I have been teaching my form 1 students about nothing but HIV/AIDS for the past 6 weeks: immune system, transmission, prevention, biology of HIV, disease progression, everything.  I saved the lesson on getting tested for HIV for last and gave them the opportunity for bonus points on the upcoming midterm test if they went and got tested at the local clinic.  The students in my first class (there are two streams of form 1 students) were all excited and a bunch of them came up and told me after class that they really wanted to go get tested.  I was psyched!  My second class, who is generally not as good as the first, only managed to annoy me even more when after I announced the bonus point opportunity they asked, “Get tested for what?”  Even if there is somewhat of a language barrier, I thought they would have picked up on what I assumed to be an obvious theme.  To this I can only shake my head and learn that I shouldn’t assume anything is cut and dry.