I think my high school sex-ed class was like most seen in public schools around the U.S. It was like a scene stolen from "Mean Girls," taught by a gym teacher -- also know as the last person you want to hear talk about sex. My teacher might not have gone so far as to say "if you have sex you will get pregnant -- and die," but the class was full of impractical information and scare tactics. Chances are at some point, my classmates had already gotten naked and tried to educate themselves.
My friend Eric, on the other hand, had one of those once
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