i teach facs. [part 2]

you know you're a FACS teacher when your car sometime looks like this...creepy babies in the trunk and your arm rest is a pin cushion.  in my teen living class we talk about babies.  [see photo above.]  it is quite the entertaining unit.  for so many reasons.  that you can probably guess.

here are my two all-time favorite stories so far:
1 - my students are required to take a baby home for the weekend.  when we get back we tell stories about their experience.  this wins best story by far.  this girl was holding her mechanical baby on her lap in the front seat.  all of a sudden they hear sirens and lights flashing before them.  her mom pulls the car over and the officer comes up.  he says, "i'm here to pull you over because your baby is not in a car seat."  then the awkward...."uhhh....it's a doll..."

2 -  before we talk about babies we have to talk about the "s" word.  we watch this really awesome movie.  [no really, it's awesome.]  so during the movie i do a little object lesson about abstinence.  basically i tell them i'm giving them a snack.  if they don't eat it they get more and better snacks later on.  [to make the point, it's better to wait.  yes, that's the curriculum.]  obviously, in middle school, food is the most important thing [next to cute boys...]  so after the movie, we have a discussion about this object lesson.  in one particular class this lesson did not sit well, and the class erupted.  then one girl yelled at the top of her lungs,  "sex and food are not the same thing!"  yes, very good.  ...it's a learning process, ya know?