yes another entry detailing my terribly exciting life.
I am now teaching a subject called life orientation for adults once a
week at night schools. In general this subject is very useful and
should have been around when we were at school. It discusses things
such as the constituion, your rights if you get arrested , what is
expected by your employer , the function of the CCMA etc.
However sometimes the boundry of reasonableness are pushed a little
bit . A few weeks ago I had to teach Human Sexual behaviour . The
classes are at night as most people are adult who previously did not
have the chance to complete their education. Most students are working
during the day as domestic workers or gardeners. The age range is from
17 to 60 . Most of the student's English is not very good .
ANYWAY back to human sexual behaviour . Most people in my classes do
not understand in English concepts such as penetration , ejaculation
etc. Yet the Gauteng Education Department in its infinite wisdom had
decided on this new sysbus:
FETISHISM : " Derives sexual exitement directly from an inanimate
object or body part such as hair or hair ribbon , feet or shoes"
BESTIALTY :"is a sexual deviation in which animals are the preferred
objects for achieving sexual grafification"
SADISM :"is the condition in which one achieves sexual exitement or
gratification through inflicting physical pain . the sex object can be
human or animal , adult or child , a person of the same or opposite
sex."
I do not in anyway consider myself a prude but I really battled to
teach this class and explain all these concepts to third language
users without blushing. A colleage suggested I bring in a porn video
and stop at the relevant parts . Hmmmm?The lesson was going relatively
well with me managing to pretend I was not actually there , until
about half way one eldery student, Meriem, said in all seriousness,
"Angie I still do not understand what Oral Sex is."Well if I haven't
even explained that properly girl then the world of S & M is
definitely lost ...
