The next six weeks were a blur as the tg majors studied male history, culture and physiology. Larry dropped out after the second week, figuring that she could fulfill her dream of being a rich woman's well-compensated sexual plaything just as easily as a woman, without all the strain of beginning a new gender. She changed her name back to Shelia and switched her double major to prostitution and lesbian studies. Mike, Jack and Bill continued their male studies. Many parts of traditional masculinity had been lost in the new female-dominated world. The students shared in the excitement of rediscovering neckties and arm-wrestling. Mr. Henderson, remembering his own transformation, viewed the first few weeks of the program as the students's male childhoods, encouraging them to watch carefully selected cartoons--the Transformers featured heavily--and play simple, violent video games as well as childish versions of football and baseball. (Drugs included in their food tamped down their sexual drives.) He beamed with pride when Jack and Mike got into a fist fight arguing over whether or not Jack was safe at second base. Jack won, and Mr. Henderson noted the beginnings of a traditional boyhood hierarchy with the tall, strong, aggressive Jack as the leader. All as planned.
After six weeks, and every student's recommitment to the program, it was time for the first bodily change, an injection of super-activated testosterone that would begin the students's physical masculinization. The excitement was palpable as the dozen remaining students lined up for what they called "puberty day."