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Stretching: School Secretary, a Soccer player, and a Swimmer

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 by Lolli 5 Comments

My fifth grade year was a year for stretching. Having spent the good part of my childhood in ballet, when my schedule suddenly opened up, I decided to fill it up with new things. I signed up for a soccer team and found out that I stunk at soccer and didn’t really enjoy team sports at all.

Not a stellar soccer player

I also thought I’d give swimming a try. I loved to be in the water, but I had never been much of a swimmer. Apparently, that wasn’t meant to be, either. I swam decently but I could not get myself to dive, and so I was stuck as an Advanced Class flunky.

I failed swimming

I took stretching to a whole new level in fifth grade. I had always been one of the shortest in my class since kindergarten, but in 5th grade I shot up in height and moved from the front row of the class picture to almost the back row (that’s me in the pink jump suit in the next to last row, with my horrible pre-teen hairdo. I grew so much that year that I still have the stretch marks to prove it.  Sam, my first kiss, was still in the front (wearing the soccer ball shirt). I bet he was glad he kissed me before I was half a foot taller than him.

5th grade class photo

Fifth grade was my first year in Mrs Smith’s 5th and 6th grade combined G.A.T.E. class. Mrs. Smith stretched us more than any other teacher that I had encountered before or after. As much as we all swore that we couldn’t stand her and hated how hard her class was, we all truthfully loved it (and her). We were a big family, and not just because we were together for longer than the usual class.

My dad was one of our frequent guest teachers/workshops. He spoke all about Guatemala and El Salvador, where he had lived for 2 years {many years before} as a missionary. I was so proud to have him in my class!

Dad visits my 5th grade class

The last 5th grade stretch was a big one for me. The once terrifyingly shy little girl had grown–both in inches and in confidence. I decided that I would run for student leadership. I campaigned (and made all flyers, posters, and buttons by hand) and ended up winning the election for student government secretary.

Campaigning for elementary school secretary


I’m recording my youth, one year per week. Come back next week to find out what life was like in 6th grade (age 11).

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I became a mom in 1996, and in 2005 I had my fifth. Yes, 5 kids. In 2007, this blog was born (my 6th baby that will never grow up) and I've been sharing recipes, photography tricks, parenting tips, and everything in between. (Formerly Better in Bulk)

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Comments

  1. Gianna says

    Sunday, November 21, 2010 at 10:51 pm

    Good work winning the election. I remember in Junior High my mom came in to the sewing class and taught it because my teacher was kind of lame. I remember feeling so proud, too!

  2. Lolli says

    Saturday, November 20, 2010 at 12:16 pm

    Isn’t it fun to see old photos? Yes, Dad’s outfit and glasses are so 80s. :)

  3. Andrea says

    Friday, November 19, 2010 at 7:41 pm

    Omigosh!!! Cutest post ever!!!! I LOOOVE all your photos. I LOVE seeing your campaigning material. And I LOVED seeing how high Dad’s pants were and how huge his glasses were compared to his head while he taught at your class.

    We need to organize who is bringing what to Thanksgiving!

  4. Karen says

    Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 8:30 pm

    Cute theme about stretching…especially about your teacher! So glad you remember the way she taught the combined class. Glad to see that you tried some other activities now that ballet was not in the picture.
    These are great memories… and I think your pre-teen hairdo is cute!!
    Karen (visiting from Group 3)

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