Edited by author 02-09-2004 11:57 PM
Though many of the topics were somewhat foreign to me due to a lack of personal experience, I definitely learned a lot from the class discussions. I'm sure I could have chimed in a little more but I got a lot more out of the stories shared and personal experiences. Back to the book, though some said it lacked a little bit of depth and substance, to me it was a smorgasbord of new things to add to my repertoir. I never realized how powerful the color pink was until this book. Regarding the short discussion on all girl schools, I don't feel at all that they try to form their students into a culturally accepted female mold. Going to an all guys school, we mainly hung out w/ girls from the all girls schools. What I enjoyed the most about these girls was that they were raw, outgoing, wore zero makeup, and were confident. But when it was time for a formal dance they looked phenominal, proving they were just as fun and attractive prissied up as they were dressed down. Maybe that was just my and my friends' observations due to spending the whole week together and seeing how scrubbish and unattractive we were.