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Over 10,000 words. Growing up I met most milestones, I sat up when I was supposed to, walked at a year, and even spoke google gook fluently. However I always skewed left on the growth chart. Despite my age-appropriate eating habits my height and weight beseeched me. I was nearly 14 years-old until a spurt caught me up.
In 4th grade after playing kick ball at lunch recess, I made a dart for the boy’s bathroom just as the bell rang. The bathrooms were located right by the school’s inside doors. After doing my business I proceeded to the entrance. Tugging at the doors I was surprised to find them locked. Unable to garner attention through knocking or yelling, I decided to walk all the way around to the front office. Entering the school I heard the bell ring again and at the very end of the hall a group of little kids were walking in single file towards the kindergarten room, they couldn’t have been older than five. Hmm the afternoon kids, I thought. Turning right I started down the opposite hall towards the 4th grade area, when I heard a teacher yell “stop!â€
I paid little attention she was obviously talking to the group of little kids. Proceeding down the hall suddenly I was halted from behind and firmly turned around by my shoulders. Shocked, I looked up at the teacher, confused and puzzled. She had scared me half to death, it was a good thing I had just went pee. Grabbing my hand than wrist she ushered me back the way I had came. “I have to go to my classroomâ€, I muttered, crying. Maintaining a brisk pace and rounding the corner, she said “I know honey, the kindergarten room is this way, that hall is for the older kids.†I was horrified, I was in the 4th grade, not kindergarten. I was practically twice their age! The teacher must think I wondered out of line or got separated from her group. I was supposed to be in that hall, I was an older kid. I opened my mouth to contest, but was immediately told to be silent and instructed to fold my arms while walking in the hall. 45 minutes later, I was lying down on a matt for ‘rest time’ while the kindergarten teacher read some story. Raising my hand I was finally given permission to speak and explained what had happened. After checking the attendance roll, I was swiftly escorted back to my 4th grade class.
Much like my height and weight, potty training was not fully achieved until I was nearly 15 years old, due to bedwetting. I wore full-time diapers until 6 when I started elementary school. I still had accidents so I was sent to school in two pairs of Gerber thick white trainer underpants, the school nurse kept an extra set in her office. They sat on a shelf with other student supplies, my last name written on them in big black block letters. Anyone coming in here, even for just a Band-Aid, would see my diaper like underwear. She said if they didn’t work, for sanitary reasons, I would be required to wear a diaper.
At home, the accidents continued and due to soiling I had ruined dozens of underwear. My parents weren’t wealthy, they couldn’t afford to continue replacing them so they threatened to diaper me during the day if it didn’t stop. Out of exasperation I was back in diapers again at 11.