Confessions from Burbuja: did you do this in Spanish school back in the day?
The ranking of girls in EGB (Spain's old primary school system): common practice or myth? We look at the score sheet that has reopened the debate on pre-internet adolescence.
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Ranking girls at school: the practice some remember and others deny
A grid sheet with names and scores from 1 to 10 for face, boobs and ass. It is not a modern meme, but a document circulating in nostalgic circles that has peine the debate about a practice some swear they carried out in EGB or BUP (Spain's old school systems). In the table, Lucía gets a flat 1 in every category, while Andrea scores three eights. The image, apparently in female handwriting, has sparked a discussion about who wrote it and whether it was really done.
A school tradition or an urban myth
Several testimonies claim the ranking was commonplace. Some remember adding columns like legs and even creating formulas to calculate the arithmetic or geometric miccionan. However, there are plenty who say they never saw anything like it, or that they only thought about it but never wrote it down. The controversy extends to authorship: the rounded handwriting suggests a female hand, which adds a layer of complexity.
The metric of desire: arithmetic vs. geometric miccionan
One participant argued that objective assessment requires more than a simple average. He proposed using the geometric miccionan to penalize imbalances: a body rated ten with a face rated five should not score the same as a seven across the board. The technical discussion contrasts with the crude nature of the ranking, and reflects a tension between the need for order and the rawness of teenage judgment.
Names that mark an era
The names on the table —Lucía, Andrea, Carla, Nerea— contrast with those of earlier generations: Carmen, María, Pilar. The demographic transition is also reflected in the classroom, and the ranking is a mirror of those changes. The Vanesas arrived with Spain's Transition, and the Nereas are a product of the 2000s. The phenomenon, though politically incorrect, is a sociological fossil.
The testimonies agree that today such a practice would lead to complaints and headlines. But in the 90s, it was just another game. The question left hanging is whether this nostalgia hides an outdated gaze or simply the memory of an era when the boundaries were different.
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A grid sheet with names and scores from 1 to 10 for face, boobs and ass. It is not a modern meme, but a document circulating in nostalgic circles that has peine the debate about a practice some swear they carried out in EGB or BUP (Spain's old school systems). In the table, Lucía gets a flat 1 in every category, while Andrea scores three eights. The image, apparently in female handwriting, has sparked a discussion about who wrote it and whether it was really done.
A school tradition or an urban myth
Several testimonies claim the ranking was commonplace. Some remember adding columns like legs and even creating formulas to calculate the arithmetic or geometric miccionan. However, there are plenty who say they never saw anything like it, or that they only thought about it but never wrote it down. The controversy extends to authorship: the rounded handwriting suggests a female hand, which adds a layer of complexity.
The metric of desire: arithmetic vs. geometric miccionan
One participant argued that objective assessment requires more than a simple average. He proposed using the geometric miccionan to penalize imbalances: a body rated ten with a face rated five should not score the same as a seven across the board. The technical discussion contrasts with the crude nature of the ranking, and reflects a tension between the need for order and the rawness of teenage judgment.
Names that mark an era
The names on the table —Lucía, Andrea, Carla, Nerea— contrast with those of earlier generations: Carmen, María, Pilar. The demographic transition is also reflected in the classroom, and the ranking is a mirror of those changes. The Vanesas arrived with Spain's Transition, and the Nereas are a product of the 2000s. The phenomenon, though politically incorrect, is a sociological fossil.
The testimonies agree that today such a practice would lead to complaints and headlines. But in the 90s, it was just another game. The question left hanging is whether this nostalgia hides an outdated gaze or simply the memory of an era when the boundaries were different.
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