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Lets say you were my health teacher...

Asked by jamzzy (885points) April 1st, 2009

Today in health we are talking about homosexuals. The class is going smoothly…no one has yet to crack a gay joke (a room filled with 17 year old kids). Now The conversation goes into a sub conversation about having to get changed in front of a homosexual….Would you feel weird? Would you enjoy it? etc etc.
Out of the corner of my mind i think of a perfect example for this conversation: We used to have a lesbian gym teacher, and her office was located smack in the middle of the girls locker room…no big deal..so i decide to say this.

“Mrs.P (my health teacher), if you want someones opinion about this..why don’t you just ask the girls how they felt about changing in front of Miss____ (will remain nameless who knows if she fluthers)

Now i dont have ANYTHING against homosexuals, in fact i have a couple of gay friends who i work with that pinch my butt on a regular basis (i would make a fabulous gay man.) so it wasn’t trying to make fun of my gym teacher. I was trying to get a serious opinion from the girls…

Mrs.P than tells me to wait outside of the classroom because talking about her co-worker was not allowed in her classroom. I WAS FURIOUS. Not only was i mad because i felt like i did nothing wrong…i wanted to know the answer to the question. THAT GYM TEACHER DOESN’T EVEN WORK THERE ANYMORE.

After banging my head on the locker for a minute Mrs.P comes out and says.. “What is your problem? What if there was a gay person in there how do you think they would feel?”

I’m a smart ass so i say “They probably would’ve got mad that you kicked me out…that was a very good question i asked…”

i was than sent to the office where i was assigned a saturday detention….3 hours from 8 in the morning to 11 sitting reading…..not being able to sleep…all because my question was misunderstood. Do you think that i was being wrong?
I explained myself to the teacher and the principal after school but they both insisted that i was doing it to make fun of someone…you know stuff like..“Joel you know what you meant and it wasn’t funny…”

I really want to know if that would offend you if you were my health teacher…or just a person in general…and if i do i am sorry…i didn’t mean to…but i am pretty sure i got that part down.

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