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Teens Teaching Teens about HIV/AIDS
Visiting the classroom The first class I observed was made up of juniors and seniors. They were practicing a demonstration they would later use when they conducted a class for freshman and sophomores. The three girls orchestrating the demonstration had each student in the room share their cup of water with three other students. They were told to keep a record of whom they shared the fluid with. Almost immediately a number of students noticed that the fluid in their cups took on a light pink color. (A chemical had been added to a statistically accurate amount of cups) They were the infected ones! The "healthy" students sat down with a sigh of relief. The girls walked their fellow students through the process of determining who was the source of the infection. As you can imagine there was some lighthearted banter as reality focused in on one student who started the infectious ball rolling. A great demonstration! Ms. Velatequi gave me the high sign to join her in the hall. She told me, as we walked downstairs, that two of her students were about to conduct a ninety-minute class with sophomores in a Health Class. The students we were going to visit only had the very basics on HIV/AIDS, STI #39;s etc. This is what I wanted to see! For ninety minutes two young ladies walked their fellow students through the most comprehensive training I have ever seen outside of medical school. They did a better delivery of information than I have done in 23 years of presentations. Better than I ...From:Michael Barrett MillerViews:2 0ratingsTime:01:41More inNews Politics

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