This will offend some people, and for any offence I apologize.

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20. Well. I count Kindergarten and Pre-Kindergarten as well as 1st-12th grades.

K and Pre-K were a full year each, with nap time in the middle of the day. We may have been let out earlier in the day, it’s hard to remember.

But if memory serves, Sister Celenita was our teacher a she spoke with an accent whose origin I never figured out. Shit - now that I think of it, I can still hear her distinctive little voice. We wore uniforms. We had a big “classroom” that was part of the school, alongside a big open patio that led out to the playground areas. When the school put on a performance of “Cinderella,” we were the mice.