Lona recalled the Kalabhavan comedy drama where students ask the biology teacher how babies were born. At the age of ten, that satisfied the curiosity of most of his friends. Students ask questions like, what if a boy of age 8 and a girl of age 8, ding dong dim. Biology teacher blushed when he heard the question. “What ding dong dim…Don’t ask stupid questions. Nothing doing.” But students were adamant in getting the right answer from the right teacher. “Teacher, teacher …It’s our serious-doubt, what if a boy of age 9 and girl of age 9 get married, will they deliver babies?” With hesitation, the teacher says, “No marriage at nine.” Students pursue again; “What if a boy of age 10 and a girl of age 10 marry, will they…” Teacher answered loudly “No.” After that the teacher gets the next round of questions, “what if a boy of age 11…..” The teacher continued…”stop stop….you will come to know when your time comes.”
That was the first coaching. Lona remembered his friend Romeo helping him while the drama was going on. Romeo said; “Lona, the truth is, I have seen real things live. Don’t believe this comedy drama. After marriage, men and women go under a big carpet. I have seen that through the window while delivering the milk. That’s how everything happens, you know.”
Lona asked; “What happened under the carpet, Romeo?.”
Romeo answered with maturity, “At the age of ten, this is enough.”
Though he was unusually angry, the school principal was open-minded. Everyone feared him for multiple reasons, everyone liked him for obvious reasons. At DePaul school Principal Fr. George delivered the most important Thursday sex classes that cleared most student’s doubt’s without paying any additional fee. Being a priest, he could teach the nuances of missionary position with a polite language. He was the best to teach the Grammar - 12 tenses in English without any tension, best to teach grammar of sex and best to teach history. Though the positions were contentious among the senior erudite crowd in the class, it served the purpose.
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