Monday, January 24, 2005
On the Road to Fame and Fortune...
So...on Sunday morning, I went to church to be part of the filming of our sex ed class, Our Whole Lives (OWL)... quite a few of the kids were late for classs due to an inordinate amount of grooming, including changing outfits, hair grooming, makeup application and changing outfits again.
The plan was to have our regular class from 10:30-11:30, and then letting the camera people in to join us for the last half hour. In planning for this class, we had to change the topic, because, originally, we were supposed to be doing Lovemaking, which includes very explicit slides. So we looked ahead in the curriculum, and decided to do "unhealthy relationships" or in other words, dating violence and abuse. When I told the girl who was interviewing us that we had changed topics, she was quite disappointed. "Abuse?" she said... "that's not very much fun." I think she had really counted on their being sex discussed at the sex ed class. Oh well. Too bad.
When they interviewed some of the kids after the class, they asked them if they knew alot more about sex than their friends at school. Most of them answered "I don't know." (I mean how could they know how much their friends know about sex, right?) Anyway, generally the kids did well. Then they interviewed two of the parents. Finally, they moved up into our main church hall, which is all glass, plants and wood - a gorgeous setting to talk about sex ed. I was very nervous... but Joe and I joked around alot and tried to give direct answers to her questions.
It should be broadcast during the first week of February on the Journal - but they are supposed to let us know the exact date and time. If you live in Canada you may be able to catch this mega production. I think it will be about three minutes long.
The plan was to have our regular class from 10:30-11:30, and then letting the camera people in to join us for the last half hour. In planning for this class, we had to change the topic, because, originally, we were supposed to be doing Lovemaking, which includes very explicit slides. So we looked ahead in the curriculum, and decided to do "unhealthy relationships" or in other words, dating violence and abuse. When I told the girl who was interviewing us that we had changed topics, she was quite disappointed. "Abuse?" she said... "that's not very much fun." I think she had really counted on their being sex discussed at the sex ed class. Oh well. Too bad.
When they interviewed some of the kids after the class, they asked them if they knew alot more about sex than their friends at school. Most of them answered "I don't know." (I mean how could they know how much their friends know about sex, right?) Anyway, generally the kids did well. Then they interviewed two of the parents. Finally, they moved up into our main church hall, which is all glass, plants and wood - a gorgeous setting to talk about sex ed. I was very nervous... but Joe and I joked around alot and tried to give direct answers to her questions.
It should be broadcast during the first week of February on the Journal - but they are supposed to let us know the exact date and time. If you live in Canada you may be able to catch this mega production. I think it will be about three minutes long.
