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While reading Peggy Orenstein's Schoolgirls: Young Women, Self-Esteem and the Confidence Gap, my initial thought was that the experiences of these girls were not at all like mine throughout middle school. I attended an independent school north of Toronto that consisted of upper-middle class kids with families whose parents wanted to give their kids the best education they could. It was a predominantly white school, but the ratio of Asian kids grew substantially while I was there and soon accounted for almost half of the student body. I was the bright student in the class over the years I spent there from grade three until I received my high school diploma. I, as well as several other girls, was always eager to raise my hand from the beginning, even though boys outnumbered girls for the most part. I was never shy, embarrassed, silenced, or withdrawn due to my male...

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