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I was an awkward kid.

I didn't necessarily fit in in high school. I felt very awkward. I still feel completely awkward and weird in my body sometimes. I'm hoping that's going to go away, but I've just embraced it as reality.

My awkward stage extended well into high school.

I was at an all-girls' school, so there were a lot of us who were really awkward. I was this tall when I was 11, so I was really awkward and self-conscious. No one would really have wanted to be mean to me. I was too unimportant.

I was very, very shy in public and school, and quite loud and brash at home.

It was awkward because the high school that I went to, my aunt taught at, it was this private boy's school in D.C. There were one or two teachers that I had the hots for, but never fully expressed my feelings because my aunt was always watching.

Near the end of high school, I was always super shy, backward.

I was very shy and somewhat awkward. I studied too hard. And to have this exciting dorm life was a whole new thing.

There was an assistant professor I kind of had a crush on, but I was far too awkward and far too nervous to ever say anything.

I definitely felt awkward and I didn't fit in. Other than that, I'm learning that everyone felt that way: even the popular girls.