We went to an All Girls School and we turned out to be perfectly normal !

There has always been a battle between two groups, when we were in school. No, it’s not what you think.  I am not referring to Science vs. Commerce or Blue House vs. Green House.

I am talking about the students who study at the All Girls/ All Boys School vs. those who studied in a  Co-Ed school. The other battles that I listed above, come to a standstill once we are out of the boundaries of the school. This battle however, gets meaner as we grow in age. Simply because, we all judge the other with our own set of thinking.

I am a product of an All Girls School and I turned out to be perfectly normal. And, so have all the other girls I know of. We have often always been told, ‘You are very different to what we thought you would be like’ or, ‘All girls school pass outs are weird : You however, are an exception’ .

Duh! You are all products of your caged brains, who can’t think beyond the bars of that nasty little thing they live in. The problem today lies with our thinking and the habit of forming a pre conceived notion before actually getting to know a person/ thing.

It’s funny how, someone who hasn’t studied in an All Girls School, has so much to say about the pass outs of the same! When we were in college, precisely Girls College [Yes, I studied/ for an year in I.T. College for my B.Ed] we had our fresher’s party and, one of my friends made a remark that, why are we getting dressed, I mean there are no boys ! Whom are we getting dressed for?

I was stunned at that statement of hers. Could a woman be anymore shallow?

We dress up and look good for ourselves – for our self confidence, not because we want to please the eyes of someone who doesn’t even know we exist. In our twelve years of school education precisely convent education [as I am a pass out of St.Mary’s Convent], we weren’t trained to become nuns, we didn’t run after boys or were awkward around them and we certainly didn’t enjoy girl on girl action - we weren’t lesbians.

I still remember how boys from Co-Ed schools used to hang around our school gates when it was home time. Not that it’s something to be proud of, but just saying! We didn’t need boys to be cool and bunk classes and have fun. We had the swag. We had mighty fun in those twelve years of our lives, which of course is way beyond your imagination. At least, we never got into ugly fights ( mostly, because of a girl – and the girl feeling mighty proud later when she came to know of it ) and never indulged in gang wars outside the school gates. For us, respecting the image of our school was foremost and the teachings of our school [Moral Science : a subject whose importance, we know now! and a subject which should be made compulsory in today’s time.] ran in our veins.

The most important thing being going to an all girls school taught us was – the importance of girl friends in our lives. We love our girls. We get along with boys really well. We all have our Guy Best Friend too. But, we love our girls. I have seen girls from an all girls school, be a hit amongst guys – in terms of friendship! And, I have also seen girls from co-ed – hate other girls... and, to the world: they’d speak of being a feminist. So much for feminism!

‘We never – never ever – turn our backs on our girls , and if it were for a guy. We would rather dump him than back stab our girl.’ Can’t say the same for those who studied in Co-Ed for I have no clue. However, i have heard stories of boyfriend snatching and the petty games.

The funniest thing that I’ve heard people tell me is, ‘ oh my God how creepy is it to have your junior be your fan, when you were an office bearer’. I’d say, ‘ just as creepy when you wished that guy would be your boy friend when you were 12, whereas all you should have wished for back then was – your mother allowing you to watch cartoon network for half an hour longer’.

Affection, respect, looking up to someone – is never creepy. When most of the Co-Ed senior girls became attention seekers, had crushes on their classmates, started dating in class 10^th  and thought they ruled the world because one lame ass guy liked them! – We had fans who adored us when we were in school. We started dating when we were 18, at least ! we were like a mystery to those guys who went to co-ed - a mystery they found intriguing - more than the girls they knew for 12 years, but we didn't care. We didn’t need the approval of a guy – we ruled without them!

We went to an all girls school, and this is not how it was –

·         We did a catwalk when at school, trying to be all sexy.

·         We were bitchy.

·         We had cat fights.

·         We were lesbians.

·         Someone or the other made out in the toilet

·         We didn’t have guy friends!

·         We had feminism on our curriculum.

·         We were fat and ate just salads

·         Without boys there was no distraction

·         We were frustrated

·         We were always talking about our periods

·          We wished we were in a co-ed

We went to an all girls school, and it was so cool! You know why? I’ll tell you...

·      All through our school years we never cared about how we looked, our friendships went beyond looks.

·         Twelve years of our school life, we never needed a guy to complete us.

·         We were never pretentious with our girls, we never needed to be.

·         Girl friends over guys!

·         Our teachers were our role models and like family to us.

·         When around girls, we were carefree about how we sat and looked like and ate – whereas, on the other hand we could act like the classiest girl in the room where need be.

·         We loved the fact that we were in an all girls school and never wished to be at a co-ed instead.

·         We had crushes on guys. We were straight.

·         We had the kind of fun, co-ed goers cannot imagine.

·         We were always there for our girls, in fact, the entire class would get punished than name one person who was at fault.

·         We built long lasting and strong friendships.

·         No matter how much we hated giving a moral science exam back then, we know for sure that this is what makes us different to the rest.

The image of out school was very important to us. We may have cribbed to one another, but never to those who weren't from our school.

We loved sports and educational trips as much as we loved nail art and sex and the city.

This post has been long due! My husband playfully argues with me all the time over this as he studied in  a Co Ed. I may not say anything to him in regard to other things. But, when it comes to anything about my going to an All Girls Convent School. I never back down! ;) :D

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