It can be hard to see what is not there. Here is a small-print puzzle.

The following is a quote from the "New Standards and Objectives for Junior High School and High School" for consumer and personal health, as revised by the Utah State Board of Education. I didn't change anything in it. Honest.

STANDARD

7150-02: The students will demonstrate an understanding of human sexuality, its pychological, social, emotional and physical implications of developing and maintaining a Responsible Healthy Lifestyle.

OBJECTIVES

7150-0201: Discuss the physical and emotional aspects of relationships and the impact they have on dating, the family, marriage, love and infatuation.

7150-0202: Discuss the anatomy and physiology of the male and female reproductive systems.

7150-0203: Discuss maturation and the stages of sexual development throughout the cycle.

7150-0204: Discuss responsible sexual behavior, stressing the short- and long-term benefits of strong families, abstinence, and fidelity.

7150-0205: Develop skills that promote responsible principle-centered, decision making when responding to peer, media, societal and negative family influences that encourage high risk behaviors.

7150-0206: Recognize the impact of sexual behavior on one's goals, and self-esteem.

7150-0207: Discuss contraception, fetal development, birth defects, the risk factors involved in pregnancy, and the birth process.

7150-0208: Recognize the impact teen pregnancies have on quality of life, incidence of child abuse, and changes in lifestyle.

7150-0209: Discuss the legal, social, and emotional implications associated with pornography, prostitution, sexual abuse, incest, and rape.

There's no one solution to this puzzle, of course. Words I missed myself were: family planning, condoms, abortion, safe sex, AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, homosexuality, and pleasure.

--Anne Zelistra