07-19-2011, 03:53 PM
You knew at 7 or 8? Flamin' Nora... Either you were an early bloomer or I was incredibly late. 11 sounds like a reasonable age to be taught about the birds and the bees. I agree about having someone available for students to talk to discreetly. When I was in high school a lot of kids would discuss it with the drama teacher because she was the only one they felt they could trust.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe