dim , short for dmitri , was one of revs ex-studentsall of whom shed insisted call her by her name rather than by the uterus-identifying prefix , ms. hed been in her grade ten all-boys class the day she taught them how to put on a condom , and when he showed up some twenty years later as the only lawyer in town when theyd needed onewhen they were arrested for their addendum to the right-to-life billboardhed thanked her for that lesson , as it had enabled him to avoid paying so much child support that he would never have been able to afford law school .