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Biology Class a Year Later

biology class where sperm whales are mentioned seventh grade snickers no one laughed in sixth thanks to sex education they are getting wise

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Ilene Bauer

Date: 3/24/2021 11:27:00 AM

ha! i remember teaching "the good earth" to my class of 8th graders and they all cracked up when the main character went out to the fields with his hoe. it took a long time to settle them down...

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 3/24/2021 9:31:00 PM

I had a similar experience in a Chicago school once upon a time with 6th graders who were all yelling "There's a hoe in this book!" They were pounding the table and could not stop laughing.