Tick-Tock

A High School class in Florida consisted of a particularly well- motivated group of juniors. Students felt free to ask questions on any subject that concerned them.

One afternoon a girl raised her hand and asked me to explain all the talk about a woman's "biological clock."

After I'd finished, there was a moment of silence, and then another hand shot up. "Mrs. Woodard," a student asked, "is your clock still ticking, or has the alarm gone off?"