Ah, sex education classes, they can bring the best and the worst out in a class. Here’s an example that will stay with me for a long time; the format of the lesson is that everyone writes a question on a piece of paper, annonymously, and the Teacher collects them together. Questions are then pulled from the hat and read out by the Teacher who answers them frankly. Everyone gets to hear the answer to something they want to know or that is worrying them without any attached embarrassment.
OK, I’ve shared my good practice, now let’s see how it pans out in reality…..
Question: ‘Is masturbation harmful?’
Answer: ‘ No, masturbation will not harm you or hurt you and is a natural thing to do.’
So far, so good. But, wait, Urchin has his unwashed hand in the air.
Teacher: ‘Yes, Urchin?’
Urchin: ‘It can hurt sometimes Miss, when you tense your legs so hard for that long they can ache terribly.’
I just laughed out loud, that set the Teacher off and she laughed so much she cried. The class laughed too, they’d always known Urchin was a wanker.
