“I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.” TryingMadeWantedSchoolGirlStuffSportsHairAcademicUniformsStrictInkVolleyballNunDipOther GirlElementary SchoolSandpaper Author:Zosia Mamet
“Growing up in an old-fashioned Bengali Hindu family and going to a convent school run by stern Irish nuns, I was brought up to revere rules. Without rules, there was only anarchy.” RunningSchoolGrowing UpGrowingAnarchyOld FashionedNunBengali Author:Bharati Mukherjee
“I went to an all-girls Catholic school. And all the nuns just breathed down our necks "abstinence." And that's not the right thing to do. It does not work. Kids will not listen to that. They're going to experiment no matter what, so you have to be honest. You have to say, "You know what, if you're gonna do it, at least think about the consequences and get protection.” IfsThinkingKnowsDoeMatterKidsSchoolGirlHonestConsequenceCatholicNo Matter WhatProtectionExperimentsBeing HonestThings To DoRight ThingNecksWhat IfNunAbstinenceCatholic School Author:Jenny McCarthy
“Begin your story with a sentence that will immediately grab hold of your listener's ears like a surly nun in a Catholic school.” StoriesSchoolEarsCatholicSentencesStorytellingListenersNunCatholic SchoolSurly Author:Amy Sedaris