(Background) In 1984 I was an extremely naive young girl who attended an all girl school. Just to give you an idea of how little I knew ... I was convinced that "oral sex" meant receiving an obscene phone call! I was horrified to think anybody did that when I learnt what it really meant after my 18th birthday!! I had a science teacher who was an absolute dragon and hated anyone to be absent. Even if you had a doctor's note, she'd usually make some kind of nasty comment regarding the fact that you'd missed school.
(Most Embarassing Day): It was my first day back after a week home sick. Just before the end of the lesson Dragon Teacher glares at me and says:"And where were YOU last week, Miss XX? To which I replied "Sick in Bed" Dragon Teacher lifts one eyebrow and asks "With??" "By myself!!" is what I blurt out to which she responded with "Actually, Miss XX, I meant with what illness"!
Believe me I wished in that moment that the earth could open up and swallow me! My classmates didn't stop laughing until after they'd repeated this story to our next teacher and she told them to settle down - about 15 minutes later!!