One of the required classes was the 'Health' course. It was taken for one semester, usually during freshman year. Just about every health topic was covered in some way. I also recall being informed that it was in this class that Sex-Ed would be taught.
A variety of sounds issued forth from both the boys and the girls. The boys were doing all they could to appear as macho as possible, while the girls would twitter, giggle, and blush. A few girls looked like deer caught in a vehicle's headlights, their eyes large, their bodies unmovable.
Once everyone managed to calm down, with some assistance from our teacher, it was also announced that the boys and girls would be split up during the two weeks Sex-Ed would be taught. "Split up! Why are they going to split us up, will the boys learn things that we won't?" My mind raced, I wanted to know what the boys would know.
The teacher told us that our class, and two or three others, would be split up so that both sexes would feel more comfortable learning and asking questions during the Sex-Ed weeks. I am thinking to myself, "Yeah, right. Have your seen the looks on these girls faces? There is no way some of them are going to feel more comfortable!"
When the time finally came, and Sex-Ed was going to be our only concern for an hour a day for the next two weeks, the class split. The girls from our class and two or three others all joined in the lecture room, and I believe that the boys went to the gym. This happened way back in 1984 or 1985, so my memory of the events is not as crystal clear as it could be.
Our entire graduating class consisted of about 200 students, the largest the High School had seen. Of course, each following class was a bit bigger, but for us, the class of '87, it was 'cool'. So imagine about 50 girls in a lecture room learning Sex-Ed, and I was among them.
