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November 1st, 2009
When I was in high school…
I was reading Sarah Ockler‘s bio the other day and one of her high school stories reminded me of my own. And I thought, “Maybe it would be fun to blog about some of those memories from when I was in high school.” You know, just for kicks. (Or maybe it will just be fun for me. The jury’s still out.) So… here’s the first installment of the new “When I was in high school…” blog feature. When I was in high school… The year I had swim class, they let us opt out of swimming as long as you made up X number of laps for each class where you didn’t swim. (We still had to sit in the pool area, so it’s not like we were off to Dairy Queen or anything like that. Still, not dealing with pool hair was a big plus.) I used this free pass a lot. A LOT. In fact, I had so many laps to make up that on the second to last day of the semester, I had to swim a mile just to catch up on them all. And then I had to swim a mile again the next day for my final! I was tired, but in the end? I wouldn’t change a thing. Pool hair is not for the faint of heart.
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So true about the pool hair thing. Hahahaha
We never had a pool so I was able to avoid the whole situation. We had gym showers, but they never made us take them. Either we never worked hard enough in gym (very likely), or we were happy to be stinky. (Also, like lunch, there is never enough time to shower at school.)