Cheered? Back when I was that age we would've laughed and otherwise made fun of the whole proceedings (along with being grossed-out). Well, let's face it, back then we never would've been taken there in the first place. ....And if we had been our parents would've come down on the school admin like a ton of bricks.
Pefect example of why I will never live north of the Mason Dixon line.
Cheering? or sarcasm?
I would be curious as to what class this was. The article is slient and it could have been some sort of GLSEN class. The teacher could have been a homosexual, again a silent article. IF this was a homosexual teacher and a homosexual sex ed class then it would not be surprising the newspaper would CONCEAL the information.