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Question regarding school scenes in the beginning


Why were all the girls in the class shallowly hyperventilating in unison? Did it have anything to do with the chanting speech/spelling exercise?

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They were taking singing lessons. It was in stark contrast to her adventures later, and showed just how little school prepared her for the outback.

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They were taking singing lessons. It was in stark contrast to her adventures later, and showed just how little school prepared her for the outback.


Kind of like when the little boy was talking doing his math problems while the native was working on his hunting stick.

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