Wednesday
This year everyone in my grade has to take Advanced Health, which covers some top-secret stuff that I guess they didn’t think we were ready for until now. In the first few classes, the boys and girls were mixed together, but today Nurse Powell said she was gonna split us up. She sent the girls down to Wednesday Mrs Gordon’s room and then she put in a video for us boys to watch. From what I could tell, the video was at least thirty years old, so I’m sure Dad watched the same exact tape when he was my age. I’m not gonna describe everything that they showed in the video, because it was actually pretty disgusting. If you ask me, some of that stuff doesn’t really belong in a classroom. Rowley didn’t even make it through the whole video. He passed out at the two-minute mark when they said the word “perspiration.” To be honest with you, I don’t know if Rowley’s ready for this stuff. He’s basically like a little kid. He told me once that he avoids the older kids at school because he’s afraid he’s gonna“catch puberty.” In fact, now that I think about it, I haven’t seen Cool Brian for a while. So I wonder if Rowley’s avoiding him, too, because he thinks he’s contagious.
The same kind of thing happened in last year’s Health class when they did a smoking unit. The teacher said that you never know who’s going to offer you a cigarette and that it could even be your best friend. Well, after Rowley heard THAT, he wouldn’t even walk on the same side of the street as me for a solid MONTH. Believe me, I don’t need some teacher to tell ME it’s not cool to smoke. My grandfather convinced me of that last year on Thanksgiving. Anyway, I think Rowley’s just one of those kids who are always gonna be a few years behind everyone else maturity-wise. Rowley doesn’t even know how to tie his shoes yet, because he’s the kind of person who has Velcro on everything. Last year Rowley’s mom bought him sneakers with laces, and I can’t even tell you how many times I had to bail him out. I guess it probably should’ve been a warning sign that my best friend was impressed that I knew how to tie my own shoes.
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