@MizJenkins: MLK wrote that at 15, not 10.

@BlondeGoddess: Yep. I think Anthony Edwards left ER so he could be home with the kiddies more (the Edwardses have like three or four kids, right?)

@twtw: Yeah, but mainland China doesn't think so.

On Stila: I knew Stila was in trouble as soon as they pulled out of the department stores.

On criticizing Michelle Obama's style: I don't understand why one has to dress a certain way in order to be "stylish." During Toronto Fashion Week, I heard enough comments about people in this town not being "stylish" as, say, Montreal or Europe. Um....different cities have different styles, so unless you look just…

Apparently, those who're just shy of 18 (they must turn 18 by April 18 or something like that) can have a guardian with them.

Nothing at Talbots fits me right now. It's too big! I guess I have to wait until I'm an older lady.

Wish I could come, but I can't! Sorry ppl!

@Audrey Taylor: Minority? I don't this is ever the case with Asian families. In fact, a proper middle class Asian girl is probably culturally WASPier in many aspects than many WASPs.

@trillian: Not surprised. Day girls have parents and maybe nannies to go home to. Boarders have to share a housemother/dorm mother/Residence Advisor/Residence Don with several other students. And many housemothers/dorm mothers/RAs are themselves (a friend of mine worked as one for a few years after she finished…

@birdfeet: Kinda hard to be a bully type bitch if you're homeschooled, no?

@afiunderground: I guess international students go to schools outside of the US then, because most of the boarders at my alma mater (a school that had predominantly day students, but also had about 80-90 boarders) WEREN'T white. Boarders tend to come from Hong Kong, Taiwan and several middle eastern countries.

@Sandicomm: Lucky you! We had to wear the same shirt, skirt (and later, a pants option from mid-October until Easterish), tie and socks every day. Shoes could be from any store, as long as it met the style requirement (black oxfords with black laces). Blazers were optional, but mandatory if you were in the…

@amowls: Boarding schools have international students, and many of these students AREN'T WHITE. This isn't 1959, you know.

@Sandicomm: You went to a day school, right? Maybe kids in boarding schools are wilder because there's less adult supervision. Housemothers have a lot of students to deal with, while if you're at home, you have parents and/or a nanny/housekeeper to keep things straight (or not...).

@Sandicomm: How is that a dress code if everyone had to wear an outfit from the same uniform company? That's a uniform. A dress code is more like "you all have to wear a white shirt and grey skirt or pants, but it can be from any store on our official list."

@PetiteGal: Boarding AND day schools.

@Sookie Stackhouse: Canadian boarding schools are pretty strict about dress as well. Like UK schools, we have very traditional uniform codes. There are charity "grub days" at least twice a semester, however, and that's when the snootiness comes in. And there are still drug and booze issues. It comes and goes though.

I went to what is probably considered a "top tier" school in Canada. When I was in Grade 11, I went to Hong Kong for the Christmas holidays. Went shopping at a mall store there, a place with a price point similar to Gap here. When I came back to Canada, all the Hong Kong girls made fun of me for shopping there because…

@DonchaBongo: Size 12 isn't necessarily plus on someone who is say, 5'7" or taller, but someone like me (5'2"ish, very small framed (i.e. "normal" weight is a good 5 lb lighter than what's REALLY supposed to be "normal") would be considered "plus" in anything larger than a 10.