Throw It Back: The Consequences of No Family Life Class

So I've been meaning to come back and start up this blog again sometime, but I left my poor little calendar in my home in Maryland, and I'm all the way down here in Nashville, so I can't remember exactly what I did everyday in Germany now.

But I still remember going to the Hannover Zoo with my host family. Well, on that day, we saw a plethora of animals. Truly amazing. I have to say, even though there were no pandas, I still loved it. The animals were way more active than I had expected, and it was nice seeing them in action (but the sleepy lion dropped dead on a stone and refused to wake up at any point during my stay).

So fast forward a bit...we are about 2/3rds done with our day, and we stop by to see the gorillas and chimpanzees. It was interesting, after all, we get to see an animal that functions a little like us, right? By the way, before I get criticized by the Christians who are reading this, I want to say that I am still Christian, and that I do not believe in macro-evolution. Because who said God isn't creative just because he made two species similar to each other?  

Anyways, so being the tourist I am (no, actually exchange student, but my mom is bringing out the tourist in me, because she just HAS TO HAVE pictures), I am standing up close, taking as many pictures as I can. I finish my photoshoot of the gorillas, and move on to the chimps. All of a sudden, I see 2 chimps sitting really close to each other, and people are cracking up. I didn't see anything special, but I figured there must of been something hiding (in the background) that was worth looking at since people were laughing at..obviously something...

So I took like a million pictures of it. I didn't mean to, but my camera was just not cooperating with me that day. Then, I saw people shifting their attention to me and cracking up. So finally, I'm like, "what?"

A guy responds: "Don't you know? They're having sex!"

I almost dropped my camera. Actually, at that moment, I was cursing the fact that my dad pulled me out of "Family Life" class (for those who don't know, it's a class that people have to take when they are going through puberty). Nice going, dad. You have helped me become the most clueless person on Earth. Let's not go into how I raised my hand numerous times to ask about Shakespearean language, that just happened to be sexual innuendos that I never got.

I shall spare you the chimp pictures. How 'bout this one instead?

Ain't this chip adorable? :D I want to hug him! Bet he's just as about clueless as me...but probably not for long.

So, parents reading this blog, learn from my dad's mistakes...
Expose your child to everything, but teach them the values you want them to internalize and internalize them yourselves. 
Actually, my parents do a good job of the second part, and the first part was accomplished after going to Germany, I guess!