...Or do they?
I just wanted to reflect up the closing of a challenging semester. I have gained so much from this course, more than any other, this one has effected the way I view the world, people, emotions, and myself. It has taught me the power of people to do good and bad, to be kind and compassionate or judgmental and full of hate. The fact is, those lessons will be with me always, even as the semester closes.
I am in disbelief, and will even miss blogs, questions of the week, and papers that ate up my free time. They were impactful tools in my growth as a person. I feel more equipped to be a good health care professional.
I looked the world clock for our question of the week and I realize as the numbers fluctuate my feelings have completely changed. When I first looked at that clock, I felt shocked, and helpless. I no longer feel that way. I hurt that the number keeps rising, but I DO NOT feel helpless. I feel empowered. With what we've gained here, we can drastically affect that number.
Calling all activists. Let's get to work.
http://www.sexetc.org/story/2992/
This website provides some basic steps to becoming an AIDS activist. Some of them are very involved, and some are simple, like VOTE! Our voice makes a big difference and if politicians would rather fight with each other than to recognize and make it a priority to press the educational system to educate everyone on prevalence and prevention, we need to speak our dissension. One of the biggest things of all is really simple, just prevent ourselves! Use protection. Simple enough.
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Hey Christine,
ReplyDeleteJust like you I enjoyed all the work that we had to do for this class and I can't believe that it's almost over!!! I know I will miss the class, but I also know that I have learned so much that changed the way I think about this disease.
Thank you so much for posting this link, I think it's very important for us to become involved and have our voices heard.
Hey Christine! I am sad to say that this is the last time I will be responding to your blog. I cannot believe that the semester is coming to end but I have to say that I am taking a lot away from this course. I hope that we all take away something and pass it on to others so that we continue to educate the world on the importance of not spreading this disease.
ReplyDeleteI have also come away from this class learning so much. I honestly thought that I wouldn't learn so much but I was obviously wrong. Although the workload for this class was overwhelming I feel it was necessary to fully understand all the information that needs to be taught for this class. I will not miss all the blogging we had to do because I never liked to write online no matter what it was for but I didn't mind doing it for this class.
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