Since the prompt is food, I will apply my 5 second thought rule. Here's how it goes:
* Think of a person (in this case a prompt,) and focus on that thought.
* Close your eyes. In the next 5 seconds give out the name of the first object you see. (In this case a person, since the first thought was an object.)
Alright....bread...bread....bread....breaa.....
A schoolmate in high school?? Well, this is very strange..I guess I can pick up something from that.
I studied in a private, Catholic, exclusive girls school run by nuns.
I used to think everything I did, everything I said, and the way I acted was extremely normal. That was until I went to college and had the exaggerated culture shock of my life.
Here's what everyone should know about Catholic schools:
* We have mass in every feast day of saints. If we don't, it will be the subject of our Religion class, or we're bound to make a reflection paper on it during Homeroom.
* We have mass every first Friday of the month.
* We have mass on almost all school events.
* In our school, we prayed the whole rosary everyday. Yes, I once memorized all the mysteries and could say what it was on that particular day, in perfect sequence.
* On our flag ceremonies we have a reading from the bible while standing in an open area under the sun, while lined up per section/per level. We listen to the reflection of the assigned student on that particular reading too. It all starts at 7 in the morning, right when you get to school.
* We begin and end each class with a prayer.
* We greet all our teachers when they arrive and when they leave the classroom.
* We are not allowed to wear makeup unless it was for a school event where you have to dress up in something else other than your uniform.
* Our uniforms are strict to the dot. 2 inches below the knees skirt and specific measures for blouses, socks and neckties. Oh, the type and height of our shoes matter too.
*Some of the sisters (nuns) in charge, come watch and sometimes join in while we enjoy sports.
---I once was going to pitch a soft ball to my physical ed partner and an old nun took the bat. While I was scared to death of what bone might break when I threw it, I got teased by the nun. I then threw the ball and she made it fly high. Daamn, sister got skills.
Here's what you should know about girls who studied in exclusive girls schools their entire childhood:
* NO, we don't "normally" make out with each other. But there are some who do.
* Yes, we like the idea of talking about men. When we talk, we talk.
* Although we like the idea of talking about men, we prefer seeing only a few walking close.
* Too many men in one place makes us very uncomfortable. 5 men should be at a maximum. IF there were 10-20 females around too.
* We rarely had classmates with boyfriends. If you had one, you were either a slut, or really pretty/kind to begin with.
* We care about our appearance. A lot.
* Most of us carried not only rosaries in our skirt pockets, but mirrors and sometimes little combs/brushes too.
* The ladies room is a sacred ground for all secrets to leak.
* Hygienically we're used to each other's needs. When someone needs something sanitary, you can just shout it out and someone will either help you find someone who has extra, or someone will directly offer it to you. It's a common level of understanding.
* There are no days when someone isn't bitching about. This is called a cycle. There are 40 lady students in each class, only 30-31 days in one month, and at least a week to finish ONE cycle of ONE person. Do the math.
College on a co-ed school was a culture shock. There were a lot of men and many of them invaded personal space. They were loud and obnoxious. Very few had hygiene awareness, and there was one in one hundred that actually expressed the value of respect. There were mixed types of women. There were those that couldn't care less and others that cared too much.
Let me put it this way, you don't have to have an education in a private school, or a Catholic school, or an exclusive girls school to have a code. The only universal code that I found appealing to everyone, is something called.. an education in respect. :)