Condoms as part of Sex Education of Junior High School

Pros and Cons

Joshua Christian Cruz as the Judge

Avegail Salcedo as the Moderator

Anica Anastacio as the Time Keeper

PROPOSITION TEAM OPPOSITION TEAM

Erika Atacador as Dr. Lucy Fer-alta Ma. Irish Joy R. Cruz as Dr. Dumby Ngot

Marygrace Brizo as Ms. Mally Now Ferlina Diacamos as Ms. Sarah Do

Marry Ann Cordero as Mrs. Patty Wackal Marjorie Arcoles as Mrs. Betty La Pera

Moderator: Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the most awaited and hottest
show on TV this is "DEBATOR'S CORNER". I'm Avegail Salcedo, your host for today.

The topic to be debated today is "Does distributing condoms as part of Sex Education
really help Junior High School students to avoid Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Unwanted
Pregnancy?"

And now, may I present to all of you the debators for today... On my right, for the
proposition team, we have our first speaker, current principal of Mapulang Lupa National High
School with a Doctorate Degree in Education, Let's give a round of applause for Dra. Lucy Fer-
alta! Our 2nd speaker is a current high school teacher at Marangal National High School who
graduated Summa Cum Laude. Let's Welcome Mrs. Mally Now! Lastly, our 3rd speaker, a
parent who works abroad as a domestic helper in Abu Dhabi - Mrs. Patty Wackal! And on my
left side, for the opposition team, we have our first speaker, current principal of Muzon National
High School, Mrs. Dumby Ngot! Our second speaker is one of the Faculty Teacher of San
Vicente National High School, Mrs. Sarah Do! and lastly, the 3rd speaker is a full time
housewife Mrs. Betty La Pera.

Time Keeper: The speaking time will be two minutes per speakerIn case the speaker goes
overtime, I will shout "TIME!"
Judge: Before we start, I just want to remind the speaker that the use of offensive language,
religions and bible verses are considered foul! Is that clear?

Moderator: Proposition Team are you ready? How about the Opposition Team, are you ready?
Ok, since you're all ready.... Let the battle begin!

I would now like to call upon the first speaker of the proposition Dr. Lucy Fer-alta.

Dr. Lucy Fer-alta: Good afternoon, respected host, cautious time keeper, honorable judge and
members of the opposition team. Today we're here to talk about something very important. The
topic of todays debate is the Department of Health’s plan to distribute condoms as part of its
strategy to the rapidly growing incidence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the
Philippines. Us, it’s a good idea. Schools are not giving condoms to promote sex, but to prevent
contacting Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) and being infected with HIV and AIDS.

Moderator: Let’s now call on the first speaker of the opposition team - Dr. Dumby Ngot

Dr. Dumby Ngot: Good day, everyone! I agree with our opponents that there’s a rapidly growing
incidence of HIV in the Philippines. Our opponent claimed that they are not promoting safe sex.
I'm afraid I disagree with that. Safe or not, still, there's sexual contact involved. If that's the case
there’s a possibility that Junior High learners will get used to sex and be addicted to sex. Are you
sure all students are promiscuous? Sex Addiction has no cure but can be treated by therapies to
control sexual urge but it’s a waste of money. So for me, we must focus on teaching students
about the negative consequences if they will experience sex at a young age than giving condoms.
Junior High School student aged 12-17 years old are naturally curious on a lot of things, Because
of this, distributing condoms can be a temptation for them to engage in sex. Thank you.

Moderator: Lets now call on the second speaker of the proposition team, Ms. Mally Now.

Ms. Mally Now: Ladies and Gentlemen. First of all, why do I agree with the motion of
distributing condoms to Junior High School students? Let's accept the fact that the 21st century
generations are aggressive. No matter how many times we remind them to wait until marriage
before getting involved in any sexual activity, there are some who won't listen. So, the result are
unwanted or unplanned pregnancy which has a lot of consequences some girls are suffering from
depression or other mental issues. Others drop out of school and find jobs at a young age. Worst,
resort to abortion, some teenagers think they are not matured enough for the responsibility of
early parenthood or they simply can’t afford to raise a baby. So, if we can prevent these by
distributing contraceptives like condoms, it will be a great help. This can also lessen the
increasing number of population which is number one cause of poverty.

Moderator: Let’s now call on the second speaker of the opposition team, Ms. Sarah Do.

Ms. Sarah Do: But how sure you are that condoms can prevent pregnancy 100% of all times?
Some trust on condoms so much, why not? Condoms are very cheap, and have no side effects
like birth control pills. They are available nationwide and can be bought without doctor’s
prescription. However, study shows that the effectiveness of condoms is only 98% percent and
the remaining 2% of it is what we called incidents. There’s a possibility that there’s a hole in
condoms because some couples use their teeth to open the condom wrapper. Others are brought
about by factory defects. Sometimes condoms tend to break or tear during sexual intercourse
when overused. Some students don’t know that these kinds of incidents might happen because of
lack of knowledge. They don’t bother to check or look if there’s damaged on the condoms.

Dr. Lucy Fer-alta: You have the floor, madame.

Moderator: Okay.

Dr. Lucy Fer-alta: I’m sorry to interrupt, but you’ve misunderstood our point, like what I’ve said
earlier we didn’t give condoms to students without proper discussions about it.

Ms. Sarah Do: But how about those students who are absent when you discussed the proper use
of condoms?

Dr. Lucy Fer-alta: They can approach us and ask.

Ms. Sarah Do: Asking, okay, I get your point, but let’s accept the fact that when the topic is
about sex, students are shy to ask. Because in generation today when you ask something like
that, it means you are about to do sex.

Dr. Lucy Fer-alta: Okey, I see.

Ms. Sarah Do: Thanks.

Moderator: For the third and last speaker of the proposition team Mrs. Patty Wackal.

Mrs. Patty Wackal: Think about it. Your kids are not going to tell you every single detail that
goes on in their life. Sex is one of those things. You should support the fact that your kids school
would give free condoms to ensure the safety of their students. I’m working abroad, I have two
sons. Being a Domestic Helper wasn’t easy, there’s no way I can give them advice and teach my
child about what they need to know about sex. We all knew that sex is part of life and it much
better, if our child are involve in protected or safe sex than being an embarrassment in our family
because of unplanned pregnancy.

Moderator: For the third and last speaker of the opposition team Mrs. Betty La Pera.

Mrs. Betty La Pera: First, It’s your responsibility to teach and give advice to your children, don’t
say that there’s no way you can teach them, we’re living in a modern world where technology is
very useful. You can communicate through that, you can give advice and teach them through
calls and video calls. But if you pass all your responsibility on teachers or school administrators,
do you think your child will get the attention they need? There are a lot of students and teachers
will not teach your child alone. Remember that children always seek for love and above all love
is the family love.

Mrs. Patty Wackal: I don’t say that I will pass all of my responsibility as a parent on teachers and
also, are you trying to say that I don’t love my child?

Mrs. Betty La Pera: No what I’m trying to say is that they need attentions.

Mrs. Patty Wackal: I can’t, I have a job! Being a single mom is not easy so don’t-

Mrs. Betty La Pera: No, ma’am what I’m trying to imply is --

Judge: Order in the court! Everyone’s opinion is correct. Please let us think about it, for now,
debates closed.