So much of sizing standards are based on waist size. As a short woman, my rib cage comes close to my pelvis and no matter whether my weight is up or down, I never have a defined waist. I've learned to cope by only wearing jeans and t-shirts every day.
I can assure you we learned nothing at all about San Juan in elementary school. When I was young, schools were in a real hurry to get to World War II, which was still fresh in our teachers' minds.
It's nice, well-stocked, and active. The director wants me on the board, but that will only happen when an existing member dies. One of my kids once worked there. But I rarely check out books anymore because my eyesight is poor, and I spend all day reading internet articles already.
The fact that 30 or so years went by and they didn't need new cards for those books told me that I lived in a barely literate town. But that was the county library. I also got books from the school library and the college library.
I went to the same library the whole time I was growing up. They used numbers instead of names. I eventually learned to check the card in each book, and if there was a 1600, that's means I had read it before. If there was a 1599, that means my mother had read it. I left town and moved back 15 years later, and the scheme still held up.
I recall reading that Shirley Temple celebrated two or three birthdays at the same times when she was a teenager. She didn't know her own true age until then. Her mother had lied about it to make her seem more precocious than she was.
But that was the county library. I also got books from the school library and the college library.
I left town and moved back 15 years later, and the scheme still held up.