I learned more than I originally thought I would.
The things I was not expecting to learn about were the infection chances on a per sexual encounter basis, the social stigma related to any STI, and the horrible things that happened to people in the Tuskegee study. I was not expecting so much time to be concentrated on HIV/AIDS but it was interesting still.
The most useful information was the stuff showed us how to prevent the spread of STI's. The anthology was also good because it made us find out more information on topics related to STI problems in other areas beside the United States.
The least useful was learning about the biology behind the STI's because it is not necessary to know this if all people are doing is trying to prevent from getting it. Learning it was kind of like an added bonus you really do not need it but it makes the way you get infected more clear.
For next time I would change the any lectures that had to do with biology of the STI's more interesting, how you would do this I do not know, it was dry and boring compared to the rest of the class.
Yes, this topic should be taught at a university level because it allows people to learn about a problem that will probably never go away. It will also teach people how to be more aware of what they are doing in order to prevent the further spread of STI's.
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It may seem kind of pointless to learn the biology of STI's, but it could help in understanding how scientists/researchers decide what drugs to use to fight these infections and what each one physically does inside the body. It's pretty boring though, to be honest, which is why I think it might seem useless... So I agree that lectures about the biology of STI's and AIDS should be made more interesting somehow, maybe with more videos or something.
ReplyDeleteYou also bring up a good point about why this subject should be taught at the university level. Since this is one of the more sexually active age range, it's important to learn about what we can do to prevent transmission or how to get treatment.