Thursday, May 29, 2008

The fifth grade

So my roommate Dereem is a fifth grade teacher at the Lutheran school in Bakersfield and this is the last week of school for her students. She had saved sex education for the last two weeks of school. The fifth grade is the only grade in the school which receives this education so needless to say Dereem has been stressing. She was able to cover the material provided in the curriculum while giving a Christian perspective with biblical references. In her teaching she covered pretty thoroughly but appropriately anatomy and what is normal in "body functioning". When the material had been covered she gave the students the opportunity to ask questions via slips of paper which she then answered keeping the anonymity of the students. As her roommate I was given the opportunity to read some of their questions and had to share at least a few.

  • With twins do they each get a separate uterus or do they have to share one?
  • Why do we have to wear bras?
  • How do you know when you start your period?
  • How do you know when your water breaks?
Now if she hadn't already gone over all of this some of these questions wouldn't be so odd. Here are my top two favorite

  • Can the tails of sperm get cut off in any way?
  • How do you tell your wife or husband you're not ready to have sex yet?

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