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Sexual Health ; Thursday ; Third Period
Mindy didn't want to disclose how long she spent picking out her outfit for today, but ultimately settled on a cute skirt and blouse combo with a cardigan and an added tie for flair. Plus her glasses. That looked teacherly, right? She also brought with her a bright red apple, which she carried to class in her purse and stashed on the corner of the desk in the minutes before the class filtered in.
There was another surprise in her purse but she was saving it for later.
Once everyone arrived and she was finished subtly gawking at the obvious aliens, she smoothed out her skirt and stood up. Go time.
"Hello," she said. "Welcome to Sexual Health. My name is Dr. Lahiri, and I will be your teacher this semester. Now, although I know that I look like I'm basically your age, I can assure you that I am a professional doctor. I attended Princeton University, one of the best universities in the United States, where I graduated summa cum laude. Since then, I have been practicing obstetrics and gynecology in New York, New York, which is objectively the best city in the United States, but no longer has a place for well-meaning and compassionate medical professionals who took a few months' sabbatical to go provide medical aid in Haiti.
"We will be covering your standard-issue sex education topics, like anatomy, contraceptives, sexually transmitted whathaveyous, the unpleasant consequences of unplanned pregnancy, and general tips on being safe and healthy when you get horizontal with the person of your choosing. Obviously not all of this is going to be relevant to everyone, but it's always good information to have. In fact, knowing about the basic makeup of sperm cells is more of a thing to tell people at parties to impress them than it is a practical skill, so don't worry."
"I want to make sure that all of your questions are answered, so in order to achieve that, I have created an anonymous question box where you can submit any sexual health-related queries that you might have."
The glittery, bedazzled box was on her desk and Mindy swept an arm in its direction to indicate it.
"You can also make a fake Gmail account and email them to me like my nurse Morgan does, I guess, but make sure to include a subject line that isn't weird or they'll go right to spam."
Mindy tucked some loose hair behind her ear and then continued. "I actually have a teaching assistant for this class who everyone should meet this week," she said. She reached into her purse and removed her hand with a sock puppet on the end of it, with blonde hair made out of yarn and manic googly eyes. "This is Erica Everywoman, you guys."
In a falsetto, 'Erica' chirped, "Hi, class! Congratulations on taking the first step toward familiarity with your bodies and healthy intimacy with yourself and others!"
"Whoa, Erica," Mindy cut in. "That's a little forward. Sorry, everyone," she told the class. "I promise, she's much smarter than that made her sound. In fact, Erica went to Princeton with me!" College Mindy hadn't had a lot of friends.
"But, as you can see, we have our bases covered in terms of qualified educators," she assured everyone. "So today, Erica and I want to get to know you! Then we're going to be doing a brief activity. But just so you know, it will be rated PG-13, so hold on to your finger puppets!"
She was trying to be funny but only succeeding in embarrassing herself.
{wait for the OCD! OCD up! }
There was another surprise in her purse but she was saving it for later.
Once everyone arrived and she was finished subtly gawking at the obvious aliens, she smoothed out her skirt and stood up. Go time.
"Hello," she said. "Welcome to Sexual Health. My name is Dr. Lahiri, and I will be your teacher this semester. Now, although I know that I look like I'm basically your age, I can assure you that I am a professional doctor. I attended Princeton University, one of the best universities in the United States, where I graduated summa cum laude. Since then, I have been practicing obstetrics and gynecology in New York, New York, which is objectively the best city in the United States, but no longer has a place for well-meaning and compassionate medical professionals who took a few months' sabbatical to go provide medical aid in Haiti.
"We will be covering your standard-issue sex education topics, like anatomy, contraceptives, sexually transmitted whathaveyous, the unpleasant consequences of unplanned pregnancy, and general tips on being safe and healthy when you get horizontal with the person of your choosing. Obviously not all of this is going to be relevant to everyone, but it's always good information to have. In fact, knowing about the basic makeup of sperm cells is more of a thing to tell people at parties to impress them than it is a practical skill, so don't worry."
"I want to make sure that all of your questions are answered, so in order to achieve that, I have created an anonymous question box where you can submit any sexual health-related queries that you might have."
The glittery, bedazzled box was on her desk and Mindy swept an arm in its direction to indicate it.
"You can also make a fake Gmail account and email them to me like my nurse Morgan does, I guess, but make sure to include a subject line that isn't weird or they'll go right to spam."
Mindy tucked some loose hair behind her ear and then continued. "I actually have a teaching assistant for this class who everyone should meet this week," she said. She reached into her purse and removed her hand with a sock puppet on the end of it, with blonde hair made out of yarn and manic googly eyes. "This is Erica Everywoman, you guys."
In a falsetto, 'Erica' chirped, "Hi, class! Congratulations on taking the first step toward familiarity with your bodies and healthy intimacy with yourself and others!"
"Whoa, Erica," Mindy cut in. "That's a little forward. Sorry, everyone," she told the class. "I promise, she's much smarter than that made her sound. In fact, Erica went to Princeton with me!" College Mindy hadn't had a lot of friends.
"But, as you can see, we have our bases covered in terms of qualified educators," she assured everyone. "So today, Erica and I want to get to know you! Then we're going to be doing a brief activity. But just so you know, it will be rated PG-13, so hold on to your finger puppets!"
She was trying to be funny but only succeeding in embarrassing herself.
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And he'd taken several classes from Derek and Pinkie.
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Okay, her vague sense was less specific than that. But still.
Introductions
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What with not having an actual sex life back when.
"And... I am not sure what would constitute a 'fun' fact..."
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"Just something about you to help me remember your name," Mindy said encouragingly. "Not that I'll probably forget, because I have an excellent memory. And that's such a pretty name. Does it mean something?"
Sloooow it down, Doc.
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... Sorry, Mindy.
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"Yeah!" Erica added.
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"Right."
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Okay, that wasn't really a fact, but she had fun with it. That's halfway to the goal.
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"Well, the great thing about this class is that all written work will be typed!" Mindy announced after spending a moment or two trying to decide how to spin this. "So that won't be an issue."
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"Hey, I'm Alana," she said. "I'm a sophomore, and I took sex ed as part of health class back at my old school. My fun fact is that a romance novel completely changed my life."
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"And I'm Mavis Dracula. As in daughter of, which I guess counts as my fun fact." She shrugged, then her grin got less awkward and more evil. "For certain values of his head's gonna spin around so many times it unscrews and flies off the top of his neck then zooms at least halfway to the moon under the power of the steam coming out of his ears when he finally realizes I'm in this class."
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Mom being a psychiatrist meant those things were often just left laying around.
The last bit was the hardest. Most of the 'fun facts' about herself were things she didn't like to admit out loud. "I ... grew up at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean," she settled on.
Activity
"There's just enough of these for everybody to share with one partner!" Mindy announced. "Grab a bag and someone to work with and try to put the pieces together! The pieces are all labeled with what they're called, so you can start to get familiar."
"And don't get too hands-on!" Erica ordered.
"Erica!"
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Jackson grabbed a bag at random, then looked around for a partner. If he had to. He did not look very inviting.
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Still, she grabbed a bag - ahem - and got to work. Hey, boy parts. She remembered those.
Anonymous Question Box
Talk to Mindy and Erica
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