So don't we all remember that notorious day in elementary school when they give you the human growth and development talk? Well, my fourth grade girls got that talk from the counselors the other day, and I just had to post a few of the comments that came with it! The girls all left the class for the afternoon to have their "lesson" and the boys stayed in the classroom with me (they don't have to go through the torture until the 5th grade). Naturally, the boys wanted to know why all the girls got to leave for the afternoon. I told them that they were having a special health lesson. This quickly dispelled the jealousy of the boys not getting to go. A few boys caught on and made comments like "Oh, I know what they're doing. It's so gross!" and "We don't have to have that nasty lesson, do we?" But then there were the boys who had no clue what was going on. Here is one of the responses from one such boy...
"Are the girls sticking each other with needles?"
You can imagine my confusion to this and I asked him why he would think that. He answered, "well you said it was about health and its gross and needles are the only gross thing about health." I assured the poor kid that there were no needles involved and told him he could ask his mom if he had any other health questions.
Well that was the response from the boys. Here is one from one of the girls (after being told that they would be leaving the room for this lesson)...
"I know know all about this. I know a boy's balls are filled with juices and he squeezes them out into a girl and she gets pregnant." No joking. That's what she said!
Along the same lines, but on a different day, I overheard a boy and girl in my class arguing about how my baby would be born. The boy insisted that the Dr. would have to cut the baby out of my stomach. The girl told him no, that's not how it happens and tried to leave it at that. Well, being a stubborn 10 year old boy, he went on "well if they don't cut it out of her, how will they get it out of her? She's not going to throw up the baby!" After that comment he saw me close by and asked very loudly "How are babies born?" And that's when I pretended not the hear and started a new lesson as quickly as possible, praying that he would not ask his question again. Luckily, he knew not to interrupt once I started the lesson so it got left at that. But just in case, I had my response ready "Ask your mom."
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School teachers are special, very special. To have to endure moments like those and have to tread softly on what can be talked about and what can't is horrific to me. I couldn't do it and probably why I never contemplated on becoming a teacher! Props to you girl!
Ha Ha Ha! Omigosh Haley I was cracking up laughing so hard when I read this, I interrupted Josh's board studying to read it to him! Thanks for the chuckle.
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