1. Having a strict dress code.
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And the weekly measuring of the skirts.
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It HAD to be below the knee. Although when you left you would fold it up to make it a miniskirt.
And it had to be tucked in. Always tucked in.
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2. If you're a girl, you never left home without a good pair of biker shorts on under your uniform.
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3. And if you were a boy, you were always being given a hard time about your haircut.
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And don't even think about growing out any facial hair.
4. The long white socks always slid down to your ankles.
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If we're so close with God, why couldn't he have blessed us with some good quality elastic?
5. Prayers every morning.
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6. And at least one mass per month.
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7. (And going to that mass piss drunk.)
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8. The best thing was the flavor of the host. Mmmmm, soft bread.
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And if you got a little wine too, you were really lucky.
9. You made up rumors about a relationship between a nun and one of the priests because there was no romance between students to gossip about.
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10. Your confirmation was fun because it was just a party with hundreds of your friends from school.
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11. You know all the songs that exist in any variable of the mass.
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12. And you memorized (maybe still have memorized) really long prayers in their entirety.
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13. If you had a lot of musical talent, you could be in the choir.
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14. Ash Wednesday was an important day because they would mark your forehead with a cross.
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You could miss 15-20 minutes of class and yes, you felt like Simba.
15. If you went to a co-ed school, phrases like "make room for the Holy Spirit" were part of the collective vocabulary.
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16. And if you went to an all girls or all boys school, the mere smell of someone of the opposite sex sent you into the hormonal stratosphere.
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17. You took classes on morals and religion every year of your life...
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18. ...but you had no idea how women get pregnant.
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Either they were virgins with special powers or they had oral sex in a jacuzzi.
19. You always feel just a bit of guilt (and also a little bit of fear) when doing "dirty" things because you think God is watching you.
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All. The. Time.
20. Nothing could cause more panic than teen pregnancy.
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That meant pre-marital sex.
21. You were wary of gothic styles because you didn't know if it was right to use crosses as a fashion statement.
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22. And maybe, just maybe, the moment you graduated, you announced to your family and friends that you were an atheist.
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This post was translated from Spanish.
