Karen Thompson Walker: "Ini adalah sekolah menengah, zaman mukjizat, w...
"Ini adalah sekolah menengah, zaman mukjizat, waktu ketika anak-anak melonjak tiga inci selama musim panas, ketika payudara mekar dari ketiadaan, ketika suara-suara merosot dan merpati. Kelemahan pertama kami muncul, tetapi mereka sedang diperbaiki. Visi buram bisa diperbaiki tanpa terlihat dengan keajaiban lensa kontak. Gigi bengkok ditarik lurus dengan kawat gigi. Kulit jerawatan bisa dibersihkan secara kimia. Beberapa gadis menjadi cantik. Beberapa anak lelaki tumbuh tinggi."
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Versi Bahasa Inggris
This was middle school, the age of miracles, the time when kids shot up three inches over the summer, when breasts bloomed from nothing, when voices dipped and dove. Our first flaws were emerging, but they were being corrected. Blurry vision could be fixed invisibly with the magic of the contact lens. Crooked teeth were pulled straight with braces. Spotty skin could be chemically cleared. Some girls were turning beautiful. A few boys were growing tall.
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