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Sex-Ed With Coach Mike
Learning how to be a good boy
We’ve all heard stories about how locker rooms are horrible places during high school, but ever since Coach Mike came to our school a couple of years ago, fresh from college, things had become a lot different. It seemed like there was no more place for bullies. And even me, a geeky guy that just wanted to play some ball every now and then, could freely walk in and out of gym class.
It was also great for me because, I was graduating by May, and I just wanted to get those credits. My mind was already in college and on leaving this part of my life behind — but thanks to coach Mike, I managed to get some good memories out of the experience.
Especially when he brought us boys in for a talk after we were done in the field.
“I’m not gonna bore you guys with cucumbers and condoms, or pictures of people with STIs, but I would like to say that, I know you guys are all eighteen, and this is an age when you start doing lots of stuff that are fun — let’s not pretend sex is not one of those,” we could hear some laughter as coach was speaking, mostly from those guys that were definitely already fucking.
I was not.
“So I just wanted to tell you that, I know it can be hard to find our place in the world, and if you’d like some advice from a guy…