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Ch 07: Forbidden Passageways
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Ch 07: Forbidden Passageways

My new life in a Catholic girls boarding school taught me more than reading, writing, and arithmetic.

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When I arrived at St. Joseph’s Academy five years after seeing the iconic 1966 movie The Trouble with Angels, which depicted a comedic version of life in a Catholic girls school, I had little idea what to expect. I knew there would be nuns. I knew there would be girls and, most importantly, no boys. I knew there would be books and classes and studying. I knew there would be church and religion courses. I knew my class would be much smaller than it was at Rogers High School—thirty students compared to several hundred. But would there be devious pranks designed to outsmart the sisters like those shown in the movie? Would the girls be as boy crazy as those at my current school? Would I like it there? I didn’t know. All I knew was that it was worth the risk, or at least I prayed it would be.  

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