Surviving Primary School! - The essential self esteem guide... I was always an outstanding athlete. I was the class champion at sprinting; my room was bursting with trophies... This happened in grade 5. All of us still looked and sounded like young kids when I, and only I, started to develop a 'phenomenon': I suddenly started to grow hairs on my arms and on my legs. This was thick black hair that you couldn't help noticing. I had become hairy! It...