I was in my first freshman year of HS.The book thread got me thinking - what were y'all doing in 1981?
I started 4th grade in the fall of that year.
To clarify: I was an army brat and actually a year underage for the school system I was in at that time, but I had already graduated 8th grade, soooooo…
But we moved in 1982, and instead of simply enrolling me in the local public HS as a sophomore, my parents had me tested at a private school. I passed their admissions test, but their curriculum was such that I only qualified as an entering freshman. I saw the opportunity- I volunteered to repeat 9th grade in order to improve my educational potential. I then became the 3rd oldest in my class.