My grammar school was in Oak Forest but I moved to Tinley Park when I was about in third or fourth grade. So that means as I was going to Saint Damian, the kids I was going to be at high school with were all going through school together. From first grade and continuing into high school. So I was at a severe disadvantage, because I was joining my high school peers knowing none of them, when they had all grown up together. When it came time to go to high school my Dad especially wanted to continue my education at a catholic all girls’ high school called Mother MaCuley. However, as they thought about it more, a brand new public high school was being built and would open the same year I was going to high school. My parents ended up deciding that while they wanted me to continue my Catholic education, they realized they were paying tax dollars for this school so why not send me to it. I was excited to go to a public high school because that meant I would never have to wear an ugly plaid skirt and polo again, and could pick out my own clothes. Wow, how quickly that got old, and how much I wished for the simpler days of a wearing a
My grammar school was in Oak Forest but I moved to Tinley Park when I was about in third or fourth grade. So that means as I was going to Saint Damian, the kids I was going to be at high school with were all going through school together. From first grade and continuing into high school. So I was at a severe disadvantage, because I was joining my high school peers knowing none of them, when they had all grown up together. When it came time to go to high school my Dad especially wanted to continue my education at a catholic all girls’ high school called Mother MaCuley. However, as they thought about it more, a brand new public high school was being built and would open the same year I was going to high school. My parents ended up deciding that while they wanted me to continue my Catholic education, they realized they were paying tax dollars for this school so why not send me to it. I was excited to go to a public high school because that meant I would never have to wear an ugly plaid skirt and polo again, and could pick out my own clothes. Wow, how quickly that got old, and how much I wished for the simpler days of a wearing a