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In reply to the discussion: Growing up female [View all]gkhouston
(21,642 posts)Such fun, especially in winter. Remember when "your slip is showing" were words that inspired embarrassment? My sister once said that to a girl who was a bully. Said girl went to washroom to check it out. Couldn't see her hem in the over-the-sink mirrors without standing on a toilet. Which would have worked if she hadn't fallen and got her penny loafer jammed in the toilet...
I remember moving to a new state when I was in junior high. By chance I was a year ahead in math of their usual curriculum. When I got to ninth grade, there weren't any geometry classes, so I taught myself out of a book. Realized around the first of November that I'd be finishing up the year's curriculum by Christmas, so asked if I could move on to Algebra II. I was told it wasn't allowed because I might get "too far ahead". The principal persisted in this bullheaded opinion even after I showed him the high school schedule I'd planned--taking Algebra II "early" would make it possible for me to take a second year of Physics in high school. I later found out that two boys got permission to do it.