Random reflections

I am scared! for my safety? No! I am scared for the young teenage girls growing up now, girls who are dealing with so much distractions from the primary focus- from making- carving out something meaningful for their lives. when you are a grown up dealing with teens, sometimes it becomes a constant shock to learn of the things they engage themselves in, the things they prioritize. These last days i have become very confused.
I teach girls between the ages of 13-20, the other day, and recently I was shocked to learn that my girls are no longer afraid of getting pregnant or even contracting HIV. I know I should not be scared, isn't that what the campaigners are rallying for, to reduce HIV infections in Africa? to reduce abortion among teenage girls? All these are steps in the right direction, but pray if our young girls no longer value abstinence but would rather buy contraceptives indiscriminatingly, and engage in sex just for little money as low as a Dollar? what then has become of our society? who is to blame for all this? i teach in a rural school, there isnt any city nearby except a town 22kms from where i teach,yet my girls are selling their bodies! they are no longer interested in education or with whatever education has to offer, is it disillusion with the system? i do not know, but something is wrong!.....