Lessons in Bike Riding, Gym Class, and Porn. From My Youth

It’s amazing how children are protected these days. They have to wear helmets when they ride their bikes, making them look dorky. I guess if all the other kids look dorky, it really isn't that bad. At school, competitive games in gym class are discouraged. I guess they don't want kids to learn about winning and losing. And then there is sex. Parent’s think they’ve protected the kids from porn with apps, but trust me, they are like little Einstein’s when it comes to getting around things like that. I'm sure parents all have good intentions. I'm just glad I'm not one of them.

When I was a kid, I learned a real lesson not to ride my bike at breakneck speed around a corner with gravel in the middle of it. It was dinner time and I heard my mom ringing the cow bell half a mile away, so I had to get home in a hurry. (That's another story, my mom and the cow bell she used to summon us.) Anyway, I slid twenty feet on my face through that gravel and was late for dinner that evening. In middle school I also learned about dodgeball and justice from Mr. Kostecki our gym teacher. During gym class one kid pulled another boys shorts down as a joke. Yes we all laughed. Mr. Kostecki our gym teacher did not. Mr. Kostecki made the offender play the rest of the dodgeball game in his jock strap. He was placed in the middle of the dodgeball circle and he had to stay there no matter how many times we hit him. By the time we were done his ass cheeks were rosy red. As far as porn for kids, in the 1950’s there was no internet. We had Paul, the neighbor kid down the street. He apparently knew all of his dad’s hiding places. I’ll never forget the deck of porno playing cards his dad had. Especially the joker.