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I've been dreading yesterday's class since I first saw it on the schedule.  We covered elder abuse, sex offenders, and animal abuse.  It was the animal abuse that had me all worked up.  I had very strong suspicions that the presenter was going to show us sad, gross pictures.  I was so busy worrying about those pictures that the pictures in the middle of the elder abuse presentation took me completely by surprise.  Never again do I wish to see pictures of gigantic bedsores, or an 80 year old man who had been beat within an inch of his life, or the woman they had to cut open because she was scalded so bad that her innards were swelling up.  Like I really needed to see that.  Half the pictures they showed us were of people who died from their injuries.  Of course there were gross animal pictures, but after the elder abuse pictures they really weren't all that bad.

The other thing about the elder abuse presentation was that they lady that was doing the presentation would talk along in a normal tone of voice, and then at seemingly random intervals start shouting.  For example she'd say something like "The district attorney will prosecute if we catch someone doing that, AND THEY WILL BE LOCKED UP FOR LIFE!"  It was very weird, and unexpected, but hilarious too.  Every time she did it I had to look down to keep from laughing right in her face.