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Month: August 2019

On Standing Tall and Holding My Head High

On August 26, 2019May 15, 2021 By ChiyoIn EssayLeave a comment

177 cm. This is my height. In my native country Japan, where women's average height is 157cm(*1), it is considered very tall. Women who are the same height as me or higher make up only 0.03% of my age group (*2). That is roughly one in every 3,300 adult females. I hated being so tall …

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