Back in my home state, I attended and graduated from an all-girls high school.

Now, usually, when I tell people this fact about me I get one of two reactions. Either they ask, "OMG, that's so cool! What was that like???" or they ask, "Why would you ever go to a high school without boys?!"

Both of these questions are very valid and both do have answers.

The first question asking about my experience of going to an all-girls school is the least common of the two questions. However, my experience was just like a normal high school one (just no boys around every day).

There were the popular girls who seemingly ran the school when we became seniors, there were the girls who loved to watch anime and draw cartoons, there were the people who didn't really have a group and just floated around and many more.

We had block schedule classes and had sports teams just like any other high school would have. The difference with our sports teams, though, was that they were a lot smaller due to the fact that my school only had around 700 girls (which is less than my middle school graduating class).

That is usually my answer to the first question. Now, time for the second question: Why exactly I decided to go to a school with absolutely no male student counterparts.

Growing up I attended a co-ed elementary school and co-ed middle school.

Both these schools were great to attend but I just felt that in middle school I kept getting distracted by the boys in my class making goofy jokes or talking during the lesson being taught. That was one of the main reasons why I made the decision.

I knew that making this decision meant going to a brand new place where I didn't know anyone. However, it also meant being able to start fresh.

I am beyond glad that I made the decision to leave a co-ed education track to attend an all-girls high school. Plus, we had strict uniforms, so I never had to worry about picking out an outfit combination for more than five minutes.

Even though there were no boys physically attending my high school, we still had a brother school that we associated with. They had a great football team, so every Friday night, several groups of girls would caravan to wherever the game was taking place to support them. Their sports teams were invited to our pep-rallies, and we had a joint theater program as well.

Overall, the lack of boys in my classes had little to no effect on me, and to this day, I am still extremely happy with the decision I made and don't regret it one bit.