Currently studying Reproductive and Sexual Health Research, used to work in TV and radio, ex-lab scientist who's moved into HIV and moving towards health in general. Books, TV, music, the internet - love them all. Dancing's a passion, as is singing. Currently living in London but have moved round too much to count all the locations.

My passion is ...

fun

I know too much about ...

too little

My parents always told me ...

work hard. Be polite. Watch your back. (Not necessarily in those words.)

My childhood ambition ...

to be a writer.

My favorite memory ...

high school biology field trip... or singing in the Royal Albert Hall

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for fun, to organise my thoughts, to provoke/make people think

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Straw Dogs (John Gray) and The Book of General Ignorance.

My first job ...

private tutor - first 'real job' - Editorial Manager

My best moment ...

hopefully hasn't come yet

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the world

Education > Education (Other) Should teens have sex education in schools?

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Can we afford not to teach teens about sex in schools? Absolutely not! Whether you believe in pre-marital sex or not, teens are having sex. Yes, it's true. They don't actually care whether you approve or not. If they're going to 'do it', they're going to 'do it'.

So what CAN we do?

Educate them. Teach them how to protect themselves. From pregnancy, from STIs, but also from heartache. Don't preach to them that abstinence is the only way they'll reach heaven, or college, or find a man who will marry them one day. Give them, instead, the tools with which they can make their own decisions...

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