Personal Narrative: Growing Up In High School

Growing up I was always the tallest kid in the class. Whenever class picture day rolled around, I knew that I was in the front of the line because of my height. It was somewhat embarrassing when all the boys were shorter than I, and the girls made me feel bad for how out of place I was. Not only did my height provide social awkwardness, it also administered the constant, never ending struggle of finding garments long enough. Whenever my mom or grandmothers wanted to take me back to school shopping, I made excuses of “I don’t need any more habiliments” or “I do not feel good, all of the sudden…” Sadly, the excuses came to an end. The dreadful clothes shopping came, and I could never attain pants long enough. My parents thought I was just too picky about my attire, but I figured from that point on, I will find a solution to this pickle! When I was in eighth grade, I met a few other girls [colleen] with the same problem as me; we were too long and lanky to obtain good fitting apparel. Luckily, one of my new, tall friends showed me that American Eagle has long and extra-long jeans! That new revelation was such a good thing for me at the time; I went home and immediately ordered many extra-long jeans. However, with my never ending bad luck, the size I usually ordered was too big! I had to spend a lot of money on belts, because heaven forbid that it is possible to have very long legs and small hips. Now I was starting to feel that there was no way I would ever be able discover an outfit that properly fit me. Later in junior high, I noticed that other girls [lassies] were starting to grow taller. The sprouting girls [same] in my class made me feel a little better, but I did not know of any maiden in my grade who was taller than me. Although it made me feel out of place when I was in a crowd or with a group of people, I started acquiring pride in my unique quality. However, the young lads in my grade were still short and some quite scrawny. I was afraid that my height would intimidate people, and they would not find me attractive. Luckily, my fate changed in high tenth grade as boys grew taller than me. It was somewhat comforting that I was not towering over everyone like normal. As others started growing, my pride in my height was not as high as usual. Now the social awkwardness of my height was going away, but my struggle of coming upon clothes was getting worse. As I continued high school, I grew to hate winter because I never owned trousers long enough to keep me warm. Spring proved difficult because it was far too hot to gear-up in jodhpurs, but I never could chance upon shorts that fit me and complied with the handbook fingertip rule. Sadly, if I ever had the stroke of luck to identify bermudas long enough, they …show more content…
And there was very little in between. I eventually graduated and dress code ended. I am not saying I always wore scandalous outfits; I could just wear shorts without a care for principal getting on to me for my outfit. I was also able to go out in leggings or jeggings that were longer because they stretched and much comfortable than regular jeans. As I was in college, I started thinking about my kids. I hoped to marry someone tall, but did not want my children towering over everyone like I did. I also figured a many people had a hard time finding attire around the country and the world. Then I decided to invent something, I was not sure at the time, but it was going to be a stylish option for everyone who needed longer pants. It was not until after a few years of pondering my intangible invention that I saw an old friend from Jenks, Kelsey Yeagle. She had the same quandary as I did, and we often vented on the difficulties of being tall. She had never thought of creating anything new to solve the problem. I talked to her about creating something new, and she was skeptical at first. Eventually she grew to the idea of being able to help others in the same