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10 Struggles Every Catholic School Kid Understands

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10 Struggles Every Catholic School Kid Understands

Winter. Walking around in 32-degree weather in a skirt and not being allowed to wear your warm outerwear in class was just plain torture.


Uniform checks. Whether your skirt is half and inch short, or if you aren't wearing the right shoes, you will be caught and given a detention.


Having to leave room for the Holy Spirit. School dances were all about face to face, arms length away dancing. Coming to college was a bit of a culture shock.


Out of uniform days. They might as well have been uniform days because these days held more rules than regular days. When you are not allowed to wear shorts, sweatpants, leggings, or skinny jeans, there isn't much left in your closet.


Your closet. Extra small, because you wear the same thing five times a week and you are not up-to-date on the latest trends.


Knowing everyone. When you are in the same class, with the same people, for countless years you will never forget their names, parents, siblings, and pets. 


Word travels fast. When everyone knows everyone, gossip travels like wildfire, so the second you walk in the halls on Monday morning the entire school already knows what you did with your weekend.


In trouble for anything and everything. Wearing a colored bra under your shirt, your top bottom is unbuttoned, not wearing your ID, having your phone out, talking too loud, not singing in mass -- sound familiar?


Sex Ed. Their tactic was to scare the devil into you so you would never think about having sex until marriage. Also, you learned natural family planning and abstinence are the only forms of birth control you will ever need. 


Talking to boys. If you went to an all-girls school, boys are an area of mystery. Seeing one in public was like discovering a new species, and you would not imagine talking to him. We were masters at admiring from afar.

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