Fiz Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 On one Mothering Sunday, my dds gave me a model tigress with two cubs I so relate to her 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Help.....fancy having to face 30 Tiger mums everyday....glad Ive retired now!!! I didn't realise what a nightmare some parents have to just buy a school uniform. I suppose at secondary level all the diffences in height and weight(pre and post puberty etc) really come out. Best of luck with it all anyway. Just a semi related story. The friend I lost recently was very tall even in teens 5ft 11 (two daughters are one same height the other 6ft and the son 6ft 4ins) We transferred to the Grammar school from a smallish Private School nearby and it was a big shock in numbers of pupils. We both hated the big school assembly especially if ended up on the end of a row to be stared at by prefects on one side or teachers on the other! I often hid in the loos (of course eventually got into trouble for this) but my friend was made of slightly more resilient stuff at the time so she usually went in. Well one day the Head asked to see a number of girls after this assembly including my friend. She was very perplexed.....what had she done wrong? It turned out the Head didn't like her hairstyle in fact it made her "feel sick" The hairstyle was common at the time the Sandy Shaw look (basically just a longish bob) but the Head thought her hair might get in her mouth or something. Well the Head who would have made a good ballet ma'am come to think of it always wore her hair swept back in a low bun and my friend had the audacity(I was aghast at the time) to reply well she didn't much like the Heads hairstyle either (for which she got detention of course). She told me she was angry because she thought she was being picked on because of her height...other girls had this style but the Head had just noticed her because she was so tall!! Anyway she did have to reluctantly comply with the Heads request to tie her hair back from then on. Sorry there is a tenuous link with this thread with girls being hauled out for length of skirt etc but this memory came back whilst reading it asI was so amazed at my friends "bravery" I would have just blushed deep red and looked at the floor murmuring apologies!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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