Prometheus 6

Students Get Lesson to Chew On
Gum Sharing Disgusts Montgomery Parents, Officials
By Daniel de Vise
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, February 10, 2007; A01

It was a novel class exercise: Ask a room full of Montgomery County high school students to take turns chewing the same piece of gum.

To demonstrate how sexually transmitted diseases are spread, a visiting speaker invited students to share gum in health classes at four county high schools in December and last month. School officials said a total of about 100 students participated in the lessons, although some declined to chew the gum.