A Girl Can't Read that Sort Of Thing Without Her Lipstick...: Nightmare with food

I am currently in the midst of teaching my high school students "human sexuality", which is always entertaining. You simply cannot start the human sexuality unit without the proper introduction of the human anatomy and physiology, so that is where the story begins. Prior to starting the unit I taught the simple procedure of writing questions down on a sheet of scrap paper to be turned in at the end of class. This saved me from seniors without filters, awards me the chance to think through answers so that I respond appropriately, and helps to secure the future of my position at the district. I have had a variety of questions that made me chuckle:

"Why do men have more sexual desires than women?"--no comment
"Why do we have to learn this, are we going to have to watch a girl give birth?"--I am not even going there, and no
"What happens if women get prostate cancer?"--haha

I will start the following class answering EVERY question that the students had guaranteeing me at least 10 minutes of pure silence and gaping mouths. My favorite part of the day.

Last class we were labeling and identifying the male and female reproductive organs, I was labeling diagrams using the SMART board and the students were taking notes. For each part I would provide a quick explanation, and background information. Apparently, I also make references to the shapes and sizes of the organs as well...and here are some of the questions returned to me the following day..

"Why do you compare everything to food?"
"Is the prostate really like a walnut?"
"Ms. Fraser, you compare everything to food"

What had I done!! Instant panic flutters set in after realizing that I had quite possibly ruined food for the Spencerport teens forever. yikes!

I Compared the prostate to the shape of a walnut,
Compared the uterus to the shape of a pear,
The baby growing to various foods at various stages of development including a piece of rice crispy cereal.
and the big birtha:
The inside of the uterus to brace yourself..........spaghetti sauce. I won't even begin to explain the analogy that I used but it had to do with acid and the addition of sugar to create a less acidic environment. The perfect way to ruin a perfect food for anyone...ooyyy vey!!

So my simple answer to them was of course an apology and encouragement to KEEP EATING. I had to take a big step and admit that I have a serious love for food, which consumes my thoughts almost all day every day.

I love to eat food

I love to cook food

and I love to give others food

This love is also reaffirmed by the fact that I spent an entire hour this morning looking at food blogs and recipes, I cant wait to try these goodies..