I started teaching this topic somewhere in Week 4 of the term. Initially, I felt anxious as teaching this topic to a bunch of kids who are experiencing hormonal changes would certainly invite large amount of giggles and talk and I do not think that I would be able to tolerate all the cheekiness, especially from the boys.
I decided to start off with a more serious note, instead of jumping straight into the topic. I touched on the topic of abortion first and showed two video clips which are pro-life anti-abortion. The first showed the development of an unborn baby at different stages of their life-form, i.e, at moment of conception, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 11 weeks later up till the point of birth. The second clip is also an anti-abortion clip which described the various abortion methods and also depicted pictures of aborted foetus. The scenes from the second clip could be abit disturbing to some, and hence I advised my students to close their eyes if they feel that it is too much for them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2l1-kvKomg
Ironically, it was the second clip that brought alot of talk and discussion. I was actually glad that my students felt appalled and disgusted by the video, and they all understood the immoral act of taking an innocent life and the psychological effect after abortion. We also discussed about the importance of abstinence before marriage and the harmful consequences of having sexual intercourse without being ready. I felt that showing the anti-abortion clips at the start of the topic was effective as it helped the studentsHaving put that into perspective, I then started the lesson on sexual reproduction and thankfully enough, the cheeky remarks that I initially expected did not surfaced during the whole course of my lesson and the lessons after.
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