Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/04/16
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2 Bombers sent stuff: 
David DOUGLAS ('62)
Darlene NAPORA ('69)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Karyn GROB ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins: Betti & Robert AVANT ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Darren McINTYRE ('82)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Bill Dunton (Teacher)

WEEKLY BOMBER LUNCH: Mostly '52ers, Noon, Sterling's GWWay (Fridays) 

BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
    Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: David DOUGLAS ('62)

To: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)

I definitely remember the sex ed class at CUP. It met four
times, on Saturdays. I missed one session due to a prior
engagement. We used the paperback book Facts of Life and Love
for Teenagers by Evelyn Millis Duvall.

I don't recall that I learned anything from the course. I
didn't learn much from the school classes either. The only
thing we learned in 5th grade was that babies didn't arrive 
via storks, which I already knew as I had a brother en route. 
I learned a little in 7th grade, but not the crucial things, 
like how a sperm and ova got acquainted. Around ninth grade 
my parents gave me a book written for boys, since I never
expressed any curiosity about sex. That's where most of my
information came from. I learned more about sex in 7th grade PE
swimming class than I did in Health, but that's another story.

Patty BEZZIO ('63-RIP) and I talked about sex occasionally. She
also learned from a book, written for girls. Since I didn't
have any sisters and she didn't have any brothers we decided to
trade books. (She made me put a book cover on mine so her mom
didn't see what it was. That would have ended our relationship
very quickly, she was sure.) Mine was more complete than hers.
Mine explained about puberty in both males and females, hers
only in females. I loaned her my copy of Facts of Life and Love
to read as well. She wanted to make sure she knew everything I
did. We developed a 'philosophy of sex,' although we didn't
call it that. I may write more about that on her birthday next
July.

I taught sex education to fifth graders in Hawaii one year.
That was an experience. I was part of a team of 8 teachers. 
The other teachers (females) wanted me to take all the boys. I
refused and would only teach my homeroom class. I decided it
was important for the kids to learn about the opposite sex in
addition to the facts of life. For some reason, about 2/3s of
5th graders were girls, while 2/3s of fourth graders were boys.
I had 4 boys and 17 girls in my homeroom. We used a fairly
conservative video series from South Carolina. The kids
certainly learned a lot more than I did in 5th grade, or 7th
grade.

I had a problem with the other teachers over the video. The
kids giggled when the video showed the drawing of a nude boy.
One of the teachers turned off the video and told the kids 
they were not to laugh or giggle or she would stop the video
completely. After school that day I told her if she ever did
that again I would embarrass her in front of the whole group by
telling my homeroom students they could giggle all they wanted
as long as they listened at the same time, and the video would
NOT be turned off. I didn't have any more problems after that.
 
-David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ   
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>>From: Darlene NAPORA Shuley ('69)

Re: Birthday

A very special Birthday wish for Betti AVANT ('69). Hope you
have a great day!

-Darlene NAPORA Shuley ('69) ~ Muggy, wet 80s in Austin, TX)
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That's it for today. Please send more.
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