…SD-inducing pop quizzes; sexual education taught by people tweens don’t want to imagine having sex; endless swirlies; ego-crushing nicknames recalled until death; birthday punches; unfiltered rejection from peers; gossip worse than celebrity clickbait; brutal fashion-policing by the children who won the DNA lottery; gag-inducing body odor and the revolting scents used to masquerade it; spontaneously protruding body parts; uncontrolled limbs; gym class where survival of the fittest is exponentially magnified; relentless assessment of value measured by grading, reading level, math skills and rote memorizatio…
