How Playboy is a teaching moment....

[fireheart]

A story from my tutor today.

For the reading part of his English topic, he allowed his students to bring in whatever they wanted as long within reason i.e. they could read a Pokemon novel, a manga comic and so on. As long as they liked what they were reading.

Well, one of his Year 5 boys bought in a copy of Playboy. Yes, Playboy.

So, he decided to turn it into a teachable moment. He went to the library and picked up two adult-size mannequins. He bought them back to the class, stripped them buck naked and proceeded to take an anatomy lesson for Health Education.

The kid never bought playboy in again.

[Rapscallion]

Good articles. Just saying.

Rapscallion

[Aethian]

I once quoted from a playboy article that I had to copy from microfiche. That thought still amuses me to this day.

[Teskeria]

My dad liked Playboy. He would tell my brother 'This is a work of art. Every woman is. And you always need to respect a work of art. You treat her properly, be polite and do your best not to hurt her.' 40 years down the road, my brother still treats women well. A teaching moment is where you find it.

[Sheldonrs]

When I was around 10 years old, my Mother got me a subscription to Playboy.

The jokes were funny as hell. Have I mentioned I'm gay?

lol

[csquared]

Hugh taught me lots of things.

[DeltaSierra]

I remember using Playboy articles for a report on censorship when I was in college - it was actually suggested to me by my teacher when I expressed a lack of current articles with "bite." She was right - and I got an A on that paper.

[Mytical]

Heck I am not gay, and when they had the comics..they were the best part of playboy *shrugs*. Never a fan of Playboy, Hustler, etc.

Still, you can find a good lesson about anywhere, if you are clever enough.

[sms001]

It really is a tired cliche, but google the authors who have contributed to Playboy sometime, especially in its heyday. (Kerouac, Bradbury, Mailer and Vonnegut spring to mind immediately.) Choice of photos aside, Playboy was a well-subscribed, influential glossy that paid top rates, and it showed.

[Sparky]

Totally off topic, but here's my most memorable Playboy story:

It was back in 1980. I was working as a bus driver, and I had to be at work very early - I think around 5:45 am. I had a husband and young son, who got up after I left for work. I was usually running late in the morning, but this one morning I was ready to leave the house early. But who wants to get to work early? I had 20 minutes to kill and I was trying to stay quiet and not turn on lights so I didn't disturb my family.

There was a Playboy in the bathroom. I sat down to flip through it and found an interview with John Lennon. I hadn't thought about John Lennon in years. It was a fascinating interview! All about how he'd been taking time out of his career to be a father to Sean, and how he was getting ready to release a new album and get back in the game. I got so interested in the article that I was nearly late for work.

Then I walked into the transit office and the first thing I heard was that John Lennon had been killed the night before.

[Shalom]

Heck I am not gay, and when they had the comics..they were the best part of playboy *shrugs*.

Well, you know who drew those, right?

[PepperElf]

Interestingly someone brought a copy of Playgirl to female berthing once.

In all honesty the nudie shots of the men didn't do much for me. BUT the article they did on Anthony Head ... that one got me drooling. O yeah I think they mentioned Spike too.

[fireheart]

I've never actually touched a Playboy. Neither has my boyfriend. And we're both in our early 20's

[Mishi]

Me either, but I thoroughly embarrassed one of my friends by flicking through some of his (mint condition) picture mags with his then-gf and commenting on the models. He shouldn't have left them on the bookshelf in plain sight, it's his own fault.

[Mike Taylor]

Some big literary names have been published in the pages of Playboy. I remember reading a preview of an Arthur C Clarke book in an issue.