They Really Do Laugh at You

When I was in high school, I would sometimes wonder if teachers would talk about students outside of class, if they would share gossip and humiliating stories. Back then, I gave my teachers almost priest like characteristics. Surely it was all kept in confidence. WRONG! They are talking about you (or they did), most of the time with much laughter!

I spent an enjoyable afternoon yesterday at my friend Amy's house and after the kid birthday party fun had died down, a few of us adults, some high school teachers, sat around talking about the upcoming election. We expectedly got onto the topic of Prop 8, but then somehow wandered our way around to high school sex education classes and some of the funnier sexual queries of the high school Sophomore. One thing no one in the room seemed to know any better than these students was the nutritional content of semen.

As I said I would, I did a bit of research this afternoon on the topic. There are a few contradicting answers out there. One site says a tablespoon of semen contains approximately six calories, another that a teaspoon of has 5-7 calories. The general consensus is that the caloric value is very low, with next to no fat. As to the Weight Watcher point value, I'd advise one to consider it 0 points, unless copious amounts are being consumed. There are those hard core Weight Watchers, however, that believe that no non-vegetable food is 0 points. In which case, I would recommend journaling it as .5 points.