During break a few of the girls in my 12-year-old class pressed me with this question. I'm not sure if they thought I was young and cool enough to give them a straight answer, or if they really were completely clueless. Bella was the spokeswoman for the group:
Bella: Teacher, what is slee wit yo modda?
Me: What? Sleep with your mother?
Bella: Uh-huh.
Me: Sleep with your mother? Like...sleep, s-l-e-e-p?
I wrote the letters on the whiteboard as I said them.
Bella: Yes.
Me: Oh. Um...
I took the whiteboard marker and drew a bed. On one side of the bed I drew a woman. And on the opposite side of the bed I drew another figure. They were both smiling. There was nothing improper or untoward about the scene.
Me: There! It just means you go to sleep with your mother.
Bella: Oh...
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I totally beat you this week! My 7th graders were working on body system posters...and one of my students drew a penis on a piece of cardboard. Then, he used his white-out pen to...um...add "action" to his art. Ug
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