Of Birds, Bees, and Gratitude

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(April is National Sexual Abuse Awareness Month. The article below is on the subject of sex education and abuse prevention)
One beautiful summer day, when I was in 10th grade, we walked into our classroom for our regular biology lesson and found that something strange was going on. Our Biology teacher, Ms. K, gave us a flustered grin and said there was a
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