Classes

Simon Biber simon at basilisk2.cjb.net
Sun Dec 31 05:41:26 UTC 2000


No: HPFGUIDX 8176

A mention of british sex-ed classes reminds me of a certain scene in The
Meaning of Life.

Simon.

> I'm not sure if there is something specific on the curriculum these days:
there really ought to be.  In my day (we're going back some years now), at
primary level - about age 8 -  we had a "meet a real live baby" session,
which was meant to focus discussion on matters sexual.  As it happened, I'd
already met the baby and its mother, since they were my own brother and
Mummy.  This didn't stop me piping up with the question: "Can someone be a
man and a woman at the same time?" to which the teacher replied: "Yes, but
it's very rare."  At secondary level, it was a combination of drawing the
gonads of gentlemen and ladies in Biology lessons and discussing human
sexuality with a 'trendy singing vicar' in Divinity (religious instruction).
Behind the bike sheds was certainly the best place to learn about sex and
drugs and rock'n'roll.






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