It was a big challenge to face this delicate subject. From the begining it was clear that this is a subject that some populations face in a shy way or, at least, they don't talk about it in a confortable way. That's why some partners had an enthusiastic involvement in the beginning, but it wasn't necessary a long time until they realise that they were in trouble, because they didn't feel confortable, or because their school leadership (or the students or the parents) didn't feel confortable driving their eyes inside sexuality. This could have been a reason for us to give up this project. Some of us gave up. But the others stood. For the ones who stood, they realised that if some cannot stay in this project, that is a reason to investigate this subject at school work. It can't be a part of us which we ignore, because it is a part of us with a lot of influence in our lives.
We are finishing this project. Everything must be reviewed, of course. In this blog you can find what we've done. A lot of work should follow. We will see if we can come back to develop the project. For now we will make a pause.
In the top of this blog you can find links to the pages in which main activities developed in our project are detailed.
In order to perform the project, we've choosen freedom as a basic value. During this project time, this year and an half, we lived in a deeply transforming world , some of us changed their mission in their school, others saw the groups of students they teach be replaced. So, it was important the adaptability of the project activities to his school reality. We accept this, if the essencial goals were kept. This way, it was possible to drive our work to a deeper level. Each teacher worked with his students. Students debated the subject, talked with teachers, with friends and with relatives. It was the best way to avoid sex tabu. Publishing posts about the developed activities gave us the oportunity to know what partners were doing in the project and allowed us to compare ideas/values and discuss on them.
As a last word, I want to thank everybody who was in our «trip in space and time». It was a pleasure to be with you all. I'm specially grateful to Maria because of her intense and wise work.
Best regards from Portugal!
Posts
3 comments:
It is not easy for me to say: "It's over".
It was a great experience to work collaboratively in this project, because of the issues we dealt about. There was a real collaboration among us, even though it's not obvious. We exchanged so many thoughts, we built together the activities, we wrote a chain story, we developed a questionnaire!
Working in the school on sexual education is not easy. With this project, I felt I was not alone. It gave me strength and motivation to go on. My students heard and reflected on issues they wouldn't have dared talking about, else-how. At the end of one of our discussions, one of my female students told me: "You did great to start this conversation with us. I have never talked about these with my parents and I am also glad I had the chance to hear the boys' point of view. Thank you". That was my reward, the best of all; my student's "Thank you". No matter how daring or hard is to start a project on sexual education, if we can finally change something to the better for even one teenager, it's more than enough!
Thank you Jorge for your idea, your commitment, your support, your collaboration, your friendship.
Thank you partners for staying together and sharing with us your work and ideas.
Maria,
I have to say again: Thank you! Thank you for your lovely words; thank you for your inteligence and support. Your comment is a very good summary of our «trip»; it is the best way to finish it.
I'm gone to say to my little brother, that he
should also pay a quick visit this web site on regular basis to take updated from most
recent information.
Feel free to visit my site - Check This Out
Post a Comment