i could think of. Why this far for others?

Somehow it must have triggered a synapse somewhere.. I vaguely recall having written a cheesy essay on the importance of sex education. Ah sec 3... it was the first disgusting argumentative essay ever! Yesh yesh cheesy things like it's important to inform about the risks and dangers of abortion, that parents must assume responsibility for the right education at the right age etc... schools more open to talk and educate about such issues etc.. yadiyadiya

It's strange that such fuddy-duddy ideas never seem to be outdated. In fact, all the more these things must be in place. Where in the world did these measures go to? You mean people have not known enough to udnerstand the consequences of such actions???

This talkative cab driver i met today was so chatty i felt i had to oblige, wasn't too successful with my one-syllable monotone answers that resulted in these responses : "Wow, ah---jay--cee ah.. very gd school. My daughter last time from hwa chong", "so you got boyfriend or not", "yeah yeah now ah concentrate on your studies first"

But there was a point he made... (Taxi drivers actually have a lot of insight on social issues) he recounted about this lady passenger a few days ago who is working as a petrol kiosk cashier, previously at a lounge, have 2 kids old enough to attend kindergarten and the best part - She's 22. Doesn't take a genius to know when she had her first kid. That's the way things turned out.

Was the girl just the victim of her parents' actions? And will her kids in future walk the same path? While i still live on a bank account that comes close to zilch sometimes (thank God for timely provisions=)), i still believe it is actually possible to break out of this cycle. The parent probably won't be rich enough to afford piano lessons and things of the like, but at least a decent education can come out of it as long u pay the school fees, plus choose to stay in the right environment which promote healthy relationships, teach simple values of honesty, integrity.. And i dare say that if the kid goes to school at least, does his work to his best ability, learns his skills, he actually can be useful in society. How true it is that the decisions of this generation will affect many more generations to come... If only they will choose to stop making the kind of decisions that keep them at status quo..