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That morning, the boys and girls had been separated. No warning. Just a note from the principal. Leo’s side of the room had been herded into the library, while the girls were marched to the Home Ec room. Leo’s friend, Marcus, had whispered, "It's the video. The one with the cartoon and the trumpet."

"They call it a 'wet dream,'" Mrs. Petros said flatly, pointing at a diagram of a bed with a tiny puddle. "It's normal. It means your body is producing semen. Change your sheets. Don't tell your mother." Puberty Sexual Education For Boys And Girls 1991l

It was the last week of May, and the air in Mrs. Gable’s 6th-grade classroom smelled of chalk dust, rubber cement, and the low-grade panic of impending summer. For eleven-year-old Leo, the panic wasn't about math tests. It was about the blue filmstrip projector sitting on a cart in the corner, draped in a black cloth like a sinister piece of furniture. That morning, the boys and girls had been separated

"The trumpet thing?" Leo grimaced. "Yeah. It was gross." Leo’s side of the room had been herded

The filmstrip, "The Growing Years: A New Chapter," began with a jaunty, synthesizer-heavy soundtrack that sounded like the intro to a game show. A cheerful, disembodied narrator announced, "Your body is about to go on an incredible journey!"

He was right.