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grade, we boys weren’t too fond of
dancing, period.
To force us to choose partners,
boys were lined up on one side of
the gym, girls on the other. We
were then marched forward, and
whoever we met in the middle was
our partner for the day.
But just because we had
partners didn’t mean we would
dance. Most of us just stood there
wishing we were somewhere else.
As the girls’ female gym teacher
and our male gym teacher failed to
get us dancing, they conspired on
ways to make it worth it to us.
They declared that everyone who
had not passed a certain
proficiency of dance would not be
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