When I was in Junior High School (early 1980’s) I was sporting BIG glasses and was, of course called, “Four Eyes.” I was also a late bloomer, thus teased for looking like a boy. I was growing my hair out because before that time, my mother always insisted on cutting my hair short, and I […]
I remember the days of being shoved into lockers, books tossed out of my hands and the boys who would made sure to call me “four eyes” everyday. As I look back almost 9 years ago; I’m so glad I went through an awkward stage(years). My friends were my friends not because I was rich, […]
Although my ‘Awkward Years’ photo was of me in the first grade, my years after then have been far more awkward. Unfortunately, I don’t have any pictures of those times that I’m willing to share. I am currently a sophomore in high school, and throughout the years, people have picked on me for my brains, […]
I grew up in a suburb of Omaha, Nebraska. My years in elementary school were years filled with neighborhood bike rides and fireflies. But early on, I knew I was different when I was one of only two kids in my school who had red hair. We didn’t call what the 2 of us put […]
My name is Christine, I am from Long Island, New York. This is me now with my my 7th grade yearbook picture. Unfortunately, for our Senior yearbook, my high school decided to feature the 7th grade picture along with our senior portrait. Memories! My Mother passed away when I was seven years old; my Father […]
I remember getting this picture taken like it was yesterday. This is the only school picture I have in which I’m wearing my glasses. I liked my glasses, but I feel like other people didn’t like them, so I would only wear them at home or when I absolutely needed to at school. I was […]
Even though it’s not in the picture, I wore big old lady transition lenses, my teeth were crooked, and I had no sense of style. At the start of the school year, I was in ESL (English as a Second Language) classes. The kids in the class weren’t friendly to me because I was a […]
The black and white photo was taken in 1978, my junior year of high school. I was taking a photography class, and we all had to sit for a portrait-style shot. If you zoom in, you may be able to see that there’s a safety pin holding my glasses together! Yes, I was just that […]