How NKOTB Saved Me From Public Nudity

In my defense, to some jerks:

I was a very unpopular grade six girl: myself and one other girl were the only girls in the entire grade who were not New Kids on the Block fans. The other girl, Evelyn, is black so it was ok for her not to like them. Not ok for me -- was much worse than the Def Leppard persecution of grade five.

By the end of grade eight, there were only two girls in the entire grade who were fans of NKOTB. I still was very unpopular but at least I wasn't being persecuted for my lack of pop sensibilities.

Towards the end of grade nine, my Phys Ed teacher brought in an aerobics instructor for a couple classes. At the beginning of the first class, she starts the music. The song sounds familiar but when I heard "Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh"* I completely lost it -- I was on the floor laughing. For displaying such rudeness in front of our guest, my punishment was to put away everyone's mats after class.

The rest of the girls were still laughing at me as I entered the change room. I had no idea how I was going to make it to my next class in time since showering was a requirement at my school. As I opened my locker door, the fire alarm rang. Everyone else in the class was either in the shower or in various states of undress. Girls tired to grab their clothes and quickly get dressed. Our teacher came in and yelled at us to get out because "If this was a real fire, you'd be dead by now!" Everyone had to go out as is, I was the only student that was full dressed. Guess who was laughing now?

*Hangin' Tough