Word: manns
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...sixth period at Sacramento's Natomas High School, and love is in the air. Teacher Janet Mann arrives bearing a white veil, a garter and carnations from the grocery store down the street. Then she asks the class to pair off, boy-girl, and proceeds. "Do you promise to be truthful and honest to your partner...until the course ends on June 10?" The couples say "I do" and swap plastic rings. Then Mann instructs the giggling newlyweds, "You may now not kiss the bride...
Just how--or whether--those facts should be packaged for the classroom is up for debate. In Mann's class, part of the Connections curriculum, teen brides and grooms do everything from write vows to plan a honeymoon (sans the sex). The Partners course, developed by the American Bar Association, focuses more on the contractual elements of marriage. Students research custody statutes; a divorce lawyer assists with class. A textbook used in more than 1,000 schools is The Art of Loving Well, which features Shakespeare and D.H. Lawrence on marriage...
...frustrations can get worse. Natomas' Natalie Miles, 16, and Robi Quick, 17, initially coasted through domestic life--a starter home in Sacramento, a vacation in nearby Monterey--until Mann informed them they were going to have a baby. Robi's $38,000 accountant's salary wouldn't provide for a family of three, and the couple started arguing about Natalie's going back to work. "He just stopped talking to me and started acting like he was the boss," says Natalie. "It was all coming down on me at once," pleads Robi. "I thought, man, this is going to lead...
...Buddhist, people would say that Iwas really cool and open-minded," Mann says. "Butwhen people hear I'm a religious Christian, theysometimes say 'Oh, that's old-fashioned...
...been having sort of personalized rushes, interviewing guys and bringing them in one at a time," says Jeremiah B. Mann '01, a student involved in the planning...