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Sex, Dating and Self-Confidence [Tuesday, Period 2]
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begmetwice.livejournal.comToday, Irene was dressed -- rather uncharacteristically -- in romantic red and black (though with a pair of warm tights, because she was also not an idiot.) "Good morning, dears," she said warmly, waving the students in. "Let's tackle the box before we talk about today's class topic -- and I suppose this is where I tell you that this'll be our very last class on dating and romantic love. Starting next week, we'll be working more on self-confidence, which is actually the section of this class I've most been looking forward to." She grinned out at them, clapping her hands over the box in her lap. "Well done on making it this far."
With that said, she reached into the box and cleared her throat as she drew out a slip of paper. "eHarmony has a list of questions to ask on a first date. One of them is this:
13. Who was your favorite schoolteacher or college professor? Why?
First off, please answer that question. Second, outside of high school, WHO ASKS THAT ON A FIRST DATE? I'd feel like they're trying to get my bank account security questions or something."
Irene looked up from the paper, frowning a little. "I, for one, would absolutely feel like I was in some sort of interview, if someone asked me that on a first date," she admitted, deciding to address the second question first. "Though I would bet money that someone's printed out that list to take on a date, and read straight from it."
Pause.
"Don't be that person."
As she set the box aside, she added, "My favorite teacher, though, was probably my biology teacher when I was in Year Nine -- that's probably analogous to your freshman year of high school, here. She made it abundantly clear that while we'd be learning how everything ticks physically, the mind was just as, if not more so, important. And while we might all have the same internal parts, for the most part, that doesn't mean we're all the same up here, either." She tapped the side of her head. "I wasn't much for the dissection part, but...well. Let's just say I had no shortage of lab partners willing to do the icky business."
Irene had learned at an early age that she could bat her lashes and get people to do what she wanted, in short.
"Now, moving on -- today we're going to talk about the big picture, as far as dating goes: romantic love."
( And what love's got to do, got to do with it )
With that said, she reached into the box and cleared her throat as she drew out a slip of paper. "eHarmony has a list of questions to ask on a first date. One of them is this:
13. Who was your favorite schoolteacher or college professor? Why?
First off, please answer that question. Second, outside of high school, WHO ASKS THAT ON A FIRST DATE? I'd feel like they're trying to get my bank account security questions or something."
Irene looked up from the paper, frowning a little. "I, for one, would absolutely feel like I was in some sort of interview, if someone asked me that on a first date," she admitted, deciding to address the second question first. "Though I would bet money that someone's printed out that list to take on a date, and read straight from it."
Pause.
"Don't be that person."
As she set the box aside, she added, "My favorite teacher, though, was probably my biology teacher when I was in Year Nine -- that's probably analogous to your freshman year of high school, here. She made it abundantly clear that while we'd be learning how everything ticks physically, the mind was just as, if not more so, important. And while we might all have the same internal parts, for the most part, that doesn't mean we're all the same up here, either." She tapped the side of her head. "I wasn't much for the dissection part, but...well. Let's just say I had no shortage of lab partners willing to do the icky business."
Irene had learned at an early age that she could bat her lashes and get people to do what she wanted, in short.
"Now, moving on -- today we're going to talk about the big picture, as far as dating goes: romantic love."
( And what love's got to do, got to do with it )