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In elementary school, did they send the girls to the nurses office or some room to check for spine problems?

I'm 41. In 4th or 5th grade around the time girls were starting to develop, they made us take our shirts off and bend over to check our back out. I was a little embarrassed because it was right before I started wearing a bra. I remember one girl crying out of humiliation. Is this something they still do in schools?

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carsonfry · 22-25, M

The did that to us at our school. It was to detect scoliosis. It was elementary school, but I can not remember the grade, and I can not remember if I had to take my shirt off or not.

But I did think it weird. I think they made our school nurse do it instead of calling in a real doctor.

I don't like any of that kind of stuff including vaccinations. I don't trust it or them for any of that kind of private stuff. It should be the role of the parents.