There was an unexpected advantage to starting fresh in a new school system: nobody knew any of my older siblings, so nobody had preconceived notions about how I should act.
I'd never thought of that aspect, nor would it have applied since I had 9 older siblings; I think I would have had to move to another nation for that reaction to show up ha ha...
I wish there were some place near here that gave this sort of lesson @scribblingramma
I liked your story very much
Thank you for taking the time to read it!
On the platform. Yours had so many delightfully descriptive anecdotes and details
Which I suspect may be what the class was all about?
Dry, historical family facts tend to be
Dry and uninteresting to
Outsiders, No?