August 2009 Blog Posts (1)

I had never been self-conscious of height until I stopped growing in 5th grade (I blame it on the coffee machine left out at the parent-teacher conference because after that first sip, my growth was forever stunted.). Standing at 5 feet at the age of 10, I hated being shoved at the back of each class picture. At this point, I should mention that I attended an all-Asian school. Context shifted, right? It's no surprise that we've been conditioned to "down-size" anything with the word "Asian", jus… Continue