2 High Schools, we moved allot.
No 2 states have the same books or requirements, moving in mid year is an experience for any kid.
Back then teachers were seldom young, no 10 year difference in age between student and teacher, it was more like 30+.
Because of a spinal problem that was not found until I was in my late 20's I simply could not do sit-ups in Phys. ED. In 4 years at different schools I never once passed even one class anywhere that sit ups were required.
Add in the fact that I was and still am very uncoordinated, But, loved to dance and on the dance floor everything changed, I found my element.
Explained to me years later it is akin to someone with a bad stutter that can sing with no problem.
Back then when a girl had her period they were made to sit out class on the bleachers and watch as class mates had fun jumping and bouncing about.
For some of us girls this change in our body's did not come about easily. You girls know what I mean, some months it would hit just once very heavy, other times off and on spotting, no sex education and for us girls, and the age difference in maturing was from 10-16 perhaps even longer. It was us girls who matured early that had to watch as the girls that had not had that change got all the practice and did well.
The one class I made all A's in was homemaking, when it was my turn to prepare food for the teacher and class in my final year of school, my Dad ran a line of lobster pots, and I would bring in 30 pounds of lobster for the class and teacher. That one class boosted up my other grades and I graduated.
