Foreword
When parents consign their children to the daytime care and custody of a public school, they have the right to expect that their offspring will be protected from evil influences. School administrators do their best, but there is no way of guaranteeing that each teacher is conscientious and kind, or that the other members of the school staff have the best interests of the children at heart.
This story concerns itself with a nurse at a junior high school in a small suburban community. A brief, unhappy marriage turned our heroine, Paula, against men. Since her profession brings her into close contact with young boys every day, it is perhaps to be expected that she will use them to fulfill the needs of her body, which have been frustrated.
It is debatable whether or not her amorous attentions harm the youths. A case could be made for the proposition that young boys benefit from an association with a mature, worldly woman.
Certainly none of them complain about her amorous caresses ... the seeking of her warm, moist lips ... or the intense pleasure which her vibrant body offers.
It is easy to condemn a woman like Paula. But perhaps we should consider the reasons for her attraction to young boys, which this thoughtful modern novel attempts to do. Were her unnatural relationships with the youths the product of her own depravity, or did they result from influences over which she had no control?
We might ask ourselves, also, whether the schools are doing all within their power to protect our youth from influences which might be detrimental to their welfare. This story furnishes two such examples, for the athletic coach's insistence upon winning at any cost could be as harmful to young minds as the nurse's predatory attitude.
There is much food for thought within these pages ... and ample entertainment value, as well. With explicit candor, each situation is explored at length, so that the reader feels he is a part of these bizarre, often shocking occurrences.
At the end, the question presents itself: What should the responsible citizen do about the problem which this book illuminates? The schools belong to us and only we can change them.
-THE PUBLISHER