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Humans have a tendency to slice and dice our identities ever finer. Even with something as mundane as dress codes in private schools, kids find a way to distinguish in-group versus out-group, via something as irrelevant as shoelaces.

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Well said, GG!

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Sadly, I donтАЩt hear very many stories of kind-hearted nuns.

I grew up of modest means too, and I remember a lot of the microscopic ways in which that was obvious, even without being ratted out. Luckily we both survived!

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I was thinking the same thing. Nuns are low down in Catholic hierarchy, but they can rule supreme over helpless children.

Nursing used to be similar; the тАЬbattle axeтАЭ nurse was a familiar type. And they also were known to take out their resentment on new nurses too.

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