I teach English in a famously botanical city near the southernmost part of China. My school is called Nanhai Normal School; “Normal” signifying that it is a school for teachers, and that being said, my students are naturally about 95% female. This is a stark departure from Rensselaer, an engineering school in New York, where this ratio is nearly inverted; but they are my students and solicitation of their virginity would be conduct unbecoming a teacher. Taking such a flower from the beautiful gardens of Nanhai is tempting, but with my zen-like patience, I may be able to restrain myself.