Should condom dispensers be placed in Dominican High Schools and at State College?

Let me start by making a confession. I’d never personally seen a condom dispenser before arriving at UWI, where I spotted one prominently mounted next to a water fountain. Condom dispensers are not that common in Dominica (are there even any?)......

I do recall though, reading in our local newspapers sordid stories of janitors finding students engaged in freaky sex in the bathrooms at State College. And we all know of high school students who start doing it from as early as 1st form, in various places @ school or the nearby bushes! The song “Have you ever” by MFR had to have gotten its inspiration somewhere!

Students having sex is a reality. So should condom dispensers be placed in the high schools and State College of Dominica? I’ve broken it down into a few Pros and Cons.

PROS
-Not all students (especially females!) have the courage to go to stores to buy condoms and face the nosy store clerks(who may even know their parents!) Dispensers=more privacy
- Condoms in dispensers are usually cheaper than those at a store. Not having the money could be one reason why young people don’t use condoms all the time.
- Unprotected sex often occurs spontaneously. It wasn’t planned so no one thought to bring a "rubber". Dispensers close by make it possible to get protection even in such situations.

CONS
-Religious nutjobs who preach abstinence only would point out (quite validly actually) that this will likely encourage more students to have sex, by sending a message that its OK to do it once they ‘wrap it up.’
-There’s no certainty that students will actually make use of it. When you’re young and naive its easy to believe that pregnancy or getting an STD would never happen to you, until it does.
-I’ve known of persons who carried away entire payphones to steal the coins(smh). The opportunity to steal money and a boatload of condoms might be too hard to resist for some!

What do you think? Should condom dispensers be placed in our schools?

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Top Six Reasons why we need Paros(vagrants)

So I was reading this story on DominicaNewsOnline(whose photo i'm using btw) about the vagrants the police have stopped from washing buses on the public bus stop in Roseau. It made me think, what would life be like without your friendly neighbourhood Paro??

So here goes, my Top Six Reasons why we need paros:

1. Blatant Exploitation. Who else can you get to weed your yard in blistering hot sun, clean your drain, trim yourhedges, discard that rusty old stove,all while stinking your lazy pet dog to life, for less money than you spent the last time you bought a 2 piece combo at KFC?

2. Entertainment. On a boring, dreary Sunday afternoon , with nothing good showing on TV, a swear-fest between two paros might be just what u need for some good old-fashioned comic relief! Tip: feel free to record it on your camera phone for future reference.

3. Special Services. Feel like eating mango but its not mango season? Like making cherry juice from your hated neighbour's tree? Need some crabs for Creole Day but don't have the license? Or maybe you need something simple done, like cow sh*%t dumped in the car of your cobus? Who you gonna call? A paro!

4. Standpipe car wash. Need your car washed in fast forward? Call a paro..Tip: I would recommend though that its just an outside wash if it's not your regular paro. They've been known to pocket stuff accidentally. It's freakin' amazing what they can fit into their pockets too. Real Houdini ish....i'm telling you.....

5. Reality check. Feel like your life is falling apart? Relationship drama got you down? Financial Stress? Overworked? Take a look at a paro and realize, things are not as bad as they seem!

6. Nose checker. OK so you're watching Slumdog Millionaire on dvd while cooking, your rice gets burned to a crisp, but you didn't smell a thing! Your love interest asks if you like their new perfume/ cologne but you honestly can't tell the difference...... Want to know if your nose is still working? Get a paro!

So there you go folks, was planning to go to top ten but i've got UWI assignments staring at me menacingly over here...

Feel free to add your own reasons why we need paros. And if u're feeling my blog post the link to a friend!