16 Sep Sex Education at 18?!?!?

The Hooty-Hoo and Timbuktu

Look forward to the in-and-outs of the Hooty-Hoo and Timbuktu!!

You may think: what is he going about? But if you make it to San Francisco State University’s Orientation Week then you will always remember the Hooty-Hoo and Timbuktu. I certainly know I will.

As a Westerner, parts of orientation seemed a little patronizing and almost uncomfortable. To be asked when you’re aged 18+ “Did your parents talk to you about sex before you got on the plane?” is a bit of a shock.
I started to think: do Americans really think we are so far removed from them that we need a presentation that most of us got when we were 13 years old?

However, rational thinking soon took over and I remembered that I wasn’t in a room full of Westerners, and in fact there are people here from all across the globe; some possibly being from much more conservative countries than our own, and they deserve an orientation that meets their needs as much as I do.

So I laughed, discreetly rolled my eyes and maybe even had a cringe as the wonderful Momma J and a panel of students re-explained to me the meaning of a ‘one night stand’ and ‘the walk of shame”.

I must say though that, even though the information was seriously old news for me and most of my friends from home, Momma J is so endearing and entertaining that we didn’t want that particular session to end.

If Momma J ever gives up teaching, she should definitely be given a talk show.